New College of Engineering Proposal by Mimar Emirates
Mimar Emirates were recently announced as the winners of the New College of Engineering competition in Qatar, Doha which is one of the core flagships of Qatar University. The given project site is around 56,000 S.M on which a 60,000 S.M building will be developed to include the faculty program. Seven Departments would compose the college breakdown that includes the Chemical, Civil, Architecture, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, and Computer. The current number of students is 1200 that will continue to grow with an estimated number of students of 1800 by 2015.
The preliminary concept was generated taking into consideration the connection between the site and the university campus, which was determined by the main campus spine to create the main axis of the Faculty of Engineering site. The significance of the site location comes from its relation with Qatar University, which has a noticeable overlook upon Losail Zone and a farther view of the business district Skyline.
A comprehensive image that put down the design into the campus context ought not to fall out of the Campus harmonic profile. However, it shall be an extension yet with distinguished character. By following the orientation impact upon the concept, this shows an optimum gain of environmental conditions. Regardless, with the influence of other environmental elements, the mass was developed to mimic and integrate with the context status.
Inspired by the current used screens in the Qatar University Campus, new skins were used over the southern facades to decrease the thermal effect upon the building.
The landscape and green patterns were evolved from the same primitive shape of intersected circles, in order to produce a continuous link between the landscape patterns and the skins. Thus, it would show a compatible theme. Besides, the plan has been oriented under environmental and urban planning influence, for an applicable flexibility that shall be found in the various spaces distribution, allowing full flexibility for most of the spaces according to the optimum need.
Source: ArchDaily
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