David Chipperfield to convert Old Barracks into University of Padua Campus
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David Chipperfield Architects will soon be designing a new campus for one of the world’s oldest surviving universities, reports dezeen.Leaving behind leading firms such as Foster + Partners, Barozzi Veiga, Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, Sauerbruch Hutton, and BaDavid Chipperfield to convert Old Barracks into University of Padua Campus
David Chipperfield Architects will soon be designing a new campus for one of the world’s oldest surviving universities, reports dezeen.Leaving behind leading firms such as Foster + Partners, Barozzi Veiga, Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, Sauerbruch Hutton, and Bak Gordon, David Chipperfield Architects, and engineering company Steam were selected to design a campus of social and economic sciences for the University of Padua, which is the fifth-oldest surviving university on the globe.According to dezeen, the PiaveFutura campus will take over the former Caserma Piave barracks – a disused 50,000-square-meter site in the southwest of the city.Similar to most of the university’s existing facilities, which dates back to the 13th-century, the new campus will be located within the old city walls.Chipperfield’s design involves renovating the old buildings on the site and inserting a new elliptical pavilion at their center. While the old buildings will accommodate teaching, research, and administration, the new structure will create more open study areas, conference facilities, and dining spaces.“The architectural concept is rooted in the idea of a building that will serve both the university and the city, acting as a ‘social condenser,’” explained David Chipperfield Architects. “Reference to the historic architecture of Padua, such as Prato della Valle and the Botanical Garden buildings, is a clear source of inspiration for the proposal and evident in the design.”David Chipperfield Architects was founded in London by David Chipperfield in 1985. Its diverse international body of work includes cultural, residential, commercial, and educational buildings and spaces for the private and public sectors, as well as civic projects and urban masterplans.David Chipperfield Architects has offices in London, Berlin, and Shanghai, as well as Milan. One of the biggest projects to come out of the Italian office is the Museo delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan – a project that ended in a row between architect and client. David Chipperfield Architects has won more than 100 international awards and citations for design excellence, including the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2007 for The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach, Germany, and both the Mies van der Rohe Award (European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture), and the Deutscher Architekturpreis in 2011 for the Neues Museum, Berlin. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more