The New York Times28 September 2013 Issue No:289
At universities in land-strapped Singapore, students may one day borrow
books from an underground library, attend lectures in a subterranean
auditorium or even swim in an Olympic-size swimming pool below sea
level, writes Calvin Yang for The New York Times.
Two of the city’s public universities, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore, have completed preliminary studies on developing the space beneath their campuses for lecture theatres, laboratories, sports facilities and performance halls. A third school, Singapore Management University, has already constructed a basement-level space linking its main above-ground buildings.
At NTU, a group of researchers has spent the past year gathering available data on the university’s surface topography and subsurface geology. The preliminary survey found that the campus offers opportunities for underground space development. Extensive investigations indicated that rock strata 20 to 30 metres, or 66 to 98 feet, below the surface, are suited for cavern construction with spans as wide as 20 metres.
Two of the city’s public universities, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore, have completed preliminary studies on developing the space beneath their campuses for lecture theatres, laboratories, sports facilities and performance halls. A third school, Singapore Management University, has already constructed a basement-level space linking its main above-ground buildings.
At NTU, a group of researchers has spent the past year gathering available data on the university’s surface topography and subsurface geology. The preliminary survey found that the campus offers opportunities for underground space development. Extensive investigations indicated that rock strata 20 to 30 metres, or 66 to 98 feet, below the surface, are suited for cavern construction with spans as wide as 20 metres.
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