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2011

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2014

  • Work on this object ended.

2015

2024

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Learning Hub

This is a Learning Hub. It was designed by Heatherwick Studio and Thomas Heatherwick and made for (as the client) Nanyang Technological University. It is dated 2011–2014.

Can a building help change the way we learn?
The focus of this competition-winning design for Nanyang Technological University’s Learning Hub is fifty-six tutorial rooms in which cluster-based learning replaces traditional classrooms. The building’s distinctive shape encourages connections among users with rounded rooms, stacked into clustered towers, opening onto shared circulation space. The central atrium provides a focus for student activities and fosters a spirit of openness. Community and recreational activities take place on the upper levels and rooftops, which feature gardens, shaded terraces, and pergolas. This generous planting underscores the university’s national status as a garden campus.

It is credited Courtesy of Heatherwick Studio.

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  • Courtesy of Heatherwick Studio.
  • HSP.35

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio.

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