Collage of seven large sculptures displayed across Singapore Polytechnic for its seventieth anniversary

Singapore Polytechnic · 70th anniversary · 2024

Seven Sculptures
for SP70

Seven decades of Singapore Polytechnic history became seven campus landmarks—each connecting past student work with a new anniversary story.

01 · Story

One sculpture for every decade.

The anniversary trail celebrated institutional memory through objects already shaped by students, staff, experimentation, and public engagement.

Rather than treating SP70 as a single display, the project spread seven larger-than-life works across the campus. Each sculpture became a visual marker for a different period, discipline, or collaborative achievement.

The works ranged from cardboard character sculpture and memory trees to digitally fabricated installations and a life-size Formula 1 car. Together they reflected a culture of learning through making—and the many student groups who made that culture visible.

ANNIVERSARY70 years of Singapore Polytechnic

SCALESeven campus landmarks

MADE BYMultiple student groups

02 · Landmarks

Seven places. Seven chapters of making.

The trail connected current campus life with projects originally created for exhibitions, national events, learning initiatives, and community celebrations.

01 · T11 SQUARE

Comic Con Hulk

A life-size Hulk recalled the MAD Pavilion at Singapore Comic Con 2023, where student work met live performance and a dynamic art wall.

02 · FOOD COURT 5

Learning Lion

The lion originated at the 2016 Istana Open House for “Everyday, A Learning Day”—and remained strong eight years later.

03 · FOOD COURT 2

Istana Hotpot

Students created the large-scale hotpot for the 2024 Istana Chinese New Year garden party using 3D printing and digital fabrication.

04 · AUDITORIUM

Ah Gong Bear

A four-metre bear transformed the auditorium atrium into an unmistakable anniversary meeting point.

05 · BUSINESS T18

Memory Tree 01

A branching cardboard tree carried collective memory into the Business School environment.

06 · MAD T19

Memory Tree 02

A second tree extended the installation language across the Media, Arts & Design campus.

07 · LIBRARY L2A

Life-size F1 Car

A full-scale cardboard Formula 1 car brought speed, structure, and student fabrication into the library.

03 · Gallery

Landmarks woven into everyday campus life.

The installations worked because they lived among classrooms, circulation routes, gathering spaces, and the daily rhythm of the campus.

Four-metre cardboard graduation bear holding a red SP70 heart in the auditorium atrium — The four-metre Ah Gong graduation bear creates a landmark in the auditorium atrium.

Life-size cardboard Formula 1 car and fabrication components displayed in the library — The F1 car installation brings full-scale cardboard engineering into the library.

Two large cardboard memory trees installed in Singapore Polytechnic academic buildings — The paired Memory Trees connect the Business and Media, Arts & Design schools.

Completed life-size cardboard Formula 1 car displayed beneath the library staircase — The completed F1 car beside SP70 lettering in its library setting.

Seven Sculpturesfor SP70