New accommodations and classrooms for Unipd students

19.05.2023

Between regeneration and urban transformation, the University of Padua looks to the future and announces the opening of new classrooms next October and, over the next three years, of a new student residence.

Thus, the University’s recovery project of the complex via Campagnola (former S.E.E.F. site) begins to take shape.  The new complex will be able to accommodate over ninety University of Padua students in single bedroom apartments that include shared common areas. Additionally, the complex will hold 800 seats across its three classrooms. The completion of the recovery project is set for the end of 2023.

The construction project of the three classrooms has already begun. In fact, two of the three classrooms will open at the beginning of the 2023/2024 academic year, while the third will come into operation at the start of the second semester of the same academic year.

With changes made to the initial recovery project, the complete restoration of the currently abandoned building via Campagnola will now include 92 dorm rooms. The feasibility of the work is complete and will be ready by 2026 with an estimated cost of 9 million euros.

The University’s recovery project will include green spaces open to the public with two "invitation zones". One towards via Campagnola that offers a small square widening towards the street towards via Canal (ensuring access to the former Jewish cemetery), and the other as a public route connecting the two streets.

University of Padua Rector Daniela Mapelli explains, "With the construction of a new student residence, we implement this urban redevelopment project in the heart of Padua, which will not only be used by the university student community but by the local community. We are closely following the evolution of the situation related to student housing and, where we can, are implementing measures toward a solution. Upholding all sustainable measures is key. In fact, the project ensures zero impact on soil consumption as no additional land will be taken over at the completion of the recovered site.”