Marah Jassem AlawadArchitect
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Entrance perspective of the Faculty of Architecture building at the university complex, with its folded concrete facade and paved plaza.

Education

University Complex

College of Arts, Architecture, Civil Engineering · Damascus — airport road

05Campus · Housing · Sport · Shared ground
Location
Damascus, airport road
College
Arts, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Facilities
Housing, gym, sports fields, cafeteria, restaurant, administration
Boards
Five boards — campus plan, plans, sections, massing

Overview

This university complex was designed to meet the students’ needs, featuring residential and administrative areas, academic facilities, sports fields, a gym, a restaurant and a cafeteria. The plan places the administrative tower close to the main street and away from the residential edge, with service roads and a landscaped core between the teaching and housing zones.

CampusHousingSportShared ground

Design notes

  1. 01The brief is a small city: college, administrative tower, housing, gym, cafeteria, restaurant and sports fields on one site.
  2. 02Zoning is by time of use — teaching and administration facing the street, housing and sport held inside the landscaped core.
  3. 03The Architecture University building is developed as its own massing study, with sections that step the building into the slope of the site.

Boards

The drawings

5 boards · click to zoom
Board