In spring 2021, Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation in cooperation with Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Academy of Sciences and Kurchatov Institute National Research Center launched the architectural competition for the future campus. The goal of the campus project is to accumulate the potential of the area and create the center for the great scientific results, integrating fundamental science and high-class education.
Project Name: The campus of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics
Architecture Firm: DNK ag
Website: www.dnk-ag.ru
Firm Location: Moscow, Russia
Will your project be realized: 2024
Completion Year (if applies): 2021
Gross Built Area: 20 849м2
Project location: Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia
Lead Architects: Daniil Lorenz, Natalia Sidorova, Konstantin Khodnev
Renderings credits: Artem Blinov/Anton Saveliev
Additional Credits
Design Team:
Pavel Shvetsov, Alexandre Sapuntsov, Elena Filatova, Alisa Oblienkova, Margarita Poluzina, Maria Kochurkina, Anna Kartavaya, Daria Lukashevich, Anastasia Ashikhmina
Clients: Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation
Consultants: Citymakers https://www.citymakers.com/
The campus of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics includes a scientific and educational complex, based on a branch of Moscow State University, a hotel, a cultural center, housing for students, residents, lecturers and service personnel, as well as service buildings and a park. The campus is for education, fundamental science and research, it is for life, work and leisure.
The heart of the campus is a preserved picturesque forest for walking and leisure. The existing square forest area in the developed territory is located right in the middle of the campus and is surrounded on different sides by the research and education center, residential and public buildings. This location emphasizes the main campus advantage: balance between a city’s civilization and nature.
The core of the campus is the University Arch with a silhouette symbolizing the tectonic composition of the main building of Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Gory. It is something like a three-dimensional portal the arch opens to the sky as a symbol of the Future, to the library as a symbol of Knowledge, to the forest as a symbol of Nature. There is a double-sided amphitheater under the arch, which is the main common area of the campus, a place for communication, meetings and events. The focus of the Portal is an engineering optical object d’art forming a dynamic cloud of mirrors directing sunlight into the amphitheater.
The main central block is formed around the campus core. The quarter is formed by the University building and the IT center, which are united by a common lobby on the ground floor, and a library “bridge” upstairs, as well as the buildings of the hotel and the cultural center with the museum. There are residential buildings and houses to the right of the block and the buildings of the startup and the sports complex integrated into the existing Technopark structure — to the left.
The residential quarter is located in proximity to the university and is represented by three blocks of low-rise buildings: a hostel for students, a residential building with apartments for lecturers and residents, town houses for professors and lecturers. The accommodation is designed considering interests and privacy of each target group. A public roof terrace and a cozy student courtyard were hence arranged in the hostel for students. Townhouses inspired by the architecture of the wooden engineering and technical staff cottages of Sarov, are intended for the professors.
Ecosystem. Not only the buildings, but by the common areas quality and variety shape the environment that the project develops. In addition to the Forest and the Amphitheater, as key spaces, it is worth noting other equally important ones that create a unique comfortable environment for campus life.
The cultural center, the museum and the hotel with their cafes and restaurants face the boulevard, which is the main urban space. The central alley covered with wild grasses marks the border between the university and the hotel. Mega-pergola is a linear space separating the campus from the Technopark complex, where various activities, such as table tennis, exhibition spaces, and workouts are integrated, all with a forest view.
The architectural concept for NCPM came as a result of the competition operated by Citymakers. The goal of the competition was to select an innovative sustainable architectural solution for future residents of NCPM that would combine possibilities for efficient scientific activities and comfortable life. The Citymakers team created the functional concept and technical brief. To organize the competition, the Citymakers experts analyzed the modern educational clusters, studied the design environment and territory, determined and described the values and needs of future users. The competition participants were to elaborate the territory design concepts, public spaces layout and an architectural image of the future NCPM.
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