The international competition for the development of the university has been presented in Rome these days
16 March, 2018 - Seven design teams from all over the world for draw the future ofUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. They have been in Rome these days to touch the reality of the University first hand, visit its structures and spaces and explore the Decima Malafede Nature Reserve to start dreaming of the University park which will develop over the next thirty years.
We are talking about Workshop(s) Alfonso Femia, Italians with offices in Milan, Paris and Genoa, who address the theme of contemporaneity in the relationship between city, territory and architecture (IULM Knowledge Transfer Center, Milan), of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, an American interdisciplinary design studio working at the crossroads of architecture, visual and performing arts (Vagelos Education Center - Columbia University, New York) in team with Alvisi Kirimoto Partners based in Rome and an international experience in architectural and urban design (Dong Thuc Square, Hanoi). But still, among the participants and he will The Mazzanti team, a Colombian team specializing in the design of buildings capable of encouraging transformation and creating communities (Fundacion Santa Fe, Bogota), a Labics, Italian studio that combines theoretical research with applied experimentation (MAST, Bologna) in team with Topotek 1, which is based in Germany specialized in landscape architecture and urban integration (Superliken Park, Copenhagen). Also there are Mario Cucinella Architects, one of the most important Italian studios, with numerous projects awarded internationally from an environmental and social point of view (Città della Salute, Milan), Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin-based studio specializing in eco-compatible design (Federal Environment Agency, Dessau) e Xaveer De Geyter Architects who from Brussels deals with architecture, urban planning and landscape design on different scales and levels (Université Paris Saclay, Paris).
“We have selected medium-large studios from all over the world specialized in the design of systems collective buildings e spaces for complex communities, through a specific methodology developed and coordinated by the team ofarch. Molinari (Luca Molinari Studio, Milan)," he explained Domenico Mastrolitto, General Manager di Campus Bio-Medico SpA, Promoter of UCBM which launched the challenge of the international competition for the masterplan of the University. “Today we are asking the seven finalists we have convened in Rome for two projects: the masterplan on 90 hectares for the doubling of the campus over the next 30 years and the sui first 17 thousand square meters, immediately achievable, which will give life to new classrooms and flexible and innovative spaces for university education including a simulation center and a wide range of spaces and services dedicated to campus life".
Un event's audience, the one that saw the finalists of the competition as protagonists, which was also an opportunity to reflect on the role of the university at the service of society and humanity on the occasion of the international symposium “Education & Innovation: Universities serving society and humanity” together with academics from Italy, UK, Spain and Argentina, as well as under the patronage of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT), the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), the Lazio Region, Rome Capital, the RomaNatura regional body and Legambiente and with the partnership of eFM SpA.
