Steven Holl Architects has just unveiled its preliminary concept design for a new Doctorate’s Building for the Schools of Law and Economic Sciences at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá. Holl and his partner, Chris McVoy (with whom he is collaborating on the project), say the 70,000-square-foot, two-story building is intended to re-energize the original campus master plan and encourage social connections.
Designed in the 1930s by the German architect Leopold Rother in collaboration with Fritz Karsen, the campus—known as the White City because of its preponderance of low, white-painted concrete and masonry structures—is a showcase that represents the last 75 years of architecture in Colombia. The plan boasts a green center, classical axiality, and layered concentricity. But the 1970s saw the arrival of buildings that clogged the campus’ inner green.
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