The first prize winning proposal for the CYC Students Residence University by EKKY Studio is an affordable student housing complex close to the university of Cyprus, in the Aglantzia area of Nicosia. Through their research, a new building typology was explored which can house 70-76 students and can potentially create public facilities for the students of the neighboring properties, aiming at creating a contemporary student housing hub. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Alienation and lack of social contact are major problems for many students. The main concept of the complex is to create a small community and to initiate a widespread social network within the residence. The main shapes provide the greatest possible contact between common and private spaces by creating all the movement paths as an interior outdoor interactive space that is surrounding the heart of the building. At the same time, the main shape ensures the privacy of each residence by giving it the view towards the road, with most of the units having a private veranda.
