The West Java campus is conceived as a compact living-learning ‘village’ that sits harmoniously within its natural setting. The master plan took advantage of the morphology of the site by concentrating the development of academic and student housing around the central valley and the ravines. This will enable the preservation of key watersheds on-site and […]
Indian Institute of Technology, Jodphur
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JODHPUR by Bhawna Jaimini To expand the existing number of technological institutes in the country, the government established the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur, a public university situated in the state of Rajasthan, India. The institute started in 2008 as a makeshift campus, but was later announced that it would become […]
Neeson Cripps Academy
Neeson Cripps Academy is a school for secondary education in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded by Scott Neeson’s Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) and funded by Velcro Companies, the school will provide a high-quality learning programme to the city’s underprivileged children: a robust English language curriculum; STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) subjects; access to the […]
The International School of Kuala Lumpur
Designed to be Malaysia’s first school to achieve the Green Building Index (GBI) Platinum rating, the new campus of the International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) is currently being constructed on a 26-acre site in Ampang Hilir and expected to open in August 2018. The master plan and architectural design of ISKL complement the school’s […]
Institute of Integrated Learning in Management Campus
Contextually responding to its harsh local microclimate, the project was conceived to fortify itself from the external environment and create a relevant oasis-like internal environment. This resulted in the inward-looking morphology, with a high thermal mass on the outer faces that blocks out the hot winds predominant in the region. This building provides student accommodation […]
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Sentia School
Sentia School will offer a primary, secondary and high school curriculum. Open corridors will connect all three main blocks of the school, and the five-storey building will be divided according to grades and utilisation. The first block will only be used for primary school students and the following block for secondary school in the lower […]
Lung Luong Elementary School
Akin to a jungle flower with lively colours, Lung Luong Elementary School creates a strong visual impact with vibrant rooftops for each block. Embedded deep in the terrain, the areas between the classrooms have become flexible open spaces where students can be closer to nature. The architects brought to life the concept of ‘a school […]
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
CONVERGING NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY Completed in July 2014, the Scotland-based Heriot-Watt University Malaysia’s campus is the first purpose-built Green campus (GBI-certified) in Malaysia. The campus, owned by the Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd (PjH), is located on a 6.2-acre site fronting the view of Putrajaya’s Precinct 5 waterfront commercial district. Currently, the first phase of the […]
University of Central Asia Naryn Campus
The University of Central Asia (UCA) is one of the world’s few regional, fully residential, internationally chartered universities devoting considerable resources to mountain-based research. It is a secular, private and not-for-profit university founded by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The university’s mission is to promote […]
Aravali Institute of Management
The Aravali Institute of Management is the brainchild of Varun Arya, an Indian entrepreneur, educationist, and presently, director of the institute. It was his vision and perseverance that led to the decade-long transformation of what was once called the “worst land in Rajasthan” to the viridescent green belt and popular education campus it is today. […]
Urban Rigger
With an important increase in the number of higher education student applicants in Denmark in recent years and a shortage of comfortable, conveniently located and reasonably priced student accommodation, Copenhagen housing start-up Urban Rigger came up with an ingenious idea in 2013 of how to meet the demands of this growing student body on a […]
Hanazono Kindergarten and Nursery
A safe, learning place for the next generation—that is the aim of the architects in designing this school located in Miyakojima, about 2,000 kilometres to the south-west of Tokyo, Japan. Surrounded by the sea, this area has a subtropical oceanic climate with frequently occurring typhoons. Thus, it is vital for the renovated building to have […]