plystudio: campus bridge, singapore

‘campus bridge’ by plystudio, singapore image © jeremy san all images courtesy of plystudio

singaporean practice plystudio have recently completed the ‘campus bridge’ for the national junior college in singapore. two buildings are separated by a drop in the grade condition of the site, requiring a partially elevated connection leading from the boarding house to the college’s entrance. the outer form merges a tent-like enclosure at one end and morphs into a partially open pavilion which integrates a porte cochère. the structure is formed with thirteen steel sections which progressively taper and adjust their height to accommodate the diverse users on opposing ends of its length, ranging from pedestrians to firetrucks.

pockets within the interior of the walkway are protected from the external rain screen. vertical tensile wires support climbing plants to compliment the resting and gathering areas. the construct is clad with zincalume single panels to contrast the clay tiles of the encompassing buildings. gaps between the metal sheets for striated streams of daylight and ventilation.

college drop-off image © jeremy san

rooftop view image © jeremy san

college drop-off image © jeremy san

approaching boarding house drop-off image © jeremy san

campus image © jeremy san

roof and vertical cladding image © jeremy san

roof cladding folds down as rain screen image © jeremy san

view towards college image © jeremy san

view towards boarding house image © jeremy san

view towards boarding house image © jeremy san

at night image © jeremy san

floor plan

roof plan

section

model

model

(left) interior of model (right) aerial view of model

render

render

section diagram

conceptual diagram

section vs. plan diagram

section detail

daylight and ventilation diagram

project info:

size: 250 m2 type of construction: steel, reinforced concrete design team: plystudio / victor lee, jacqueline yeo consulting team: the architects’ circle, wts consulting engineers, cpg consultants, koyo engineering builder: bee guan construction photography: jeremy san