McNally Campus

LASALLE's McNally Campus is an exercise in sheer imagination.

Conceptualised and designed by Singapore-based architectural firm, RSP Architects, it represented Singapore in the architectural section of the Venice Biennale in 2004 and won three international architectural awards: PUSH Award 2009, Singapore Institute of Architects; Building of the Year Award 2008, 9th Singapore Institute of Architect’s Design Awards; and President’s Design Award 2008.

Its open campus design is inspired by geology. Six organically shaped buildings, seven storeys high, feature inroads and alleyways running between them – much like lava flowing through a valley and canyons created by natural geological processes. This can be likened to the creative forces pouring from the students and teachers within.

The buildings are distinguished by facets of glass on the inside, and an external cladding made of stone and aluminium. They are linked by an integrated atrium and sky bridges. An innovative roof structure covers the entire site seamlessly.

The entire campus is a living sculpture and a contemporary architectural masterpiece that serves as a major landmark within the cityscape. It invites visitors to enjoy and explore the grounds and witness the creation of art.

Situated in the arts, culture, learning and entertainment hub of Singapore, the city campus encourages interaction.

Through its glass facade and gateless walls, the design provides many platforms for boundless interaction and inspiration. In keeping with the integrative nature of contemporary art and design practice, multiple break-out spaces and skybridges encourage diverse art forms to coalesce and comingle, providing an inspiring learning environment for students to spark creative collisions.

Architecturally unique and designed as an integrated arts campus, the LASALLE compound offers students an impressive array of performance and exhibition spaces for learning and showcasing.

LASALLE’s unique learning environment encourages interdisciplinary interaction and a holistic approach to contemporary practice. On any given day, you are exposed to the various creative disciplines – you could be viewing an exhibition by an international artist, then attending a lecture by a guest designer, followed by a concert at lunchtime and critiquing a fellow student’s work-in-progress, and finally, helping your friends with their film project.

McNALLY CAMPUS FACILITIES

Our campus features facilities to ensure you get the best possible
experience at LASALLE, and provide the means to fulfil your creative
vision. These facilities are available for venue hire during semester
breaks. Find out more about venue hire.

1,500 sq m of contemporary art exhibition and gallery spaces

Our spaces cater to exhibitions all year round.

The region’s first theatre and art production workshop

Create full-scale sets on-campus

Three theatres

Our theatre spaces include Singapore’s first black box theatre with flexible ‘in-the-round’ seating with a total approximate size of 662 sq m.

Converged network communications infrastructure

Includes a wireless network environment, supporting services like e-learning, video conferencing, education, digital media and campus security.

21 computer labs

Total floor area : 1171.25 sq m
Total capacity : 528 students

14 classrooms

Total floor area: 661.06 sq m
Total capacity: 345 students

Three lecture theatres

Total floor area: 414.36 sq m
Total capacity: 388 seats

84 studios

Total floor area: 10,204.68 sq m
Total capacity: 2787 students

One fully equipped design technical workshop

Total floor area: 965 sq m
Total capacity: 75 students

LIBRARY

The Ngee Ann Kongsi Library houses an extensive specialist arts-related collection of publications in both hard and electronic forms. Visit the library portal to find out more about using the library or to browse the available resources.

The library is currently only open to LASALLE staff and students only.

Library portal