SIT@SP Groundbreaking Ceremony

7 August 2012

The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) announced the groundbreaking ceremony on 7 August 2012 for the new SIT building located at SP.

SIT will house Technical University of Munich (TUM), University of Glasgow (UOG) and DigiPen Institute of Technology (DigiPen) in its new building at SP. Construction is estimated to be completed by 2014. The following degree programmes will be conducted at the new location:

 The new SIT building at SP will span a total site area of 3,400 square metres. SIT@SP will be the largest SIT campus building with a total gross floor area of just over 20,000 square metres. It is located at the northern edge of SP and has a distinct grand entrance and main drop-off which is prominent from Dover Road. As DigiPen’s degree programmes require industry-standard classrooms, studio facilities, along with acting and animation studios for game development have been included in the architectural plans.

In a bid to attain the green mark platinum, a slew of design measures through the use of good tropical passive design have been put in place. Some of these features are:

i) North-south site orientation allow class rooms with optimum room depth to achieve ideal daylight and to minimize the use of artificial lightings;

ii) East-west façade are designated non-air-conditioned spaces such as corridors, staircases, toilets and are provided with sun shading and performance glazing where required to achieve maximum comfort;

iii) Generous introduction of naturally ventilated study areas punctuate the spaces which enhance the stack effect through internal atrium spaces to achieve ideal thermal comfort levels.

The design for the SIT building in SP was awarded to a consultancy team led by DP Architects Pte Ltd.

About Singapore Institute of Technology

Established in 2009, SIT is an initiative of the Ministry of Education offering undergraduate degree programmes primarily for polytechnic graduates. In partnership with various reputable overseas universities, SIT has brought to Singapore some of the world’s top industry-focused degree programmes targeted at growth sectors of the economy.

Through a unique tripartite collaboration with its overseas university partners and the five local polytechnics, SIT represents a new model that is set to become a key pillar of university education. SIT adopts a distributed campus model to allow greater synergy and efficiency. Through this model, SIT’s degree programmes will be housed within an SIT building in each of the polytechnics to cater to an annual intake of about 2000 full-time students by 2015.