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SCIENCE CAMPUS - MIND
CLIENT
Università degli Studi di Milano
ARCHITECTURE
CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati
LOCATION
Milano
SECTOR
University and Research
SUPERFACE
Gross Built Area: 210,000 sqm
Net University Area: 111,000 sqm
YEAR
Preliminary Design: 2021 – 2022
Detailed Design: 2023 -2024
Construction Management: ongoing
SERVICE
- MEP Design
- Consulenza acustica
- LEED Consulting
- Fire safety
- Construction Management
- HSSE
FEATURES
- Lecture room: 15.600 seats
- Laboratories: 12.450 sqm
- Library: 8.500 sqm
- Restaurants and retail: 5.200 sqm
MIND (Milano Innovation District) is Milan’s new centre of scientific excellence, developed in the former EXPO 2015 site. Designed as an international, forward-looking district, it will bring together institutions, universities, and businesses with a shared goal of advancing research and innovation. Within this setting, the new campus for the scientific faculties of the University of Milan will also take shape.
Named “Science for Citizens”, the new campus is designed to host about 23.000 people, including students, faculty members and staff, and will include five buildings dedicated to education and research. Among them, the Learning Center will stand out as an iconic gateway to the campus, open to the public and home to a library, auditorium and teaching spaces.
Architecture
The architectural concept, by Carlo Ratti Architect, is built around four key principles:
Courtyards: each building is organized around a central cloister and connects to the main square, the vibrant core of university life.
Parametric bricks: building façades will feature brick patterns arranged to create symbolic shapes and three-dimensional effects.
Common Ground: the campus is conceived as an open, permeable space, with pedestrian paths crossing the buildings and visual transparency between the interiors and the surrounding district.
City and nature: green roofs, botanical gardens, experimental greenhouses and sports fields will integrate the campus with the linear park of the Decumano, fostering a new harmony between architecture, landscape and innovation.
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A carbon-free project
In terms of environmental sustainability, the MIND Campus aims to serve as a global benchmark; not only the energy solutions, but also the choice of materials, construction techniques, and site management methods represent the state of the art in available technologies, in line with the highest energy and environmental certification standards. The project has been developed to achieve LEED New Construction Gold certification and LEED EBOM (Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance) Gold certification.
As for energy fluid production, the design approach excludes the use of fossil fuels entirely and adopts systems powered exclusively by electricity. Part of the electricity required by the complex will be produced on site through photovoltaic systems installed on the rooftops of the buildings, while the remaining part will be purchased externally, but still from renewable sources.
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