{"id":8354,"date":"2015-03-17T19:17:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T08:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2023-07-21T09:49:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T01:49:49","slug":"in-harmony-with-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/in-harmony-with-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"In Harmony With Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Ngee Ann Polytechnic occupying campus grounds of over 33 hectares has an enrolment of about 16,000 and 2,000 full-time and part-time students respectively and an alumni community of about 130,000. It offers full-time diploma courses in 9 academic schools that cover diverse areas: business &amp; accountancy; design &amp; environment; film; sound &amp; video; infocomm technology and mass communication amongst them.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Students at the Polytechnic\u2019s School of Design &amp; Environment apply and learn a design-centred approach that encourages them to ask: \u201cHow do I make the world a better place?\u201d They learn how a sustainable environment that is in harmony with nature can enhance quality of life while minimising wastage of resources, and also add value to commercial and residential properties by enhancing aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8343\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/12-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Helping students to grasp a better understanding of urban spaces we live, work and play in and to be perceptive of their surroundings are two Elmich <b><a href=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/products\/versiwall-gp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VersiWall<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> GP (VGP) green wall<\/a><\/b> totaling 95 sq m installed on walls at the building exterior and interior courtyard of the School. The living walls stand in testimony as to how functional aesthetics and a viable solution for environmental sustainability can be achieved at the cost of a low ground level foot print.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8341\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The simple solution offered by the <b>VGP<\/b> living walls open minds and serve to inspire the students to arrive at equally simple yet brilliant solutions to make the world a better place. In their area of learning for instance, to take an everyday object and in its re-design make it more eco-friendly, functional and attractive; to produce innovative products which do not harm the environment without compromising functionality; and in a nutshell, to live design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8342\" src=\"http:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/51.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/51.jpg 999w, https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/51-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPROJECT\u00a0DETAILS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Owner\/Client:<\/strong> Ngee Ann Polytechnic<br \/>\n<strong>Architect:<\/strong> RSP Architects Planners &amp; Engineers (Pte) Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Landscape Consultant:<\/strong> Nature Landscapes Pte Ltd<br \/>\n<strong>Landscape Contractor:<\/strong> Nature Landscapes Pte Ltd<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/elmich.com\/asia\/?portfolio=ngee-ann-polytechnic-school-of-design-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ngee Ann Polytechnic occupying campus grounds of over 33 hectares has an enrolment of about 16,000 and 2,000 full-time and part-time students respectively and an alumni community of about 130,000. 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