SWA Group won an international competition for the design of National Taipei University located on a 110-hectare site in Taipei. The master-planned complex for education and research contains more than 400,000 square meters of building space featuring schools of social science, public affairs, business, law, technology, humanities, education and media. The university serves
over 10,000 students, 2,000 faculty and supports a wide array of libraries, athletic facilities, student and faculty housing, and an international conference center. The design is derived primarily from the relationship
of the area; landscape form is used to enhance the
of important access points into the site, the preservation
campus structure of open space connections, view
of sensitive environmental areas, and the need for
corridors, visual unity, and to reinforce the maintenance
convenient access to the entire campus. The campus
of existing environmental systems and the creation of
design draws on the cultural and historic character