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PiaveFutur Campus Building in Padua
Modern Architectural Development in Italy – design by David Chipperfield Architects Milan
15 Apr 2019
PiaveFutur Social and Economic Sciences Campus
Design: David Chipperfield Architects Milan
Location: Padua, Italy

David Chipperfield Architects Milan, in collaboration with the engineering company Steam, has won the International Design Competition organised by the University of Padua for the construction of the new campus of Social and Economic Sciences called PiaveFutura. Among the other practices selected for the restricted procedure competition were Bak Gordon, Barozzi Veiga, Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, and Foster & Partners, Sauerbruch Hutton.
The competition calls for the recovery of the former Caserma Piave (barracks) complex, a significant area of approximately 50,000 square meters in the south-west of Padua?s historic centre within the two city walls belts, to accomodate the new campus. The existing complex also includes buildings of the former Sant?Agostino convent, which have been used as part of the barracks since the nineteenth century.

David Chipperfield Architects Milan?s winning scheme proposes both the recovery of historic buildings for teaching, administrative and research activities, and the introduction of a new building at the centre of the campus. Elliptical in form, the new pavilion sits partially underg...