providing access to the deep building
spaces on all three stories.
The east façade is oriented northsouth
and faces an internal rectilinear
courtyard. Three identical buildings
are opposite, and another abuts the
north side and the entrance building
on the south side. All six buildings
are connected by internal walkways
or intermediate staircase cores, forming
the BCA Academy. The nearest
building to the campus entrance
was chosen for the net zero energy
retrofit. The building was partially
funded by the BCA, the Ministry of
National Development (MND) and
the Economic Development Board
(EDB). The project used a designbuild-operate
process. Reducing
operational costs and emissions were
the driver for the design, rather than
reducing upfront capital costs.
In design charrettes the stakeholders
discussed passive design