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Dublin-based McCullough Mulvin Architects has released the plans for their first project outside of Ireland, a large-scale extension and modernization of Thapar University in Patiala, Punjab, India. Located in a fertile area, the project seeks to consider the University as a holistic landscape, "evoking and extending nature to form rocky heights and shaded valleys."
The project consists of the construction of two main building groups: The Learning Center, which is approximately 60,000 square meters; and the Student Accommodation, which is approximately 30,000 square meters. These new facilities will be connected with existing ones by a covered and planted walkway, which allows students and staff to walk through campus in contact with nature, while screened from the weather.
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The Learning Center will be composed of three major red-stone-clad buildings: a Library, Computer Building, and Lecture Block, all of which come together into a sculptural formation visible from across campus. Each building within the Learning Center will feature rooftop gardens.
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Student Accommodations will consist of seven “L” shaped towers that will contain 2,000 student rooms and common spaces. These towers will be linked by a podium that shields a reception center, gym, and dining spaces below. “Internally, spatially diverse common rooms are interlinked with double-height spaces to casually link student groups, and many bedrooms have screened balconies.”
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Learn more about the project here.
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Patiala, Punjab 147001, IndiaArea
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