Originally called the Performance Hall, this iconic space was renamed The Yale-NUS College Hall in January 2024 to act as a permanent reminder of its importance in the history of Yale-NUS.
The hall hosted a variety of official events, conferences and symposiums, as well as plays, music concerts and dance performances. More importantly, it was where the lectures for the Common Curriculum—a unique cornerstone of the Yale-NUS curriculum—were held. All of the ~250 students of each cohort would regularly gather together here to share this unique learning experience.
The hall had 339 seats, and was clad in cherry wood from New England, giving it a distinct smell. The wood pattern on the stage’s backdrop was a combination of the patterns used in the three Residential Colleges, which were themselves inspired by Southeast Asian textures.
This tour was filmed in March 2023 during the first geopolitics conference held at the College, ‘US-China Rivalry: Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia’.
You can also explore the hall’s control room, and exit atthe rear to visit the foyer where you can see a wall drawing by the American artist Sol LeWitt.
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