Campus renovation
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about campus renovation
Project • By Cimaise Architecture • Universities
Student Life Pavilion E1
Completed in 1959, the former student social centre at the heart of the Université de Sherbrooke campus was originally designed to house the university administration and a cafeteria. Over time, it gradually became home to student life services, the general management, health, psychology and counselling services, as well as financial aid and student associations, without any major rethinking of the spaces. By the late 2010s, the building had become outdated and poorly adapted to contemporary student needs.
Charles Lanteigne
Charles Lanteigne
The renovation of Pavilion E1 transforms this modest three-storey, 3,000-square-metre building into a clear centre of student life. The project reorganizes the interior around a new &l... More
Project • By REAL Architects • Primary Schools
Special Education School Campus Renewal
Founded in 1987, Ningbo Damin School is an excellent full-time school for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Moderate and severe intellectual disabilities are predominantly students enrolled in the school, and autistic students accounting for 1/4 of the total number of students.
XIRU
The campus as a whole is rather dated and needs some new energy. As a special education school, the campus landscape lacks 'specialness’. The site is relatively monofunctional and lacks interactivity. Outdoor sports equipment is underage and unutilized, while there is a lack of outdoor rehabilitation training facilities for children. The campus planting ignores the rehabilitative function of the plants themselves. There... More