Sengkang Large Childcare Centre is the first and only project in Singapore that integrates an entire facility into a park. As part of Sengkang Riverside Park, the building is a seamless extension of the park’s constructed wetlands and open spaces. Emerging at the entrance of the park and gradually sloping down to the riverfront, the building features openings specially created to maximise natural daylight and allow for cross ventilation. This blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor, for a richer learning environment.
In building SKLCC, we started with one thought: integration. We proposed a ‘rolling hill’ concept that would merge the building mass with the park, while providing a whimsical but exciting narrative for children as the ‘hill school’. The building adopts a crescent form around an existing park sculpture with an access road cutting through the building. The green roof is supported by steel ribs that open up towards the edges, merging into the landscape. The two ends of the hill are tapered to reduce mass at the edges, while maintaining a very high volume at the central atrium. Classrooms are situated at both wings flanking the central atrium park. The central park is fully sheltered but open at both sides for natural daylight and ventilation. This area provides a garden setting upon arrival at the entrance and an airy indoor space for children’s learning. The classrooms also open out at both sides to wide semi-outdoor corridor spaces for sheltered learning and sand/water play, extending also to motor skills training.
Sengkang Large Childcare Centre is the first and only project in Singapore that integrates an entire facility into a park. As part of Sengkang Riverside Park, the building is a seamless extension of the park’s constructed wetlands and open spaces. Emerging at the entrance of the park and gradually sloping down to the riverfront, the building features openings specially created to maximise natural daylight and allow for cross ventilation. This blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor, for a richer learning environment.
In building SKLCC, we started with one thought: integration. We proposed a ‘rolling hill’ concept that would merge the building mass with the park, while providing a whimsical but exciting narrative for children as the ‘hill school’. The building adopts a crescent form around an existing park sculpture with an access road cutting through the building. The green roof is supported by steel ribs that open up towards the edges, merging into the landscape. The two ends of the hill are tapered to reduce mass at the edges, while maintaining a very high volume at the central atrium. Classrooms are situated at both wings flanking the central atrium park. The central park is fully sheltered but open at both sides for natural daylight and ventilation. This area provides a garden setting upon arrival at the entrance and an airy indoor space for children’s learning. The classrooms also open out at both sides to wide semi-outdoor corridor spaces for sheltered learning and sand/water play, extending also to motor skills training.
Sengkang Large Childcare Centre is the first and only project in Singapore that integrates an entire facility into a park. As part of Sengkang Riverside Park, the building is a seamless extension of the park’s constructed wetlands and open spaces. Emerging at the entrance of the park and gradually sloping down to the riverfront, the building features openings specially created to maximise natural daylight and allow for cross ventilation. This blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor, for a richer learning environment.
In building SKLCC, we started with one thought: integration. We proposed a ‘rolling hill’ concept that would merge the building mass with the park, while providing a whimsical but exciting narrative for children as the ‘hill school’. The building adopts a crescent form around an existing park sculpture with an access road cutting through the building. The green roof is supported by steel ribs that open up towards the edges, merging into the landscape. The two ends of the hill are tapered to reduce mass at the edges, while maintaining a very high volume at the central atrium. Classrooms are situated at both wings flanking the central atrium park. The central park is fully sheltered but open at both sides for natural daylight and ventilation. This area provides a garden setting upon arrival at the entrance and an airy indoor space for children’s learning. The classrooms also open out at both sides to wide semi-outdoor corridor spaces for sheltered learning and sand/water play, extending also to motor skills training.
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