Arquitectonica Creates a Green and Gorgeous Student Housing Complex for the University of Miami
Sourced from Global Design News
Architecturally striking and fully sustainable, the University of Miami Lakeside Village designed by Arquitectonica houses 1,115 students in a series of 25, 7-story, interconnected buildings or pods.
The University of Miami Lakeside Village has been awarded a 2023 International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The placement of the building mass is designed to create spatial variation and definition which serpentines across the site.
At 569,000 square feet, the development provides for a variety of mixed-uses for students and resembles the popular “live, work, play” model trending in commercial developments and creates a “live, learn, play” hub for academic and cultural interaction activities on the 12-acre site.
Lakeside Village includes several interactive classrooms, administrative offices, music rooms, study rooms, and nooks, a wellness and fitness room, a 200-seat multiple-purpose auditorium with retractable seating, a 7,000 square feet exhibition hall, and gallery space, a mail room as well as food and beverage options.
The design eliminates vehicular traffic in exchange for pedestrian-centric major and secondary walkways connecting key nodes and buildings throughout the lush tropical landscape.
The design inspiration was found off the coast in Biscayne Bay in a protected area called Stillsville, where for decades a cluster of houses seems to float on the water on large wooden pilings or pilotis.
From the Living Architecture Monitor
