Looking to redefine the relationship between students, buildings and the city of Milan, Bocconi University challenged architects world-wide to design a “campus for the third millennium”. Although first prize was awarded to SANAA’s courtyard-centric complex formed by a series of undulating figures, OMA’s proposal provides an interesting twist to intercity university campuses.
Formulating a composition of objects that “represents a three-dimensional re-learning of humanistic values”, OMA’s Bocconi Urban Campus proposal sets the stage for Homo Economicus. Two clusters of independent buildings - an “extroverted” new school of management and the “introverted” a-frame student housing tower - are centered around a public amphitheater topped by a canopy of “architectural” umbrellas. While the thirteen story tower shelters the more intimate campus programs and acts as a backdrop to the boisterous new school, all spaces remain permeable to the activities of the surrounding city and establish the most appropriate and stimulating connection.
More photos of OMA's proposal after the break...
Competition
Bocconi University CompetitionProject Name
Bocconi Urban Campus ProposalArchitects
Architect in Charge
OMAPartner in Charge
Rem KoolhaasAssociate in Charge
Ippolito Pestellini LaparelliTeam
Paul Cournet, Alice Gregoire, Ricardo Guedes, Barbara Materia, Francesco Moncada, Pietro Pagliaro, Silvia Sandor, Miguel TabordaClient
Bocconi UniversityStructural Engineer
Buro Happold – Wolf MangelsdorfMEP and Sustainability
Buro Happold – Paolo CresciLocal Architect
Studio Nonis – Fabio NonisUrban Planning
Laboratorio Permanente – Nicola RussiTraffic
TRM Engineering - Michele RossiCosts
GAD – Gianpiero AresiModel Photography
Frans ParthesiusRenderings
TegmarkProject Year
2012Photographs
Courtesy of OMAArchitects
