Singapore School & Junior College (JC) Architecture

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Of Your School Buildings Now! (I Know We Have SSC Forumers Who Are From YJC, SRJC, NJC, ACJS, ACSI, KCPSS, Montfort Secondary School, Mayflower Secondary School here so please POST!)

I think we should start with some great historical school beauties.

SJI, CHIJMes, Tao Nan School are some that I can think of

Old Victoria School is still there, unconserved.

My school has a performance theatre, a huge band room and dance studio.

Toilets super small, only 2 cubicles. Old campus there were 10.

Canteen very small also, smaller than some other sec sch's. Not much bigger than the old canteen.

Hall's roof very low.

Almost all windows have a sunshade.

Painted in trendy, hip colours in abstract forms.

Air con classrooms. :D

Indoor basketball courts painted onto the floor in the hall. Also painted in are several badminton courts.

4 storeys tall

'Themed' abstract design both inside and outside.


But it looks quite plain. You should see AMKSS's campus. Looks kinda like Petronas! :cool:
Deyi's look like Art Deco, but ugly. In yellowish-brown bricks.

the last school i attended in sg for a significant period fo tiem was dunman high school.

http://www.dhs.moe.edu.sg/images/main_photo.jpg

its round centre is supposed to invoke the circular apartments in china. i think. in the middle is a large circular patch of grass that no one can step on. it is very veryv ery troublesome to have to walk along the circumference of the circle to get from one side to the other. grrr.

it is visible behind the two ppl here. it's called the zhen xin yuan.

Post: http://files.photojerk.com/sybarite/zhenxinyuan.jpg




at the foyer there is also a rather striking three storey spiral staircase. i would rather it be an elevator. again, behind the people.


Post: http://files.photojerk.com/sybarite/circularstair.jpg




nestled comfortably under the spiral staircase is an ancient upright piano that cannot be used properly anymore. it has thus been left in the foyer for anyone to play. me and friends often played. i'm not sure if it's been discarded now.

although shitty as hell, it brings back lovely memories.

Post: http://files.photojerk.com/sybarite/discardablepiano.jpg


that's all i can find in my stash of photos.

Nanyang Junior College - my friend's there and she took some pictures of the new campus.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pa092616089744f51f5b08259a3705dfe/f9626f43.jpg




bad colour scheme so typical of govt buildings
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p46b2a2d675c5a808aed88a291c95a9cc/f9627025.jpg




http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p4be5366cb261cef30125f51e411d38ee/f9627086.jpg





http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pc51ca1cdf47e64baff42dfaf1e1903a5/f95c3207.jpg




a fountain akin to that in the basement of raffles city but smaller
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pa54b1ceb6b2796655615f32a783406e5/f95c32e5.jpg




exposed ceiling in library
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pdbbd3f32cc58603be6396e316606215d/f95c3332.jpg



the old nyjc. already look haunted haha
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p8876d67a99f387787b66c0c7aa70c44c/f96270f9.jpg



lame
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p624ba4c27b5df4383c93bbcdc89865a1/f95c3286.jpg

I like the NYJC dustbin and the inside looks like a mall! :eek:

anyone got pics of queensway or queenstown secondary schooL? the one with the tilting hall or library or something

Whats nice about Queensway Sec Sch?

uh see their website http://queensway.sch.edu.sg/home.html .. not much but a bigger version of this

http://queensway.sch.edu.sg/history/building.jpg

Going to Queensway Sec is like going to Changi Airport everyday. Where students will yell to one another ''Eh Science lesson today ah at T1 or T2?'' etc I guess...lame...

Queensway sec reminds me of Barney. So purple. And the student population IMO comprises so much of malays.

NYJC's colour schemes looks so LEGO. Bad colour choice for the building, like for the uniform. STILL, I guess its better to have a weirdly coloured but vibrant studying environment rather than a boring government propaganda colour scheme for a school building.

The ''NYJC'' ruins the design of the nice dustbin.

Wah so much money for a fountain. I bet they dont turn it on most of the time.

Old Victoria School = SAS current premises right.

Deyi looks scary like those haunted castles. Imagine the blue uniforms contrast with the brown bricks.

The NYJC picture feel like a new mall or something......maybe Nanyang Mall.......:lol:

Old Victoria School, also the former Christ Church sec campus, at Jalan Besar. It is a small Neo Classical building.

The NYJC picture feel like a new mall or something......maybe Nanyang Mall.......:lol:

NYJC really leveraging on the fact that NanYang's acronym is NY. They proudly proclaim ''I Love NY'' this and that...stealing New York's ''slogan'' of sorts... I don't see them proclaiming ''I Love 南洋''. Certainly shows how everyone wants to be associated with the West rather than the East.

What will the mall's tenants be then? Lets make up our very own Nanyang Mall. We put the types of shops that we want/think will be in it.

The colour scheme affects the type of tenants that are most likely to locate their businesses in the mall. So for this type of colour scheme, it definitely won't attract Gucci or Armani.

The colour scheme looks more like suburban mall looking...

Since the school doesn't have any basement.

Level 1 - Lobby/Car Park (My GP tutor says this word doesn't exist. Its a Singaporean/Asian english term. It should be known instead as Parking Lots or something).

Level 2 - McDonalds (Based on the colour scheme, McDonalds should be the anchor tenant, ''McDonalds Hub@NY''), KOPITIAM Food Court, BreadTalk

Level 3 - Popular Bookshop (Anchor Tenant too), Quickly Bubble Tea, That 10 mins 10 dollars haircut shop, Clinic, Giordano. Thats about it...haha...

yar nyjc's colour scheme is really very lego. as for the fountain, i think fountains mean something to nyjc therefore the extra expenditure on a fountain like that.. i can't remember what maybe its in their school song.

dunman high school has a fountain as well in the middle of the green island cars circle around to get to the foyer.

your analysis of nanyang mall's make up seems pretty correct.. any sophisticated looking schools in sg?

your analysis of nanyang mall's make up seems pretty correct.. any sophisticated looking schools in sg?

Define sophisticated.
- High class looking? (Think Fullerton)
- Modern glassy sleek etc design?
- Or like there are many facilities?
- etc etc etc

one of the ugliest and corniest schools, despite it being so new. gross
http://www.rsp.com.sg/image/insitutional/NAFA/nafa_1.jpg



i think the new lasalle-sia will be very nice
http://www.rsp.com.sg/image/insitutional/LASALLE/lasalle_3.jpg


truly mall-ish
http://www.rsp.com.sg/image/insitutional/LASALLE/lasalle_2.jpg


http://www.rsp.com.sg/image/insitutional/LASALLE/lasalle_1.jpg

http://www.rsp.com.sg/image/insitutional/LASALLE/lasalle_4.jpg

Yucks the NAFA looks like an industrial building with those square windows and edges. Like it manufactures tupperware or something.

The colour scheme is another NY wannabe.

Overall the architects dont know how to design. Like they having PMS during the months they took to design it.

But maybe NAFA students want a cheerful environment so they wanted such a design?

NAFA looks like something the cow threw up after having something bad for breakfast...

NY looks so pretty! I'm so envious...

Catholic High School
http://img124.exs.cx/img124/683/pic2.jpg
http://img124.exs.cx/img124/3962/pic3.jpg
sorry, only 2:D

Does Catholic High have a clock tower?

Cliff! Long time no see!!

Yo E2E! Yes! I'm back!!!lol

But I'll dissapear again though.:D

Yes, Catholic High does have a clock tower, a nice round and proportionate one, but its blocked by the contrction stuff, so I could'nt take.:(

Chung Cheng Main is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo grand! :eek2:

Seen the finalists of the Lasalle-SIA competition, think the winning entry stands out from the rest though there were some internal planning issues I don't really like.

NAFA IS THE BANE OF ALL INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE. A great insult to think that design is taught in this building. Textbook example of famous architects can do wrong too.

how about the entry by will alsop? i thought that looked quite fun.

how about the entry by will alsop? i thought that looked quite fun.

Can't remember how the Alsop entry looks like. Can't imagine people are still designing windowless little cubicles for others to work in.

who are still designing windowless little cubicles for others to work in?

the will alsop entry looked like any of his other works just in the shape of that plot. i only saw a model of it in the papers dunno what its like inside.

who are still designing windowless little cubicles for others to work in?

the will alsop entry looked like any of his other works just in the shape of that plot. i only saw a model of it in the papers dunno what its like inside.

