Over the course of a week, students explored the topic of regenerative architecture, a subject e they began to familiarize themselves with during the international week held in Madrid last June. Organized by the Master's Degree in design and Environmental Building Management, this first international week brought together students and faculty from the National University of Singapore, fostering collaborative work among international students from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, China, India, Oman, and Bahrain.
During the second international week, students from the " Master's Degree " program in " design " and "Environmental Management of Buildings" traveled to Singapore with Aurora Monge, a professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Navarra, and Gabriela Porsani, a researcher at the university. The workshop is part of the " agreement " between the " School of Architecture " at the University of Navarra and the School of Design and Environment at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The course began at the National University of Singapore with sessions on the concept of net zero in tropical architecture led by Professor Nirmal Kishnani. Kishnani discussed concepts of postcolonial, bioclimatic, and green architecture from a tropical perspective, highlighting the paradigm of regenerative architecture.
The course took place at the SDE Architecture department e at the Asian University, a building whose design aims to optimize passive strategies. Thus, its layout—the distinction between classrooms, air-conditioned spaces, and naturally ventilated semi-outdoor spaces—endows it with high architectural quality in a tropical, hot, and humid climate.
In addition to the National University of Singapore, the course included visits to various buildings in the city, such as Kampung Admiralty, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Skyville Dawson, Punggol Digital District, and Bidadari Park. The students and professors toured this pathway accompanied by professors Nirmal Kishnani and Alakesh Dutta, architects from the URA Gallery, and members of the international architecture firms Henning Larsen and Woha programs of study .
