The Green Roof Nanyang Art School

CPG Corporation is one of the leading building development services in Singapore that helped remodel Singapore into the country that people see today. Started in 1999, CPG has shaped the skylines of Singapore and has come a long way since then, taking their business beyond the province of Singapore and into the world, including China, India and the Middle East (CPG Corp.). This corporation uses the style of Environmentalism to develop an architecture that is both eco friendly and a work of art. They use this trend to harmonize modern, architectural design with nature so that they can co-exist and make a masterpiece of art. This idea of fusing buildings with art is ingenious with a natural resistance from scorching heat in the summer to freezing weather in the winter. This creative and powerful method of bonding nature and architecture is known as Green Design (CPG Corp.). The Green Design is different from other types of design in the way that other architectural designs interfere with the surrounding environment; however, the Green Design embraces it into the design and blends with it to the fullest. The Nanyang Art School is an excellent example of the planning and development of the Green Design that the CPG Corporation has mastered over the years.

The Green Roof Nanyang Art School in Singapore uses the landscape to its advantage to bring out the details of the building itself and fusion of nature and structure. This building’s roof uses real grass to have the sense that the building has actually grown from the ground up.  This green grass on the roof builds the viewers’ sense of perception and leaves them in awe. They picture that this school is part of the earth and that the surrounding area and the building are one. In addition, the way that the sides are just clear windows brings out the intricacy of the inner part of it. On the outside, the roof takes up the entire top and sides of it. With the inside, the watcher is able to see that rooms are not the same size or color but are distinct in each section.  At first glance, viewers believe that the entire building is just only one part as a whole; however, CPG constructed the building into four separate parts, three overlapping crescent shaped layers and a half moon shaped layer sticking out. This design challenges the observers’ sense of perception and gives them the sense of depth. This design also makes sure that each angle outside and around the building gives the observer a different perspective while cruising along the road. Not only is this structure planned out in both details and perception but also in spacing. The CPG Corporation creatively spaced each part of the building so that from far away, people can see each object around it helps emphasize the area of the building. Close up, people are both in awe and amazement at the very size of the School and are able experience the comfort of the building. This 5-story building distinguishes itself from the other buildings on campus by the use of Green Design with the roof and scenery as one. CPG’s reality is one with human structures and nature joining together peacefully. Their reality challenges the rest of the world to change their own reality from one that doesn’t hurt the planet to one that helps it grow.