If I remembered correctly, all finalists have windowless cubicles.

oh.. dunno. a monolithic windowless building in velvety smooth concrete would look quite pretty.

oh.. dunno. a monolithic windowless building in velvety smooth concrete would look quite pretty.

Last time I checked, local building code requires at least 10% of the total surface area of any building facade to be allocated to fenestrations.

2 Feb 2005
Nanyang Schools

Nanyang Kindergarten (Old Premise beside St Ignatius Church)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/7236/n19az.jpg

http://img93.exs.cx/img93/8225/n24oc.jpg

Nanyang Kindergarten (Occupying Old Nanyang Primary campus)
http://img71.exs.cx/img71/7615/n38ny.jpg

Nanyang Primary School (From the ground)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/4886/n51jk.jpg

http://img146.exs.cx/img146/7910/n72sz.jpg

http://img146.exs.cx/img146/9494/n84vv.jpg

Nanyang Primary School (From the flats)
http://img86.exs.cx/img86/9086/n68kj.jpg

the clocktower design looks very similar to the NYGH secondary :cool:

Theses designs look better than my school, which could not be mistaken for an old 1960s Soviet bomb shelter.

ACJC
http://img151.exs.cx/img151/7913/img49068nc.jpg

My school. Almost 80% of classrooms are air conditioned! :D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/MFSS/mfsnc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/MFSS/mfsnc2.jpg
Auditorium Block

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/MFSS/mfsnc3.jpg
Phase Two u/c

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/MFSS/mfsnc4.jpg
Technical Block


I miss it... :cry:

ermm, what school is tht, looks like a new logo to me and where is it??

The logo is 10 years old! ;):D

Mayflower in AMK. ;)

well, 10 years ago...tht's still not my time!! HAIZ :ohno: dont remind me of my midlife crisis will you!! :jk:

http://img151.exs.cx/img151/7913/img49068nc.jpg
The front resembles Art Deco.

why does ACJC look so unrecognisable from that angle! :lol:

anyway the most iconic ACS-family building has to be the clocktower at Barker Rd

Taken on 3 Feb 2005
Old Telok Ayer Primary School (1962 - 1984)

http://img202.exs.cx/img202/9707/15fz.jpg

School Entrance
http://img137.exs.cx/img137/9052/22uw.jpg

One of the blocks
http://img200.exs.cx/img200/2903/38bi.jpg

Old Pic at Telok Ayer Primary School (Still remember brushing teeth after recess? :P )
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980007150-8261-3201-3240/img0026.jpg

PS. Can't take more pics after the 3rd pic cos the NAC caretaker said no photography unless I have NAC's permission... :P

My school:

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/7154/mf10jf.jpg
Dance studio

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/3239/mf20fr.jpg
So plain.....

http://img184.exs.cx/img184/5594/mf31ta.jpg

http://img150.exs.cx/img150/3001/mf41pj.jpg
Water feature by the porch...........

so new! What school is that?

http://img216.exs.cx/img216/4272/mft15kq.jpg
Toilet................................

http://img216.exs.cx/img216/6140/mft26zx.jpg
WITH ONLY 2 CUBICLES PER FLOOR????!!!!!! :soapbox::cry:

Mayflower Sec... :D
We have only 2 toilet cubicles per floor, a drastic decrease from 14 cubicles in the old building. :soapbox:

The other block is rising, which would have only I think 4 more cubicles..... :soapbox:

i like the creaminess of the exterior :)

the water feature looks like some kind of condo-entrance

nice windows!

I kinda dislike the design overall.....

toilet tiles r disgusting

I don't mind the tiles......
But 2 cubicles?

My sec school had two cubicles too what...

Siao liao la........
20 year old building has 14 cubicles per floor and 16 for the 1st floor.........

Now only 2, and yet we have more 'shower cubicles' than real toilets! :rant:


Dunno what MOE is telling CPG to give us....... 2 cubicles..... :(

I think my sec school's toilets are better designed... full length mirrors and stuff. haha

Nice! :eek:
We have study areas beside the toilets (:eek: ).....
Convert the space into toilets instead!

I'll be able to grab more shots next week.... :D
In June, the other block should be completed.......
And the air cons would be removed, we'll have a new field.....

Reverted to non-air con classrooms and field status.......
We had no field and air-con classrooms since August 2003.

Hey dudes, im new here. trying to post pics on this forum but im rather clueless. im quite a moron. help pls?

Hey dudes, im new here. trying to post pics on this forum but im rather clueless. im quite a moron. help pls?

you need to host your picture somewhere else... eg. http://imageshack.us

... and post the imagelink here in the following syntax => imagelink

... if you are still confused, find an existing post with an image and click "Quote" to see how to write the syntax for posting.

http://img190.exs.cx/img190/807/stpat9hs.jpg
St Patrick's School, a partially conserved building.

St Patricks is really a nice piece of history.

Few schools get to live in their same old premises

Only St Pat's, HCI, Chung Chung Main are still in their old colonial buildings, I think....

Hey dudes, i'm new here, and here's my first posting.

I attended pre-school (age 2 to 6) at the Christian Edu-Centre of The Church of Our Lady of Perpectual Succour. It is a beautiful historic church that sits atop the highest point of Siglap Hill (Kembangan). You get a perfect view of the whole of eastern Singapore and the CBD from the church. Btw, this is the church where Pierre Png and Andrea DeCruz got married. And the school janitor is bloody hell creepy...so is my chinese teacher...bad bad nightmares

Front elevation facing Kembangan
http://img169.exs.cx/img169/2636/dsc015041ut.jpg

We have our morning assemblies and in front of the waterfall. There are only two classes of 15 students each. You see my dear bicycle on the ground. I cycle around my area alot with a camera stashed behind.
http://img169.exs.cx/img169/2720/dsc015072fk.jpg




Thatz all folks. Next i will post pic of my pri sch and sec sch...
Cheerios:)

thanks for those pics Gid

I once saw the view of the city lights at night from Siglap Hill but couldnt stop to take a pic...but I remember it was awesome :cool:

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) & (Primary) Clock Tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct3.jpg

One of the few classrooms block
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct4.jpg

I attended st. hilda's primary school from 1992 to 1997.
st. hilda's was founded by Archdeacon Graham White in 1934. In 1988, the school shifted to Tampines from its old site in Ceylon Rd, Katong. The school compound was re-developed in 2000 at the same site. Deluxe and non-standard facilities/architecture was funded by the alumni and school board.

Main Gate (Administion Wing).
http://img201.echo.cx/img201/1186/elewithname9fe.jpg

Gifted Education Wing.
http://img201.echo.cx/img201/6632/fullele0rq.jpg

School facade.
http://img201.echo.cx/img201/8531/extright1vu.jpg

This is the classroom interior. The school adopts an open school style where students are allowed the dress up the interior. Every classroom features a TV monitor announcement system, a video player, a multimedia projector, computers, multimedia teacher's desk, intercom, central security system, a wash area and a mini play-corner cum library. Classes are named after Christian values like Faith, Grace, Hope, Love and etc.
http://img201.echo.cx/img201/1965/classflower2ku.jpg

The Hildan Ark, a fully air-conditioned hall where the children have their assemblies, indoor sports, and worship sessions. The Hidan Ark was officiated by the Duchess of Wales in 2000.
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/2421/arkintnew2nl.jpg
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/6679/arkstage9ig.jpg
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/7620/arkback1du.jpg

Facade of the Hildan Ark.
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/6387/arkext8bh.jpg

East Gate.
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/9359/carent3uw.jpg

Covered walkways in the school.
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/9138/walk1ud.jpg

School facade.
http://img63.echo.cx/img63/8352/blu9gv.jpg

why the duchess of wales?? the hall looks impressive but the classroom ... eek.

why the duchess of wales?? the hall looks impressive but the classroom ... eek.

im juz as clueless, some funny english school tradition i guess. the classroom looks kinda eeky, i agree. But its adorable to the small kids la. U know kids...they love flowers and bright scary colours. The principal wanted to soften the interior as the exterior already looks too industrial and contemporary for kids.

kids... :no:

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) & (Primary) Clock Tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct3.jpg

One of the few classrooms block
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsct4.jpg

nice pics.

ArtDeco clocktower :cool:

Although it is a replica, it still has every bit of charm as the original one

All this looking at the schools made me reminisce mine.. Nanyang Girls High School..

http://www.snapfish.com/getimageforshare/p=64311114977394596/l=47220186/s=5086964/t=PIC/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPIC
old one at kings road

http://www.snapfish.com/getimageforshare/p=8611114977864872/l=47221253/s=5086965/t=PIC/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPIC
Like the architecture of the old school at kings road better.. not the new one at linden drive.. bleah..

