The main challenge of [Inter.National.Design] and Erginoğlu + Çalışlar for this project is to arrive to a proposal that could articulate not only an interesting and comfortable life for the users of the campus, but to take this opportunity to improve the urban articulation of this site located in front of the famous city wall, near the frozen zone of the tourist strip of Varosha and next to a potentially dynamic avenue. The campus should also serve as a place of social and cultural encounter open to all citizens, in that sense it should be a campus of excellence qualities of public space and accessibility. Finally, their last goal is be able to arrive to a formal scheme that can also integrate the dispersed and mixed presence of historic buildings and turning them from nuisances into assets of the university life. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Although at first glance our proposal seems like an obvious formal response to the neighbor city walls context, we want to emphasize that this it is not the main reason why we chose to go for a scheme that might resemble the walled city. Our strategy for the University Campus can be better described as a set of strategies formalized at different levels, each with its own characteristic component while preserving a loose unity between its parts.
