MED CAMPUS LINZ (JKU Faculty of Medicine / Kepler University Hospital) - AUSTRIAN ARCHITECTURE TODAY
MED CAMPUS is the headquarters of the new Faculty of Medicine at Johannes Kepler University in Linz. The goal of the project was to develop the best conditions for the students of medicine to enjoy studying, and to enable medical science to develop and thrive. Although controversial in some solutions and called out during the development phase, after the opening, the project receives accolades from all around. The architect Peter Lorenz from LORENZATELIERS speaks about the character and the advantages of their design, why they decided to make four separate buildings instead of one, why creating a new public square in the center of university life is so important for students but also for other people, how to support sustainable energy consumption with facade design, why he thinks that architects are and should be those who serve the final users of the buildings - the students of medicine in this case, and why the successful function in architecture is overriding the importance of making the architecture beautiful. Despite the bumpy road to the final solution and execution, this architectural project is a widely acclaimed architectural success.
This video is a preview version and part of a wider series about contemporary projects in Austria in the field of education and culture, supported by Kultur Forum Austria - the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
This is the first draft of the video about the Med Campus project, and it will continue with stories of students and professors who work in the Campus and the Kepler University Clinic.
Video production: Damir Kovacic
Music by Rastko Aksentijevic