Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Designer
Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Location
Morocco
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University was established in 2014 to promote research and innovation in North Africa. It is located on an approximately 55-hectare campus in the Green City, Ben Guerir, Morocco, about 50 miles north of Marrakech. RBTA (Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura) designed the campus in 2011. Construction began in 2012, was completed in late 2015, and the campus was opened in 2016. The design of the campus is geometrically organized, with a plan that encourages pedestrian traffic, simulataneously encouraging intellectual and social exchange and green transportation, with an urban grid that integrates the campus with the Green City.
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The campus includes the School of Industrial Management (EMINES), dormitories, sports and recreational facilities. Mining & Geology Research Centre, Congress Centre, Office building for the OCP, restaurant and club house, five research centers and the learning centre, located on both sides of the pedestrian axis at the centre of campus. A hotel and the OCP Regional Headquarters facing the green extension, and car park facilities.
Different areas of the campus feature BD furniture, including the Grasso armchair by Stephen Burks, the Jamaica stool by Pepe Cortés, Table B, Chair B and Side Table B by Konstantin Grcic, the Hypostila system by Oscar Tusquets, the Showtime Nude chair and Low Lounger armchair by Jaime Hayon among others.
We also find other Bespoke furniture such as the Minivarius chair by Oscar Tusquets, the 2001 side table by Otto Canalda and Ramón Úbeda or the Cómodo sofa by Carles Riart.
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