Herzog & de Meuron and Studio Gang on shortlist for new RCA campus
Herzog & de Meuron, Studio Gang and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are among the star-studded list of architects in the running to design a new campus for London's Royal College of Art.
Swiss architect Christian Kerez, Belgian firm Robbrecht en Daem, French office Lacaton & Vassal and London studio Serie Architects are also on the seven-strong shortlist for the RCA's Battersea South campus.
The £108 million project is being made possible by a large funding injection from the UK government.
The Sackler Building, designed by Haworth Tompkins, was the first of the RCA's new Battersea buildings and opened in 2009
Located near the existing Battersea campus, the new 15,000-square-metre facility will host a range of new courses focusing on the crossover between design, science and technology. New programmes will encompass robotics, wearable technology, smart materials and city design. The campus will also house startup businesses as part of the school's InnovationRCA incubator programme.
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The shortlist was selected by a panel of judges that included RCA rector Paul Thompson, the school's architecture dean Adrian Lahoud, urban design expert Ricky Burdett and MoMA curator Paola Antonelli.
There is one notable omission from the list ? London firm Haworth Tompkins, which is behind all of the RCA's latest buildings, including the Woo Building, the Dyson Building and the S...
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