BGU University North Campus Master plan Winning competition 2013
Chyutin Architects won the competition for the design of the new campus for the Ben Gurion University in the city Beer Sheva in Israel. The new campus on a lot of 30 hectare and build area of 300 thousand square meters will double the size of the existing campus.
The Mechanical Engineering Workshop Building functions as a utility building for the Department of Mechanical engineering. Its program is arranged with a variety of tall and small spaces for a selection of large and small mechanical tools and systems. The building is shaped in relationship to traffic approach and loading and unloading procedures It is designed in exposed concrete in relationship to the old concrete campus of the 50’s to match the modern Architectural language of the School of Mechanical Engineering Complex.
The Dean of Students’ Building functions as the academic and social hub of the School of Engineering in Be’er Sheba University. Its modest program is structured around a terraced three story public space of the different departments. It is designed in exposed concrete in relationship to the old concrete campus of the 50’s to match the modern Architectural language of the School of Mechanical Engineering Complex.
The School of Mechanical Engineering occupies the south east section of the University of Be’er Sheba main campus. The various buildings of the School of Engineering are arranged according to the Master Plan of the campus to define a small independent cluster along the pedestrian axis that leads directly to the University Train Station.