See & do · Landmarks & architecture
The Hive (Nanyang Technological University)
Opening hours
- Monday: Open 24 hours
- Tuesday: Open 24 hours
- Wednesday: Open 24 hours
- Thursday: Open 24 hours
- Friday: Open 24 hours
- Saturday: Open 24 hours
- Sunday: Open 24 hours
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A striking contemporary educational building designed by Thomas Heatherwick, resembling stacked dim sum baskets.
- Good to know
- Located far west; best for architecture enthusiasts. Free entry.
Reviews from Google
This building is something else — first thought was whether it’s a building or some kind of modern art 😄 “ithu entha design!” The structure is very unique, and the whole campus feels super clean and peaceful. Students studying here are really lucky — compared to what we had, this is next level 🥲 Good place to just walk around and take some cool photos.
Amazing architecture with sustainable idea, it will be so helpful for students to make something new
It's super cool place, great architecture outside and inside. Inside - every floor - its lecture class or auditorium as I understood, if I were student, I would spent the time at such classes. On the first floor there is some small food court, not so many people so you can enjoy the atmosphere, walk around, go to the roof top
Gorgeous architecture and definitely unique. The textured walls both inside and outside must have been a big cost on the construction budget. One quirk is that the lifts or elevators are marked as "B5 to L3" even though Basement 5 level is basically street level. The environment 'indoors' feels natural and organic despite being made out of concrete surfaces mostly. It feels cool and breezy to be inside the building.
Simply beautiful! It looks quite big from the outside, but once you step in, it actually feels smaller — in a cozy sort of way :-)