David Chipperfield to convert old barracks into University of Padua campus

David Chipperfield's Milan office has won a contest to design a new campus for one of the world's oldest surviving universities.
David Chipperfield Architects and engineering company Steam were selected to design a campus of social and economic sciences for the University of Padua, which is the fifth-oldest surviving university on the globe.
They were chosen ahead of leading firms Foster + Partners, Barozzi Veiga, Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, Sauerbruch Hutton and Bak Gordo