College architecture
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Project • By asap/ adam sokol architecture practice • Universities
Green Oaks
The Green Oaks Biological Research Station, situated in a forest in rural Illinois belonging to Knox College, builds on existing facilities to provide a platform for research, study, instruction and living in the heart of the College's forestry research habitat. Subtle in its simplicity, the project uses an X-shaped plan to accommodate and also separate the various uses, responding to adjacent spaces, structures and landscapes while also referencing the X in the school's name. Drawing on numerous architectural threads, the building takes inspiration from sources as diverse as the Jeffersonian University of Virginia campus and the iconic red barns of rural Illinois.
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Project • By Arquitectonica • Universities
University of Miami Lakeside Village
In keeping with the vision to become an exemplary and excellent institution, University of Miami is embarking on a multi-phase housing plan to improve its current housing offerings for students, beginning with the construction of a new student housing village, Lakeside Village.
© Robin Hill Photography
© Robin Hill Photography
With its quintessential Miami Modern living community, integrated academic and student services, flexible event and recreational spaces, and locations for retail operations all on one site, the 535,000 SF student housing village redefines what it means to live, learn and work at the university. In addition to five floors of student housing for 1,115 students, the first floor and mezzanine le... More