Mecanoo has won the international competition to design the new campus of the National University of Science and Technology (MISiS), one of the leading technical universities of Russia. The 100-acre campus will be located in a new district of Moscow, where 300,000 new residents are expected over the next 20 years.

The campus includes housing for 10,000 students and 3,000 academics, and is home to seven departments, several research institutes, a library, business center, hotel, sports park, cinema, cafes and shops. As a condition of the project’s financing by President Medvedev, construction must begin by year’s end. More images and architect’s description after the break.

The National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) is one of the leading Russian technical universities and will lead the country in its transition into an innovative knowledge economy. MISiS grew out of two prominent players in the industrialization of the Soviet Union in the last century, the Moscow Academy of Mines and the Moscow Steel Institute. The Nobel Prize in Physics for Professor Alexei Abrikosov’s work in the field of superconductivity launched the University into the international spotlight in 2003. The new 100 acre MISiS campus will form the core and catalyst for the development of Project A101, a new 13,000 acre district of Moscow where 300,000 new residents are expected over the next 20 years. The campus comprises housing for 10,000 students and 3,000 academics, seven faculty buildings, several research institutes, a library, business centre, hotel, recreation park, cinema, cafes and shops. A condition of the project’s financing by President Medvedev is that construction shall begin by year’s end and the campus realised within 7-10 years.