Hi I am new here by the way. :)

All this looking at the schools made me reminisce mine.. Nanyang Girls High School..

http://www.snapfish.com/getimageforshare/p=64311114977394596/l=47220186/s=5086964/t=PIC/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPIC
old one at kings road

http://www.snapfish.com/getimageforshare/p=8611114977864872/l=47221253/s=5086965/t=PIC/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPIC
Like the architecture of the old school at kings road better.. not the new one at linden drive.. bleah..

Hi I am new here by the way. :)


:wave: hi ! welcome :D

nice pics.

ArtDeco clocktower :cool:

Although it is a replica, it still has every bit of charm as the original one

Yes it does, thanks goodness..

Did you hear what a fuss all the old ACS boys created when they heard the old clock tower was going to be demolished?

Yes it does, thanks goodness..

Did you hear what a fuss all the old ACS boys created when they heard the old clock tower was going to be demolished?

it was quite a fuss but it could b abit the understood...cuz the inside of the new n old really has alot of difference even thought it looks totally the same...the old tower has rooms where by the new 1 is so called 'hollow' all the way up to the top...and it was said tt the old 1 is haunted...haha...but who realli cares now since the old is gone n the new is up...

Hi I am new here by the way. :)

Welcome Sasika! :)

2 May 2005
Radin Mas Primary School
The school hall design looks like a barn. This primary school even publicise its URL on the school building...

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/9624/dsc39825un.jpg

i like that :)s

if i'm not wrong, during the PRIME project, the hall block was demolished and rebuilt...or partly demolished...but it looks totally the same as it was b4 PRIME onli being repainted...

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/9624/dsc39825un.jpg

This picture is a good example of the old and the new!

old 60s looking school barn with the language of today :happy:

if i'm not wrong, during the PRIME project, the hall block was demolished and rebuilt...or partly demolished...but it looks totally the same as it was b4 PRIME onli being repainted...


nope.. they din demolish it.. they just renovated the entire hall and building... and also constructed a new block ..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/bushes.jpg

RMPS covered by surrounding geenery...

Guess which School's classroom block does this belongs to? im sure its very simple...

its amazing how long the whole block is, cant imagine one hafing to walk frm one end to the other everyday...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/STC.jpg

CHIJ St Theresas?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/bushes.jpg

RMPS covered by surrounding geenery...

The overall doesnt look as bad as just the barn like hall... Primary schools are just getting bigger and bigger these days.. :P

hrm... i like only the barn part.

The overall doesnt look as bad as just the barn like hall... Primary schools are just getting bigger and bigger these days.. :P

not all primary schools are getting bigger and bigger these days... onli those wif HUGE plots of fields can get 'bigger', rmps is one sch wif large land area... after its prime it still has a huge piece of field... some newly built primary school doesnt realli seem tt big...

I completed my secondary education in Victoria School, founded 1876 by M. Hellier. In 2002, the school shifted to its new sea-side compound at Siglap Link beside Victoria Junior College.

Built at a cost of over $40 million, the Victoria School and Victoria Hall of Residences redevelopment project won the following architecture awards:

*USA SCN: The DesignShare Award
*Singapore Institute of Architects: Architectural Design Awards
*Singapore Institute of Architects: ICI Colour Awards
*BCA: Best Buildable Design Award
*ASEAN: Energy Efficient Award

Model
http://img161.echo.cx/img161/4600/concept88xi.jpg

Renderings
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/7203/redevartist10uq.jpg
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/7640/redevartist24pl.jpg
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/6523/redevartist30dc.jpg
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/1179/redevartist44nc.jpg
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/1995/redevartist59he.jpg
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/5459/redevartist63uk.jpg

Main Entrance: To the left is the Alumni Heritage Centre, to the right is the Admin Office
http://img227.echo.cx/img227/6884/dsc013408zb.jpg

Roof-terrace Parade Square: This is the signature feature of the school. In a bid to free up more space, the parade square is built atop the 5th storey roof of the Admin Wing. A sky-bridge is built across the parade square to link the two taller 7-storey Classroom Wing that surrounds the parade square.
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/5981/hisq2mf.jpg

Roof-terrace Parade Square: A scroll-roof extends over the parade square from the surrounding twin 7-storey Classroom Wing. The school motto "NIL SINE LABORE" is incorporated into the design of the roof.
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/4536/sq2eq.jpg

Roof-terrace Parade Square: The parade square is served by 4 elevators. This is the 7th storey lift lobby.
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/8549/lift2rn.jpg

Roof-terrace Parade Square: View from the sky-bridge.
http://img212.echo.cx/img212/7126/hi4vh.jpg

Arts Wing
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/5029/artsblk7ea.jpg

More sky-bridges
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/9403/bridge0nb.jpg

Linkways in the school
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/25/link0us.jpg

Eco-street: This is another main feature of the school. The green-lung includes an eco-pond that stretches almost the entire length of the school. Bio-degradable untensils from the canteen are made into compost to "feed" the eco-street.
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/274/dsc013118su.jpg
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/9009/canoe2rr.jpg

Speakers' Platform: Also used for small-scale performances and prize presentations. Audience will have to squeeze along the sky-bridges and corridors, or risk drowning in the pond...
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/3157/spk7ao.jpg

Cozy corner...
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/141/rest9nt.jpg

Canteen
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/4184/canteen2gw.jpg

Auditorium
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/8220/aud1vp.jpg

Victoria Hall of Residences: 2 blocks of 11-storey residences to cater for 500 boarders.
http://img121.echo.cx/img121/7452/hall8tq.jpg

Victoria Hall of Residences: Unobstructed sea-view!
http://img227.echo.cx/img227/509/dscf00821jpg8uc.jpg

Fountain...
http://img136.echo.cx/img136/8311/fountain5fy.jpg

aiyar!!!1 not fair :( every schoool should have elevators :( when iw as in secondary school i had to climb up and down 4 storeys :(:(:( and primary school also. the view is really good.

i believe lifts are not for abled students like u n mi...poor students, climbing so mani stairs every morning...realli nice building...nicer then acs(barker)...haha...why i always thinks other schs are nicer then acs(barker) when alot of pple says tt acs(br) has state-of-the-art facilites? but it realli looks sooo much freaking cooler then e 93millon barker campus....haha...y cost so much lesser but looks so much cooler? haha...

i believe lifts are not for abled students like u n mi...poor students, climbing so mani stairs every morning...realli nice building...nicer then acs(barker)...haha...why i always thinks other schs are nicer then acs(barker) when alot of pple says tt acs(br) has state-of-the art facilites? but it realli looks sooo much freaking cooler then e 93millon barker campus....haha...y cost so much lesser but looks so much cooler? haha...

ya itz tiring, since the parade square is so high up, we "go down" to our classrooms, instead of "going up", haha.

and yes! the lifts and eco-street caused a freaking big debate. alot of parents complained that the VS project was too extravagant. and it also did not make sense that only teachers were allowed to use the lifts. TODAY posted a front page article on the complaints and freakin embarassed the school board. I guess that was the darkest day in VS history...

actually its not accurate to compare the cost of the school.
bcos funding for the Barker project was spread out over many more buildings...

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Barker ($93m): pri sch + sec sch + hostel + public church building + multi-storey carpark
Victoria School ($42m): sec sch + hostel
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So i guess it all breaks down to the same cost la...

and imo, Barker looks really good. perfect blend of old english charm and contemporaray architecture.

hey hey...it all makes sense...y didnt i thought in tt direction at the beri begining? haha...

hey hey...it all makes sense...y didnt i thought in tt direction at the veri begining? haha...

simple maths, my dear friend. :)

OMG what a school ^^ I want to be a student again, lol.

huh i would organise a petition for students to use elevators. i hate it when students are treated like lesser beings.

wow..Victoria School brings secondary schools to new heights!

simple maths, my dear friend. :)
not onli the $ part, but oso e "old english charm and contemporaray architecture" part...didnt thought of tt frm e very begining...now i found new meaning to the 'bricky' building...lolx...

huh i would organise a petition for students to use elevators. i hate it when students are treated like lesser beings.

4 lifts for 1000 over students? when muz the students start queeing for lifts b4 assembly begins? haha....

Victoria's Architecture is great!

