The Campus Bio-Medico University Masterplan, Rome, is a 90 ha project with urban design, landscape, and architectural relevance. Considering the Town Planning Scheme’s goal to transform the monocentric arrangement of Rome into a polycentric structure, the design serves as a model for the creation of future urban centralities. In this sense, the planning of the new bio-medical centre, therefore, seeks to address connectivity, openness, and accessibility, while at the same time acknowledging and integrating elements from the surrounding context.

Following the concept of porosity, the surrounding landscape becomes an essential component of the masterplan, forming the backbone of the campus, creating a place to encourage dialogue within the community. Furthermore, the masterplan embeds the new urban fabric into the existing spatial structures, allowing for the development of a coherent sequence of built units and open spaces. The new facilities are concentrated close to the main entrance towards Trigoria. The sports facilities and residential areas located in the North of the campus further open the site towards the adjacent area.

Central to the design is the creation of a functional public space through the concordant intertwining of built and natural elements, resulting in a continuous interrelation of landscape and urbanity. Using the grid units to seek formal regularity, the inner and outer spaces define dynamic zones for diverse programmes and activity to unfold both inside and outside.  Light building structures give space to research and simultaneously foster social encounter in their inner spaces, corridors, and terraces.

The outside areas are characterised by width and spaciousness. Lush vegetation such as lavender bushes and evergreen cedars reference southern-European landscapes and typologically connect the new site to the existing landscapes around Rome.