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University of Bern Muesmatt campus masterplan news
25 November 2021
Grimshaw wins competition to masterplan University of Bern Muesmatt campus
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Design: Grimshaw, Architects, with Archipel Generalplanung AG and landscape architects LAND

University of Bern Muesmatt campus masterplan design
24th of November 2021 – International architecture practice Grimshaw, in partnership with Archipel Generalplanung AG and landscape architects LAND has been awarded first place in the competition to design the masterplan for University of Bern Muesmatt campus in Switzerland. An anonymous competition, the winning design was selected from a shortlist of 26 teams. Grimshaw was also highly commended in the design competition for the campus? new natural sciences building.
The masterplan, which will form the basis for the redevelopment of the university campus, opens up this city quarter by re-establishing street and visual connections, inserting new facilities to support the university and enhancing the public spaces, and creating a network of outdoor spaces: the campus redefined as a public place. Located in proximity to Bern?s UNESCO heritage old town, the development of new buildings will also create an environment that responds to, and unites, the existing heritage buildings which date from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century and include buildings...