My school(CHS) just wasted 32 million on a rubbish building.:(

in wad way is chs $32m building rubbishy?

i'd really rather queue than climb 4 stories :)

anyway, lets have a scenario where a 4 storey school building has 4 elevators, each with a capacity of 25. lower sec ppl dont need to use the lift - only upper sec. in a typical school that would be about 800 ppl. the 4 lifts can accommodate 100 ppl a trip, so its just 8 trips lor... not too bad what. only 4 storeys.

i'd really rather queue than climb 4 stories

anyway, lets have a scenario where a 4 storey school building has 4 elevators, each with a capacity of 25. lower sec ppl dont need to use the lift - only upper sec. in a typical school that would be about 800 ppl. the 4 lifts can accommodate 100 ppl a trip, so its just 8 trips lor... not too bad what. only 4 storeys.

haha... why lower sec so special, dun need to use e lift? they shld juz haf esclators lahz...

cos lower sec use 1st and second storeys mar

in wad way is chs $32m building rubbishy?

Its okay, just not as nice as Victoria's:D

I also feel that it looks like a neighbourhood school. (The stairwells are identical to that of ITE)

Money could have been better spent. For example, just extend the old hall and canteen instead of RE-building two more.

Its okay, just not as nice as Victoria's:D

I also feel that it looks like a neighbourhood school. (The stairwells are identical to that of ITE)

Money could have been better spent. For example, just extend the old hall and canteen instead of RE-building two more.

r u saying tt stairwells in ite are ungly? but the new semei ite (http://www.ite.edu.sg/college_east/paperClip_LHZB14102004.htm) is damn great lor... its the nicest ite(obvious)...haha...

may be they haf problems in extending or extending would cost more? u nv know...

ACS (Barker) (Primary)

Lee Kong Chian Auditorium
http://internet.acsbr.net/images/audi-1.png
http://internet.acsbr.net/images/audi-2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/hall.jpg

The Plaza
http://internet.acsbr.net/images/the-plaza-1.png
http://internet.acsbr.net/images/the-plaza-2.png

Mrs Lee Choon Guan Concert Hall
http://internet.acsbr.net/images/concert-hall-1.png
http://internet.acsbr.net/images/concert-hall-2.png

Shaw Pool
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/shawpool.jpg

Tan Chin Tuan Hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/sportshall.jpg

*images from school website @ acsbr.net and School Endeavors 2003.

oh nice
i really like the auditorium and the concert hall! looks so posh

btw here's chi high boarding school
by kenzo tange associates
http://www.ktaweb.com/works/image/chs/chs01.jpg
http://www.chbs.edu.sg/images/koipond.jpg
http://www.ktaweb.com/works/image/chs/chs02.jpg

the schools look so luxurious :eek:

OMG! Both schools are so rich! Where does the building funds come from?

OMG! Both schools are so rich! Where does the building funds come from?
board of governors do donate a little
the $200/mth sch fee can do quite alot of stuff too...
and i think the govt. does provide some $$
and there you get the $$$$$$


well.. there are about 4 construction sites in my school now..
1) Construction of new HCInternational buildings
2) A new 3 SALT(Student Activities and Leadership Training) Centre with more street soccer courts, and other stuff...
3) Science and Tech research centre
virtual reality cove
laboratories for chemical processing,
fibre optics and biotechnology (with microbiological rooms).
media art
3-D animation studios
4) emptying out the kong chian house and shifting the school admin to the building after renovations

this is real interesting.. how they managed to cough out the money to fund 4 simult. constructions at the same time :S

its getting on my nerves! argh the noise and stuff :bash:

and maybe your school alumni old boys... :)

Lucky you!

carnivals help alot too...
during construction have carnivals...
after construction, still have carnivals~

so is it wrong to post images directly from their school website and school magazine?

lol... that reminds me of my school days' fund raising activities... After all those things which we have done, the later batches of girls get to enjoy the new school facilities instead... I guess I was borned in the wrong time... it happens that way from my primary school days to JC. Good thing I didn't have to do that again in university. :)

lol... that reminds me of my school days' fund raising activities... After all those things which we have done, the later batches of girls get to enjoy the new school facilities instead... I guess I was borned in the wrong time... it happens that way from my primary school days to JC. Good thing I didn't have to do that again in university. :)

at least i got to enjoy the new school facilities for a year...can't u imagine having your pe lessons in an air-condition hall? what could be cooler then that? lolx... but the classrooms are really very stuffy...

why no 1 answer me regarding posting images directly from their school website and school magazine?

at least i got to enjoy the new school facilities for a year...can't u imagine having your pe lessons in an air-condition hall? what could be cooler then that? lolx... but the classrooms are really very stuffy...

what luxury! how spoiled you guys are... :nono:


why no 1 answer me regarding posting images directly from their school website and school magazine?

cos I didn't notice that... probably too tired yesterday. Also, other SG forumers seemed to be too busy posting their holiday adventure elsewhere... ;)

In terms of copyright, you should ask your school for permission before posting it here. Always state the source of the pictures.

carnivals help alot too...
during construction have carnivals...
after construction, still have carnivals~

so is it wrong to post images directly from their school website and school magazine?

actually no carnivals but they had some fund raising through... selling of http://img300.echo.cx/img300/5936/clocktower8qn.gif clock tower replicas -.-''' at $80 dollars each :bash:

nice idea... but very expensive... Is it compulsory for every student to buy those? :P

ehehe... it was not compulsary ... but heard that they made it "compulsary" for the sec4s last year to buy it...

I see. I really don't like such compulsory fund-raising activities. It's stressful for poorer students.

$80 ?!

so expensive :eek:

actually no carnivals but they had some fund raising through... selling of clock tower replicas -.-''' at $80 dollars each :bash:

thats really very nice, im sure its worth keeping but i rather not have it when it cost 80$...lolx...unless im really some freaking rich soul...

In terms of copyright, you should ask your school for permission before posting it here. Always state the source of the pictures.

icic...but i think nvm...i just state the source...

anyone has real life pictures of the tchs hostel?

come august i'll be able to provide lots of photos... for they made it compuls. for everyone to move into the boarding school.... quite retarded ideas they have ....

omg?? crazy... i hope the facilities are superb!

omg?? crazy... i hope the facilities are superb!
interior wise.. :bash:

come august i'll be able to provide lots of photos... for they made it compuls. for everyone to move into the boarding school.... quite retarded ideas they have ....

why would they do that if you already have a home in singapore?

@xPose
how much are the monthly boarding fees?

@R.C
they dont give a hoot
@hya
i think its $300+

That's crazy... financially challenged students are subsidised?

That's crazy... financially challenged students are subsidised?

You see, in uber rich Singapore, there are no financially challenged students (FCS)... *look of sarcasm*

You see, in uber rich Singapore, there are no financially challenged students (FCS)... *look of sarcasm*

:lol: u sure or not. not everyone borns into a well-to-do family.

Haha. Dunno. When i was wanting to go to SJI after primary school, my parents said something about willing to forgo luxuries for me. I didn't know what they meant. Now i think i do. Anyway, i ended up going to a plain neighbourhood school, which i do not regret at all. Best decision in my primary school life, i think.

Aiyo.....students nowadays are so "hao ming"......:yes:

the fees for an independent school is $200 a month is it? i hope i dont come across as being offensive, and i dont want to, but i dont think that can buy many luxuries... maybe 10 bottles of hediard jam? lots of necessities, yes, but not luxuries.

Hi guys and gals! :wave: Awesome Singapore section you guys have here. Currently I am in India, but I will be moving to NTU for graduate studies in July.

Do you guys have any good pics of the NTU campus? Please post if you do. :)

i have a number of classmates starting in ntu in july too :)

what are you studying?

i have a number of classmates starting in ntu in july too :)

what are you studying?

Engineering. (PhD)

ouch...

ouch...

LOL, why the 'ouch'?

BTW, does anyone have NTU pics? I'd be curious to know what kind of a place it is. I've heard that it is near a wooded area or something like that.

Is it close to downtown?

LOL, why the 'ouch'?

BTW, does anyone have NTU pics? I'd be curious to know what kind of a place it is. I've heard that it is near a wooded area or something like that.

Is it close to downtown?

NTU is not near downtown.......around 40 mins by Metro (1 hour plus if you consider point to point travelling time).....:yes:

i heard only one bus serves ntu? ouch because uhm you're doing a phd.

i think its some 1980's building? brutalist style architecture or something... i dunno

i heard only one bus serves ntu? ouch because uhm you're doing a phd.

i think its some 1980's building? brutalist style architecture or something... i dunno

Got 2 buses.......179 & 199....though 199 is more catered for NIE students while 179 more for NTU students......so far the frequency of the shuttle buses are rather good (esp during peak hours)......:yes:

i once studied here and although the building itself is still intact, it has undergone some renovations... overall it still looks and feels the same even after so many years or actually only a few years...

