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ZHA’s buildings prioritise the health and well-being of students, researchers, and educators. Our design strategies embed transparency and connectivity, encouraging interaction between disciplines. Academic buildings must be places of continuous innovation, adapting to evolving pedagogies and inspiring young minds to thrive.
Education
From an academy in London awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize to a 23,000 square metre international research centre in Uzbekistan, discover our education projects.
11 projects
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Mathematics: The Winton Gallery brings together remarkable stories, historical artefacts and design to highlight the central role of mathematical practice in all our lives, and explores how mathematicians, their tools and ideas have helped build the modern world over the past four centuries.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
The new Investcorp Building for the Middle East Centre provides 1,127m² of additional floor space and a new 117-seat lecture theatre; doubling the space available for the Middle East Centre’s expanding library & archive, and providing optimum conditions to conserve and manage the centre’s collections that were previously stored in the basement of 66 Woodstock Road.
Photograph by Iwan Baan
The new Library and Learning Centre rises as a polygonal block from the heart of the new University campus. The interior of the LLC is informed by the external landscape of the masterplan which maps out the different levels.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
School for displaced children, Turkey 2016
Designed for use as schools, clinics and emergency shelters in refugee and displaced communities, the tents are a joint venture between ZHA and the Education Above All Foundation (EAA).
Render by Brick Visual
Roofline
Established in 1991, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) has become a leading research institution consistently ranked amongst the best in Asia and around the globe. Over half of the university’s 16,000 students enrolled in the 2019-2020 academic year are from overseas, creating an urgent demand for new residential facilities within its Clear Water Bay campus.
Photograph by Iwan Baan
The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) is home to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Design, and the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.
Located in Dongguan within the Greater Bay Area of southern China’s Pearl River estuary, the new Songshan Lake Exhibition and Performance Centre is at the heart of a mixed-use masterplan to revitalize the Yuehe Lake waterfront.
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The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) building at the American University of Beirut (AUB) continues the on-going implementation of the 2002 AUB Campus Master Plan to advance the university’s academic mission in the 21st Century with facilities of the highest international standards.
Courtesy of ZHA
River View
The Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre will incorporate the Navoi State Museum of Literature, Auditorium, International Research Centre and School.
Photograph by Julian Faulhaber
KAPSARC is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of energy to provide social well-being across the globe. KAPSARC develops policies and economic frameworks that reduce the environmental impact and overall costs of energy supply and enable practical technology-based solutions to use energy more efficiently.
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