KAMPUS Mixed-Use Development, Apartment and Commercial Warehouse Buildings, Images

KAMPUS in Manchester

Manchester Residential and Retail Buildings, Northwest England, UK – design by Mecanoo

20 Oct 2019

KAMPUS

Architects: Mecanoo

Location: Manchester, England, UK

Kampus Manchester
photo © Uniform

KAMPUS is a new neighbourhood located at the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus in the heart of the city. Utilising the qualities of the existing built structures – Victorian brick canal-side warehouses and the 1964 concrete tower – presents the opportunity to develop at the city block scale, creating new connections and a new destination. A melting pot of buildings and spaces, KAMPUS will celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the city with respect to the historic quality of Canal Street.

Kampus Manchester Kampus Manchester
photos © Uniform

Pixels and Dutch houses
The architecture expresses the individual building blocks with variations in height to make each facade legible. The alternating positions of accentuated apertures in the facade work to reduce the scale of the brick mass while the light pixel elements add relief and balance to the facades.

Kampus Manchester

Kampus Manchester
Under construction – photos © Greg Holmes

The buildings are horizontally divided into three distinct elements: a podium with dark profiled metal cladding, a mid-section with rough textured red brickwork, and a roofscape characterised by Dutch houses also clad in profiled metal.

Kampus Manchester

Kampus Manchester
Under construction – photos © Greg Holmes

Secret garden
The podium anchors the new build and tower elements in a consistent base while creating a defined edge to the street. A transparent plinth will provide views into a variety of independent bars, cafes, shops and restaurants that will breathe life into the scheme and create a unique sense of place.

Kampus Manchester
Under construction – photo © Greg Holmes

The newly landscaped entrances provide access to KAMPUS and the interesting spaces between the buildings will draw people into the heart of the scheme; a unique ‘secret garden’ that forms the perfect backdrop for afternoon and early evening social events.

Kampus Manchester
Under construction – photo © Greg Holmes

KAMPUS, Manchester – Building Information

Programme: 533 apartments and leisure/retail spaces across five unique buildings
Area totalling: 44,000 sqm; public realm and gardens
Design: 2016
Realisation: 2017-2020
Client/ Property Developer: Capital & Centric and Henry Boot Developments
Design Team: Mecanoo (design architect/landscape), Shed KM (architect of the listed canal warehouse buildings), Exterior Architecture (landscape architect for the new build), Chapman Taylor (delivery architect for the new build).
For further information visit Mecanoo

Kampus Manchester
photo © Uniform

Photography: Uniform and Greg Holmes

KAMPUS in Manchester images / information received 201019

Location: Manchester, Northwest England, UK

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