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/acsj.jpg

i dont study here but got the chance to see see...

ITE College East
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/ites1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/ites2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/ites3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/shao_ye/ites4.jpg

Thinking of my old school building somehow make me feel very very very nostalgic..... :cry::cry::cry:

I didn't have a camera then and something happened to the film..... :cry::cry::cry:

i once studied here and although the building itself is still intact, it has undergone some renovations... overall it still looks and feels the same even after so many years or actually only a few years...


I'm sure theyd make numerous changes to the school building. It is now 20 years old. Previously, those massive blinds at the auditorium level were not painted in yellow and blue, but were the same colour as the rest of the building.

ITE looks kinda funky, like that Norman Foster MRT station in the first pic.

ITE Bishan was designed by Akitek Tenggara of KK Hopsital fame. :cool:

But parts of it look like temporary structures. Looks nice from outside, but not that good as a functional building....

We have a seasonal waterfall.
The steps of our 'covered' amphitheatre casades with rain whenver it rains. The simple solution? Make a drain at the top! :bash::lol:

Stupid design.... Classrooms very hot.
Oh, DUN ASK ME WHY I'M IN THERE.... :bash: :( :D

it seems rather green though

Green? :?
ITE Bishan?

the pics posted by shao_ye of the grounds look rather green.

I'm sure theyd make numerous changes to the school building. It is now 20 years old. Previously, those massive blinds at the auditorium level were not painted in yellow and blue, but were the same colour as the rest of the building.

ITE looks kinda funky, like that Norman Foster MRT station in the first pic.

Actually those massive blinds didnt gone through any repainting... i think it was completely changed to new ones in yellow n blue... cause the metarial used is metal and it looks new... and the place where the school crest is now, was once where the cross was placed... the stairs are still the same as they were many years ago... the auditorium still looks the same although some changes has been made... and the list just goes on and on and on... so many fond memories... haha... but think they would be moving to a new place in a few years time cause of PRIME...

AND

thats NOT ITE BIshan...haha... but i did read from some where about the design of ite bishan..., the pics belongs to the new ITE located at Simei... its designed by RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd (http://www.rsp.com.sg/pro_institutionalITE.htm) > (http://www.rsp.com.sg/main.htm) ...

I was talking about my school..... :D
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6051/b7yz.jpg
Here's ITE Bishan....
Outside has giant sunshades running the entire length of the building....

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/hall.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/louvres.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/lecture.jpg
^The auditorium's in the huge porch structure... :runaway:

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/siteplan.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/sectionhall.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/sectionentrance.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/section_rooms.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/walkway.jpg

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/lift.jpg
^The stairs vibrate... Like a temp structure... :eek:

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/1stplan.jpg
^1st floor plan

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/roof.jpg
^Shaded, but not waterproof... :hilarious

http://www.akitektenggara.com/projects/ite/bridge.jpg
^Flying bridges look terribily fragile. The vibrate when you walk on it... :eek:

"The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) continues the development of Akitek Tenggara's exploration of a modern architectural language for the tropics.


Two 250-metre-long parallel blocks of accommodation are separated by an 18-metre wide strip of landscape. They are gently bent to a curve with an inside radius of 170 metres. The four-storey-high blocks are punctured at intervals along the façade to permit the prevailing breezes to pass through the structure.


The curved roof has a wide overhang which gives protection from the rain and sun. The overhang is supported on a secondary steel frame which also carries aerolon-type louvres that shield the external walls. The building has a striking image of raw technology with steel bridges across the gap between the two linear blocks. The building is stripped to the essentials. Decoration is superfluous; every component either has a structural reason or is an essential climatic-controlling device.
The building is entered on the west side, into a soaring naturally-ventilated atrium and open-to-sky auditorium. The roof is a high curved steel frame with open sides, not entirely suitable for its users in a tropical thunderstorm but at other times it is the hub of the complex. An industrial-finished glass lift ascends within this atrium space, connected by flying bridges to the intermediate floors of the teaching blocks. The multi-purpose hall is at the south end of the block with exhaust ducting from the
kitchen beneath elegantly deployed.


Throughout, there is consistent architectural language. The building celebrates tech-nology in a poetic manner. The central "street" is reminiscent of Tay Kheng Soon's ideas for Kampong Bugis DGP; it is high and narrow with overhanging roofs which effectively give shade throughout the day. Non-reflective landscape helps to cool the building. One of the principal issues of designing in the tropics is the discovery of a design language
of line, edge, mesh and shade rather than an architecture of plane, volume, solid and void.

Architecturally, the design emphasises changeability in the usage and adaptability in the fabric of the building. The design strategy is therefore to be able to accommodate modifications in an aggregative manner rather than adopt a finite design composition which resists any addition or alteration.


Climatically, the design emphasizes transparency and permeability in the spatial structure. The sheltering effect of the overhangs over the passageways creates an architecture of shade rather than an architecture of mass."

"
The sheltering effect of the overhangs over the passageways creates an architecture of shade rather than an architecture of mass."

shade of architechture? sounds like a totally useless shade... haha...

seriously from your pic, i think the building doesnt look that function-able... believe most of the corridoors gets wet whenever it rains right? its the deisgner's fault or the construction company's fault? haha...

ite bishan looks very interesting! like some dinosaur park with jurassic era plants

jurassic era plants! :lol:

redstone's pic clearly shows that!

ite bishan looks very interesting! like some dinosaur park with jurassic era plants

basically caused they just doesnt want to repaint or renovate the place... think they didnt even bother to wipe the dust off from the blinds...


redstone, u made the building sounding really dangerous... sure it passed all the test before it started being occupied?

ITE Bishan is very dirty....
But now they're repainting it.... Wonder what colour it would be....


Bishan:
Amphitheatre. Covered by not waterproof
Hall. Very very very hot. Lousy design both aesthetically and functionally
Classrooms: Very very hot. Roof curves below windows that hindge from the top. 1 row of windows per class!!!
Toilets: 1 cubicle only!!!!!! hot, no windows, not well ventilated.


The designed can be improved alot!!!!

may b back then moe didnt really bother much about ite campuses... as long as it looks ok and within budget, just go ahead and build? haha... so it resulted in such a state...

From the outside it looks new and nice.

But it's over 10 years old and is not nice as a functional building and a condcucive learning environment....

From the outside it looks new and nice.

But it's over 10 years old and is not nice as a functional building and a condcucive learning environment....

and im sure you know how violent most students in ite are... haha...

Ya, quite a lot of 'pai kias'....

Most are not serious in studying..... :bash:

Anyone has any idea who designed the new building at Hwa Chong JC? It's so ugly! Doesn't fit into the environment at all. The architect ought to be shot! :bash:

Model in Gen. office:
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9577/mfm1om.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/1746/mfm2ly.jpg


http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/8850/mfm9ya.jpg
School porch. I think they changed the huge glass panels at the corner.

Some pics of my school. The new building was very recently fully completed. Quite small as compared to some schools. Simple design with abstract shapes.

Anyone has any idea who designed the new building at Hwa Chong JC? It's so ugly! Doesn't fit into the environment at all. The architect ought to be shot! :bash:

Whats wrong with it? Is it visible from the main road or hidden inside?

Anyone has any idea who designed the new building at Hwa Chong JC? It's so ugly! Doesn't fit into the environment at all. The architect ought to be shot! :bash:

huh? there's a new building at HCJC? no new building at hcjc.... unless u are talking about the new building u/c at the land between HCJC and TCHS :weird:

Anyone has any idea who designed the new building at Hwa Chong JC? It's so ugly! Doesn't fit into the environment at all. The architect ought to be shot! :bash:

Before everybody jumps in to blame the architect, it helps if you actually bother to find out what constitutes to the final product. Have you seen the design brief? Have you met the clients? I don't think so.

huh? there's a new building at HCJC? no new building at hcjc.... unless u are talking about the new building u/c at the land between HCJC and TCHS :weird:
I mean relatively new. Probably 2 years only. Don't remember seeing it when I passed that area 5 years ago. Anyway, there is only one hideous looking building within the school compound. The one that looks totally out of place.

Whats wrong with it? Is it visible from the main road or hidden inside?
If it's hidden inside, it's still ok.

