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Beyond Net-Zero: Local Wisdom and Sustainable Architecture at NUS

By Johannes Widodo

Published on 4 April 2024

Architecture

The talk is about the architecture of NUS SDE4, the first Zero-Energy Certified building in Singapore and Southeast Asia, the first university building in the world and the first building in Singapore that received the International WELL Building Institute 2019- WELL Certified Gold (1st). It will reveal the innovative design of one of the World’s 6 Most Beautiful Buildings That Redefine Sustainable Architecture (according to the Architecture Digest, 2022), based on our tropical Southeast Asian local vernacular wisdom. The building, completed in 2020, is actually an energy-positive building with a low maintenance cost, part of the national water resilience endeavor, promoting natural biophilia, providing better human health, and advocating change in mindset.

The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage