Soran University Campus
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LOCATION
Soran, Iraq
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PROJECT COMPLETION
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CAPACITY
500000 m2
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DISCIPLINES
. ARCHITECTURE .
. INTERIOR DESIGN .
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SECTORS
. MIXED USE .
. CULTURAL .
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REGION
. ASIA .
The current Sorran University shall be relocated to a new campus on a plateau adjacent to a deep canyon overlooking the city of Soran. The new campus masterplan designed by Chalabi Architects and the design development and construction drawingns made by 4M-Pro-ge JV. and the campus will be constructed on a site of 365ha and will be developed in four phases approximately over a 20 year period. Once completed the campus will consist of 6 Faculties, 2 Learning Centers, a Student Center, a Festival Hall, a Sports Hall, the Administrative Building and a Hotel. The new university campus is intented for 14.000 prospective students and 2000 staff where 50% of the students will be housed on campus and all the staff will live in an adjacent residential neighborhood incleded in the masterplan.
The design respond to the dramtic site and its topography. Minimizing the cut and fill and creating a wind-mill arrangement are two central ideas of the lay-out. The communal buildings are arranged along a meandering central spine green corridor. On its both sides, the faculties are arranged so that minimum walking distances and a maximum walking distances and a maximum of green areas surround each building. The terraced student housing make up the campus edges.