Before everybody jumps in to blame the architect, it helps if you actually bother to find out what constitutes to the final product. Have you seen the design brief? Have you met the clients? I don't think so.
If the building win praises, who will get the credits no matter what design brief or whatsoever? So, obviously, they are the one who has to bear the responsiibilty for putting their name down.

redstone, your school really looks simple and it has the basic elements of modern govt. school... althought the govt tries hard to make every school building unqie but alot still have similar characteristic... one of the examples are the windows, usually having 'shades' on four sides...

If the building win praises, who will get the credits no matter what design brief or whatsoever? So, obviously, they are the one who has to bear the responsiibilty for putting their name down.

I suggest you get the facts straight before making such ridiculous statement. If you feel the need to comment, then at least get pass the surface.

An building design encompasses contributions from a diverse group of people on the project team, that includes the client. On many occasions, the architect is not the sole decision maker and his decisions are influenced by a number of issues. He/she would have to balance out the issues leading to the final design.

If you'd bother to look at porject sign boards around construction site, you'll find that the architect is not the only party putting their name on the line. This is yet another one of the many misconceptions that surface here once in a while.

The school might have special requests. ;)

My school asked for an auditorium, dance studio, specialized band room.... :banana:
But somehow we got very very small toilets... :cry:

I mean relatively new. Probably 2 years only. Don't remember seeing it when I passed that area 5 years ago. Anyway, there is only one hideous looking building within the school compound. The one that looks totally out of place.

seriously i i dont think there has been any new buildings during these 5 years... :S

The school might have special requests. ;)

My school asked for an auditorium, dance studio, specialized band room.... :banana:
But somehow we got very very small toilets... :cry:

interesting... thought every school by right have an auditorium? or isit an extra auditorum? and actually what's the point of having huge toilets? haha...

No. Different from AVA Room. Ours is a cinema style auditorium with invidual plush seating, projection facilities... more like a mini theatre. ;) :D

It's a special request by our principle. We had to do fund raising for it.....
Bigger toilets= shorter queue to use them. ;)

seriously i i dont think there has been any new buildings during these 5 years... :S

There was. Its located somewhere between HCJC & TCHS. I think its next to where the HCJC lecture theatres are.

I dont find it that hideous, just that it looks like an obvious addition. I notice that the HCJC campus looks more like a village with a Chinese theme.

I suggest you get the facts straight before making such ridiculous statement. If you feel the need to comment, then at least get pass the surface.

An building design encompasses contributions from a diverse group of people on the project team, that includes the client. On many occasions, the architect is not the sole decision maker and his decisions are influenced by a number of issues. He/she would have to balance out the issues leading to the final design.

If you'd bother to look at porject sign boards around construction site, you'll find that the architect is not the only party putting their name on the line. This is yet another one of the many misconceptions that surface here once in a while.
Do structural engineers get praised for the building looking great? NO. Do M&E engineers get the praise? NO. They are all in the design team but who's responsible for the facade? And if you have seen the building in the school, I can tell you for sure nobody in the school would have requested for the building to look like that! It simply don't fit into the environment at all!

There was. Its located somewhere between HCJC & TCHS. I think its next to where the HCJC lecture theatres are.

I dont find it that hideous, just that it looks like an obvious addition. I notice that the HCJC campus looks more like a village with a Chinese theme.
That's the one. totally out of place. Hideous might be too strong a word. It might even have its own character if standalone. However, when put within the school compound, I just can't find a better word.

Do structural engineers get praised for the building looking great? NO. Do M&E engineers get the praise? NO. They are all in the design team but who's responsible for the facade? And if you have seen the building in the school, I can tell you for sure nobody in the school would have requested for the building to look like that! It simply don't fit into the environment at all!

That just showed you don't look beyond the surface of architecture and yes, structural and M&E engineers do get credit for creativity in solving difficult problems.

I don't question your judgement on a particular piece of architecture but I do have issues with you blaming a particular profession for something you don't like (or for the matter, have little understanding of).

And if you have seen the building in the school, I can tell you for sure nobody in the school would have requested for the building to look like that! It simply don't fit into the environment at all!

I too don't understand why would anyone with half a brain wants the Esplanade to look like that but its there. Do you?

and if no one liked the design as you so surely said it, then how in the world did it got built??? Somebody from the school has to endorse and approve the design before anything can be done. You only need common sense to figure out that part.

That just showed you don't look beyond the surface of architecture and yes, structural and M&E engineers do get credit for creativity in solving difficult problems.

I don't question your judgement on a particular piece of architecture but I do have issues with you blaming a particular profession for something you don't like (or for the matter, have little understanding of).It's obvious from my posting that I just passed by that area. The only thing that turned me off was of course the exterior. DUH.

and if no one liked the design as you so surely said it, then how in the world did it got built??? Somebody from the school has to endorse and approve the design before anything can be done. You only need common sense to figure out that part.
As I said, nobody requested that it be designed like that. I didn't say nobody liked the design. They just let the architect do whatever they wanted. A mistake I should say.

I too don't understand why would anyone with half a brain wants the Esplanade to look like that but its there. Do you?
You should ask the architect. :nuts:

It's obvious from my posting that I just passed by that area. The only thing that turned me off was of course the exterior. DUH.

Yes, its obvious from your posting that your knowledge of what you said was limited. So think twice before you start pointing fingers again.

As I said, nobody requested that it be designed like that. I didn't say nobody liked the design. They just let the architect do whatever they wanted. A mistake I should say.

You just don't get it do you?

Nobody in the right mind would spend millions on a building without telling the architect what they required and of course, some input on the aesthetics of the building. The design brief issued by the client is the single most important document that shapes the building. And frankly, I'd be out of my mind to design a building without knowing my client's requirements.

Really, you should read on more to catch up with what you've just said.

There was. Its located somewhere between HCJC & TCHS. I think its next to where the HCJC lecture theatres are.

I dont find it that hideous, just that it looks like an obvious addition. I notice that the HCJC campus looks more like a village with a Chinese theme.

hmm.. saw it on the way to school just now.. maybe its that i see it almost everyday that i dont find it out of place... :D HCJC classrooms looks almost identical to those in chs and the toilets too... actually the whole campus looks similar to what we have in chs.. :X

regarding a chinese themed village... sort of :D

and if no one liked the design as you so surely said it, then how in the world did it got built??? Somebody from the school has to endorse and approve the design before anything can be done. You only need common sense to figure out that part.

They need to have a better sense of aesthetics.

They need to have a better sense of aesthetics.

Tell that to them if you wish to. I'm not here to debate about aesthetics.

architects need a client like me, when i get my first billion :D

This design was very common for schools back in the 70s....many schools simply had the same structure shown here:

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/9537/oldschool4qj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

May Primary? :D
I might do a hue project is documenting every single school design.

But it's gonna be very very difficult as they're over 200 pir/sec/jc/ci here! :runaway:

architects need a client like me, when i get my first billion :D

No offence to you but from my experience, wealth and good taste are usually inversely proportional.

hrm maybe just in this region

May Primary? :D
I might do a hue project is documenting every single school design.

But it's gonna be very very difficult as they're over 200 pir/sec/jc/ci here! :runaway:

err..no..its not currently a school, took it near Whampoa.

Well...its going to be a task to photograph every single school, but I took a pic of this building because it represents an era of schools in Singapore, and they dont build these types anymore. :)

its easier to shot old school buildings as alot of them are totally similar... but i think you need to start snapping them soon as alot of those buildings are facing demolition... and alot have been domolished, one of the example is the site beside commonwealth mrt station... 2 schools once stood there...

It's gonna be a HUGE project.

I'll start with old schools.
But I'm not really free now... :cry:

A different perspective:
http://www.edwintan.net/blogfiles/05_08_25_hwachong.jpg (http://hwachong.edwintan.net/hc-area.jpg)

I noticed they ;conserved' part of the classroom block of the old St Andrew's Sec.

Now undergoing reconstruction as the new SAJC.
Even with a private bridge across Kallang River!!! :eek::cool:

Ultra cool!!!!!! :cool:

The bridge is Private??? I always thought it would be public...don't know why...

The concept is cool, a nice river, a nice bridge, all 4 schools (kindergarten, pri, sec, jc) together, the only educational institution in SG to have them. But I gotta see how it is like in reality first...

Can't imagine SAJC students walking such a long way to use the pool on the other side of the river...SHAGGED!!!

Ya, private bridge for St Andrew usage!!! :eek::cool:

How do you know that? Any pics of the area?

