Connecting the Campus, Inside and Out
A campus master plan transforming living and learning on campus is the underpinning to four new buildings, now under construction
The institution’s first ever student recreation and wellness center brings the master plan vision to life by becoming the new crossroads on campus
Universidad de Lima Recreation, Wellness, and Student Life Center
Once complete, the new center will be a new campus crossroads
The first project implemented from Sasaki’s master plan for the campus, the recreation, wellness, and student life center at the Universidad of Lima is a new, six-story steel and concrete structure that provides space for student fitness, dining, and academic support.
Dedicated program spaces are balanced with flexible areas to create a welcoming and engaging student life facility. The center includes nutrition, counseling, physical therapy and weight training for athletes, as well as informal recreation space within the multi-purpose gym, which doubles an event space for up to 600 people. The entire building is meant to be multipurpose; as a major engine of activity on campus, it is a place where students and faculty can gather throughout the day and socialize, study, and recharge.
The plaza provides gathering space for students to socialize and recharge
Two-story trusses span across the site, elevating the fitness center above a large student dining plaza. A central courtyard space provides natural daylighting and passive ventilation. On the fourth floor, a multipurpose athletic court allows for futsal, volleyball, and basketball gameplay, with views of the Lima skyline. Access to a expansive roof terrace and interior/exterior running track finish off the top of the project. Check out the project fly-through video below to see all of the spaces.
The two-story covered plaza is home to dining and student programming spaces
The basketball court on the fourth floor provides views out to Lima’s skyline
The central courtyard provides natural daylighting and passive ventilation through clerestory windows
Construction Update
Construction is nearing completion. The center will be ready for occupancy in spring 2022.
A series of bridges and trussed floorplates span over the main plaza level, which allow the building to hover above a central gathering space without impacting flow of the pedestrian experience
The covered atrium will be open air and allow for climate mitigation without high mechanical cooling and ventilation loads typically needed for enclosed multistory spaces
For more information contact Pablo Savid-Buteler.
