KAMPUS Mixed-Use Development, Apartment and Commercial Warehouse Buildings, Images
KAMPUS in Manchester
Manchester Residential and Retail Buildings, North West England, UK – design by Mecanoo
20 Oct 2019
KAMPUS
Architects: Mecanoo
Location: Manchester, England, UK

photo © Uniform
KAMPUS is a new neighbourhood located at the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus in the heart of the city. Utilising the qualities of the existing built structures ? Victorian brick canal-side warehouses and the 1964 concrete tower ? presents the opportunity to develop at the city block scale, creating new connections and a new destination. A melting pot of buildings and spaces, KAMPUS will celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the city with respect to the historic quality of Canal Street.
photos © Uniform
Pixels and Dutch houses

The architecture expresses the individual building blocks with variations in height to make each facade legible. The alternating positions of accentuated apertures in the facade work to reduce the scale of the brick mass while the light pixel elements add relief and balance to the facades.

Under construction – photos © Greg Holmes
The buildings are horizontally divided into three distinct elements: a podium with dark profiled metal cladding, a mid-section with rough textured red brickwork, and a roofscape characterised by Dutch houses also clad in profiled metal.

Under construction – photos © Greg Holmes
Secret garden

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