Saw it in car. :)

The St Andrew boarding house is also beside it. A conserved building.
A very cool concept. All-in-one. :cool:

hmmm... sure? Then, I'll go visit one day. :)

Here's the website: http://www.sajc.moe.edu.sg/

A different perspective:
http://www.edwintan.net/blogfiles/05_08_25_hwachong.jpg (http://hwachong.edwintan.net/hc-area.jpg)
Seems that they have used up all the land for buildings. Where will they house the International School? I heard it's will be within the same campus.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/492/chs4hk.jpg

International School will have their own building at the Green site... The construction's 3/4 done and will open in January 2006

Red colour site (The site of the old boarding school) will see a new SALT (Student Activities and Leadership Training) centre due June 2006.

Yellow colour site . Conversion of Kong Chian House into the new admin block.

Blue colour site. New Science Technology and research block

So small?! Even a primary school gets a larger compound than that.

And so many other constructions going on?! The school is rich!

Does Hwa Chong Institution have any other colonial style buildings other than the clock tower?

I dont think so..maybe the old library building.

Yes.. there's the art block and old library block... :D the art block's very nice though :D

@kenmin .. the international school has a 4 or 5 floor building ... quite big as for now.. cause they only have 3 classes as of now :D

there used to be a primary school on sentosa!

http://stars.nhb.gov.sg/data/pdfdoc/PressR19630115.pdf

Ooooooooo...is rark in HCI?

Cliff: Yup! :D

There used to be schools on many island kampongs here. ;)

Chinese High School has become part of Hwa Chong Institution?

Chinese High School has become part of Hwa Chong Institution?

Hwa Chong Junior College and The Chinese High School had merged to become Hwa Chong Institution. ;) :D

Offers the Integrated Programme.

I see. :)

AMK's Deyi Sec:
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/8765/amk0wj.jpg

Teck Ghee (De Yi) Pri:
http://img312.imageshack.us/img312/9223/amk1kd.jpg


Former Blangah Rise Pri, I think:
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4840/amk5wb.jpg

Nan Hua Pri:
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3992/amk5kl.jpg

So the building on the former Blangah Rise site is now unoccupied?

Just noticed that schools do take up a sizeable plot of land amongst the HDB estates

So the building on the former Blangah Rise site is now unoccupied?

Just noticed that schools do take up a sizeable plot of land amongst the HDB estates

it was formerly used once for the holding campus of Alexender Pri Sch, after that it's empty till now... the huge field provided space for outdoor activites and may be with the thought for extention purposes in the future? but eventually turned out to be abandon...

RC:
The school with the biggest field plot here is the former Thomson Sec campus at Thomson Road.

Now the holding campus for CHIJ Sec.

New school buildings here are so impressive!! Makes my old school back in the UK look horrible (even though it was the best in the area).

Last time, school buildings here were pretty bad especially those built in 1960s and 1970s.

^ you cant say its bad... just that there are only a few deisgns out there... haha... there's a few design for the 60s and 70s respectively... quite interesting to read about it if information is available... so its not really that bad after all...

I must say the 1970s schools really have this character and ambience that new school buildings lack.

Like a very 'kampong', relaxing, 'open' feeling...

Newer schools are more or less, more crammed.

^ true and agree... new schools try to 'stuff' as many facilities as possible...

Last time, school buildings here were pretty bad especially those built in 1960s and 1970s.

for a student living in Singapore in the 60s and 70s, you can't say they are bad. Obviously its silly to compare standards today with those 40 years ago.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7715/li8hr.jpg
Part of the old Mee Toh School, Race Course Road before relocated to Punggol.

you can go to the nlb reference library, Sg collection and find a book somthing like "25 years of school building"... it talks about the begining 25 yeaRS of school buildings developments... one of the things it shows its the different kind of layouts for schools back then... kind of interesting... sad that it cant be borrowed...

and see this... ahhh...
http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005929-8106-3181-8381/img0081.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/19980005923-8120-3181-1803/img0025.jpg

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/PCD0126-6319-6319-0126/img075.jpg
photo dated: 1958

http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/data/tn_pcd/PCD0110-6319-6319-0110/img026.jpg
OLD BUILDINGS, WHICH FORMERLY HOUSED ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR SCHOOL, AT FOOT OF FORT CANNING HILL IN COLEMAN STREET
22/02/1951

^^

both buildings are still around, although one is a replica of the original :)


RI campus to get $36m upgrade

26 Nov 05

Revamp, including specialised science labs, will increase space by a third

By Jane Ng

SINGAPORE'S top boys' secondary school Raffles Institution will redevelop its Bishan campus to increase its usable space by 30 per cent.

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/mnt/media/image/launched/2005-11-26/ST_3122400_26_11_2005.jpg

The plans include a 13-storey twin tower hostel block, specialised science laboratories, a new academic wing and a rugby field.

The $36-million upgrading programme for the 10ha, 15-year-old campus has started and will be completed by mid-2007.

Headmaster Bob Koh Chin Nguang said the redevelopment will provide the resources needed for its integrated programme, with its emphasis on project work and science research.

The school, which has 12 science labs and four special labs for robotics, laser and life sciences, will be adding another six labs for high-end research areas such as material science and photonics.

This will save time for more than 100 boys who travel every week to use the lab facilities at the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University.

'With students doing more lab work in school, we will also look into bringing the university professors in,' said Mr Koh.

'This will build the environment to encourage them to pursue research and development and create a buzz in the school,' he said.

A new seven-storey academic block will feature 48 new classrooms, each with a project room attached for students to hold discussions in, and fitted with wireless IT connection.

The existing track and field will be converted into a rugby field, which can also be utilised by students from Raffles Junior College next door. RI boys will pop over to the college track for track training.

The carpark will be transformed into a pedestrian area that connects RI to RJC.

There will also be a 600-seat auditorium and 56 co-curricular rooms.

Because the school cannot extend its boundaries, it will reconfigure the existing space and build upwards.

For instance, the new auditorium and CCA rooms will be sited above the current school hall and canteen.

The auditorium will have more than double the capacity of the existing performance theatre - which was converted from a lecture theatre and seats 250.

This will allow an entire cohort of 450 students to attend seminars or lectures by visiting professors at any one time.

The new hostel, 13 storeys high, will be more than three times the height of existing boarding facilities and will house 200 more students.

It is in line with the school's aim to encourage more local students to stay on campus for at least one term, and at the same time increase its foreign student enrolment from the current under 10 per cent to 15 or 20 per cent over the next five years.

Said director of admissions and boarding Edward Ng: 'For the boys to achieve a global outlook, one way is to bring the world to the school.'

Added Mr Koh: 'We want our boys to interact with other nationalities so that they are sensitive to different cultures around the world and see things from beyond the Singapore context.'

Colonial schools buildings

The only schools which still occupies their original colonial buildings:

Pre-war:-
Hwa Chong Institution: (The Chinese High School Clock Tower)
Saint Patrick's Sec Sch: (some conserved buildings)
CHIJ (Katong) Primary: (an old former seaside villa integrated into building)

Post-war:-
Chung Cheng High (Main): (grand Chinese architecture buildings)

hmmm...these belong here too:)
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/686/schoolsmall1ns.jpg
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1373/school2small6fv.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/4043/school3small7pq.jpg;)

Rooftop basketball court


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/rotpics03/bballroof.jpg

Colonial schools buildings

The only schools which still occupies their original colonial buildings:

Pre-war:-
Hwa Chong Institution: (The Chinese High School Clock Tower)
Saint Patrick's Sec Sch: (some conserved buildings)
CHIJ (Katong) Primary: (an old former seaside villa integrated into building)

Post-war:-
Chung Cheng High (Main): (grand Chinese architecture buildings)
Isn't the Katong Convent's old building demolished?

btw, I think all the CHS buildings along the road are pre-independence.

Hi i'm wondering if you guys know of schools in singapore, both old and new, with light reflectors that direct light further into the classrooms or offices?

Light reflectors are not usually used for they might not work for the entire building depending on its orientation. In some circumstances, it is almost impossible to orientate the building to harness natural lighting.

Wonder if anyone could take a pano of Hwa Chong Inst?

Colonial schools buildings

The only schools which still occupies their original colonial buildings:

Pre-war:-
Hwa Chong Institution: (The Chinese High School Clock Tower)
Saint Patrick's Sec Sch: (some conserved buildings)
CHIJ (Katong) Primary: (an old former seaside villa integrated into building)

Post-war:-
Chung Cheng High (Main): (grand Chinese architecture buildings)
Read a bit about the history of CCHSM. The school moved to the existing location soon after the war, with ready made buildings. Therefore, there might be pre war buildings still standing. Anyone could verify this? THe grand Chinese building mentioned however is only built after independence, in the late 60s.

