UniverCities: The Integration of the Campus and its City
Picture: James Ewing
Written by Ankitha Gattupalli
The university campus has a distinctive spatial typology. Established as a micro-city, these self-contained environments are subject to their own rules and systems. They are designed as a deviation from the cities that host it to allow for the growth and proliferation of knowledge outside the status-quo. Centered around the transfer of information, academic centers are becoming increasingly relevant to urbanism. Campuses and their host cities evolve to mimic each other’s structure, forming opportunities for urban renewal.