The University of Manchester?s Mecanoo-designed engineering campus has received planning permission from the Manchester City Council, greenlighting the £350 million project. The Manchester Engineering Campus Development is part of the University?s campus masterplan, meant to bring together a multidisciplinary engineering and scientific community and to consolidate the University?s campus around Oxford Road. The project is one of the largest single construction projects ever undertaken by an institution of higher education in the United Kingdom. MEC Hall, the main building of Mecanoo?s development, is 195 meters long.

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The University of Manchester?s Mecanoo-designed engineering campus has received planning permission from the Manchester City Council, greenlighting the £350 million project. The Manchester Engineering Campus Development is part of the University?s campus masterplan, meant to bring together a multidisciplinary engineering and scientific community and to consolidate the University?s campus around Oxford Road. The project is one of the largest single construction projects ever undertaken by an institution of higher education in the United Kingdom. MEC Hall, the main building of Mecanoo?s development, is 195 meters long.
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