Guangyang Secondary School
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/Leichestern/5456418641I.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/Leichestern/1564561564D.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/Leichestern/848484894L.jpg

Very 'sunny' look! :D

Oh ya, anyone has any idea what's happening to the old Victoria School building at Jalan Besar area?

Very 'sunny' look! :D

Oh ya, anyone has any idea what's happening to the old Victoria School building at Jalan Besar area?

not sure, but it's currently being occupied by Geylang Methodist Sec.:)

Well the building will be preserved I'm sure :)

i think u guys are a little confused,

there are numerous old VS campuses...since the school is 130 years old.

there's a really old one at jalan besar (colonial architecture), that is being conserved for use by a civil institution.

then there's another one at kallang bahru, that was the last campus before VS shifted to its new East Coast campus. this site at kallang is the one occupied by GMSS.

i think u guys are a little confused,

there are numerous old VS campuses...since the school is 130 years old.

there's a really old one at jalan besar (colonial architecture), that is being conserved for use by a civil institution.

then there's another one at kallang bahru, that was the last campus before VS shifted to its new East Coast campus. this site at kallang is the one occupied by GMSS.

Yup, the colonial building. It's beng guarded and always see workers moving in and out. Really a treasure, since not many colonial school campuses remain.

btw, I think all the CHS buildings along the road are pre-independence.

I think they should be TCH (The chinese high) but that does not matter now, since its renamed to HCI.

CHS is my school btw, Catholic High School:)

Wow, the school campuses in Singapore are beautiful.


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Some retro school buildings that used to be of quite standard design.

This one wont be around for long as its affected by the redevelopment plans for more housing at Dawson.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sch1.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sch3.jpg

Former school blocks and the former MOE HQ block. They were briefly used by the UNSW until last year.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/sch4.jpg

7 govt sites for foreign schools

19 Aug 08

http://www.straitstimes.com.sg/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20080819/front-int.jpg

TO HELP ease the shortage of places in international schools due to the booming expatriate population here, the Government has set aside seven state buildings and land parcels for use as foreign schools.
Four of them are existing vacant school buildings and the other three are vacant land.

The sites were selected based on locality, convenience, availability, space and ease of adaptability.

The available buildings are the former Upper Serangoon Secondary School in Upper Serangoon Road, Nan Chiau High School in Kim Yan Road, Fuchun Primary School in Woodlands Centre Road and Jurong Town Primary School in Hu Ching Road.

With the exception of the Upper Serangoon Road property, the rest will be let out on an initial three-year tenancy, with option to renew for another two terms.

The land parcels - at Yishun Avenue 1, Hougang Avenue 1 and Bukit Batok Road - have a lease period of 30 years.

The Economic Development Board (EDB) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA) are inviting interested schools to submit proposals for them.

One of the requirements is that classes must start by next year.

The proposals will also be assessed on factors like quality of project, ability to meet market demand and investment commitments.

Interested schools are invited to submit proposals for specific sites with each school allowed to submit proposals for more than one site.

'This is a request-for-Interest exercise, and does not constitute an offer,' said a statement from the EDB and SLA on Tuesday.

"The Singapore Government reserves the right to decide whether to proceed with awarding the sites at the end of the exercise, and to vary the specifications of the sites at its discretion.'

The statements said Singapore's strong economic growth over the years has attracted an influx of foreign talent relocating here. This has led to a sharp increase in demand for foreign schools.

Many international schools are full, and popular ones have long waiting lists. All the current eight schools here have either expanded or will do so in the next few years.

The number of expatriates here went up nearly 10 per cent in just one year, from 798,000 in 2005 to 875,500 in 2006, going by latest available figures.

The demand for places in international schools is expected to grow.

A survey done by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham) among its member companies last year found that a third - or 22 out of 68 - would be expanding their expatriate headcounts here by about 200 within the next three years.

These employees have about 300 children who will need places in international schools here.

EDB and SLA on Tuesday said the latest initiative is in response to the demand for foreign schools. So far, 19 international schools are using state properties as campuses.

Some examples include the Canadian International School, United World College of South East Asia, International Community School, and Avondale Grammar School.

Mr Teo Cher Hian, Director of SLA's Land Operations (Private) Division, said: 'SLA recognises that foreign system schools are an important infrastructure to attract global talents to live and work in Singapore. Adapting former vacant schools for use as FSS not only optimises land resources, it also provides immediate solutions to cater to the growing demand since they are purpose-built with playfields and other ancillary facilities.'

Added Mr Toh Wee Khiang, Director of Education and Professional Services, Economic Development Board: 'This request-for-interest will not be a one-off exercise for us and we will continue to strengthen our competitive advantages as a global education hub by attracting more FSS to Singapore in line with market demand.'

More information is found on the EDB website http://www.sedb.com.


By Jane Ng
Straits Times

Since not many colonial school campuses remain.

Don't forget the St. Andrew's School buildings, those have been there since pre-WW2.

7 govt sites for foreign schools

Some examples include the Canadian International School, United World College of South East Asia, International Community School, and Avondale Grammar School.


I thought there was a thread for United World College but I can't find it. Anyway, here are some progress photos.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa291/sonofadude/20090714164639.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa291/sonofadude/20090714164607.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa291/sonofadude/20090714164535.jpg

Taken 14 July 09.

Where is their new campus sited? Dover Road?

Where is their new campus sited? Dover Road?

Raffi, it's located in Tampines ... ... Street 71 or 73 ... I think.

I'm sorry the photos turned out so dark ... It was, in fact a bright sunny day but ...... ? Possibly because I took it using the mobile phone's camera. :)

^^

its the information that's 'illuminating', thanks! :cool:

I get the impression that many new educational sites are being developed in the east. I wonder if UWC will move out of Dover eventually...

MDIS to build its own hostel

6 Mar 09

http://www.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/image/20090303/sg-mdis.jpg

By Jane Ng

THE Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) will sink $80 million into a new block of hostel rooms and additional classrooms.

To be ready by the end of next year, the 15-storey building will be funded entirely by the private school's cash reserves.

It is the first part of a three-phase development over five years that will enable MDIS to double its enrolment to 25,000 students, 40 per cent of whom are expected to be foreigners, when completed.

The second phase will involve a $20 million six- storey administrative wing, while the third will see some low-rise buildings at its Stirling Road campus torn down to make way for two taller ones, each six to eight stories high, with up to 100 classrooms.

To be completed five years from now, the final phase will cost $100 million.

MDIS president Eric Kuan said there is no time like the present to invest for the future.

He said the school has been putting aside cash for some time now and is in a healthy financial position to expand.

'We think long term. This is a good time to invest and prepare for infrastructure before we take in students,' he said, adding that enrolment is continuing to grow despite the economic downturn.

The new building will have a cafeteria, a 495- seat lecture theatre and classrooms on the first to fifth floors. The sixth to 15th floors will house 782 air-conditioned hostel rooms - enough for 1,620 students - in various configurations.

The students now live in off-campus hostels.

Priority for the new hostel rooms will be given to first-year foreign students, and fees will range from $400 to $800.

If the school's secretary-general, Dr R. Theyvendran, has his way, the new hostel will not be the last. Expecting demand to rise, he said MDIS hopes to acquire more land for another hostel nearby.

Dr Theyvendran, who has been spearheading a push to instill moral values in MDIS students, sees having hostels as central to this drive, making it easier for the school to keep tabs on its students.

Though the school checks its off-site hostels each week to ensure that students are behaving, this is less than ideal, said Dr Theyvendran.

'Currently, our students are all over the place. Whatever we are trying to enforce here, like values, get distorted along the way when they go back to their hostels,' he said.

MDIS is the second private school to have a large-scale hostel facility for its students.

Last September, the Singapore Institute of Management opened a hostel along Ulu Pandan Road for 428 students.

Foreign students like Miss Amornrat Mekha- Aphirak, 25, a Thai third-year marketing student, said: 'When we're new to a country, it's always more convenient to live nearer the school and have friends from the same school to mix with so that we can help each other.'

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20090305-126409.html

I get the impression that many new educational sites are being developed in the east. I wonder if UWC will move out of Dover eventually...

MDIS to build its own hostel

I believe there is a push for the "further" east area, ie Simei, Tampines and perhaps even the Pasir Ris districts. There's already the ITE (east campus) there and soon the 4th Uni and the above mentioned UWC campus.

One thing I've noticed (I may be wrong), however, is that there aren't many private residential developments in Simei and Tampines. Maybe in time to come ...