![]() The Town Green forms the heart of the campus and with the other parcels make possible a holistic environment for study education and research, side by side with leisure and social living, 24/7.Ī natural gathering point pluralistic in design, it generates and celebrates the activities within and around it, melting racial, cultural and nationalistic boundaries. Of the 6 major parcels of UT, it anchors 4. The Town Green is the major open space for congregation, active play, supporting high levels of social interaction across campus. The upper level of the central atrium courtyard is a drop-off and receiving area for car arrivals and has a reflecting pool which flows down a water wall to the level below for physical and visual connection. It’s two towers are connected by a main central atrium landscape courtyard that spans two levels, opening onto the Town Green at the ground level. ![]() UTown Residences was designed to reflect the advanced and mature nature of the graduate students by creating a more polished and cultured environment, with its own unique identity different from the other colleges.Īn environment with graciously designed spaces creates a formality for the project within the larger UT campus context. Including green roofs, 48% of the site was set aside for planting and greenery. Rain trees were selected for the Main Dover Road Entrance in order to unite the character of the UT landscape with that of the original main NUS Campus. This number excludes those trees planned for the sky gardens of the Buildings. Over 2000 new trees and palms were planted on site to augment the 188 existing trees saved from construction. The planting strategy for the buffer around the whole UT emphasised sustainability with preservation of indigenous and existing greenery, and reforestation in bare areas, with 100% Native minimal species types. While the majority of the planting is green, to provide individual identities to the various colleges of UT, color themes associated with the existing trees for which the residential colleges were originally named, have been chosen to guide the choice of flowering and accent plants. Emerson once said : “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn” – at NUS University Town we strived to create a holistic landscape environment capable of “germinating” an appreciation of trees and nature in the thousands of students that would pass through the NUS “acorn” over the years to come.” – Helen-Smith Yeo, Principal & Founder ![]() “We were inspired by the existing trees – R.W. Significant mature and exceptional specimen trees in the interiors of the site were carefully integrated into the buildings and landscape layout where possible existing groves along the periphery were retained for their valuable collective role of buffering the site from other external developments and roads all of which contributed to the total built environment. ![]() Tree conservation was a major driving force in the planning, design and execution of NUS-UT. The landscape seeks to create landmarks by simple design enhancements to existing landforms and engagement with existing trees. The landscape design for NUS-UT is primarily about space and place making while respecting the natural contours of the site. NUS UT is a collection of 6 different projects :- CREATE Graduate Residences (GR) and Town Green Cinnamon and Tembusu Residential Colleges (CT) Education Resource Centre (ERC) Khaya and Angsana Residential Colleges (KA) Edu-sports Complex. The NUS-UT site is approximately 19Ha situated on the grounds of a former golf course whereby the undulating site topography formed the defining characteristic of the project. NUS-UT (University Town) was planned as an extension of the main NUS campus at Kent Ridge, physically separated by an expressway with a connection via a new pedestrian and vehicular bridge. NUS (National University of Singapore) is the oldest university in Singapore.
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