{"id":9649,"date":"2026-01-08T18:47:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:21:27","slug":"latakia-university-design-proposal-hans-zwimpfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amasyria.com\/en\/latakia-university-design-proposal-hans-zwimpfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Latakia University design proposal &#8211; Hans Zwimpfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9649\" class=\"elementor elementor-9649\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-433dbc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"433dbc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b706ac0\" data-id=\"5b706ac0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c796c16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c796c16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Latakia University design proposal - Hans Zwimpfer<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d9a86f9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d9a86f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e11d1bf\" data-id=\"4e11d1bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b8217c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b8217c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Architect: <strong>Hans Zwimpfer<br \/><\/strong>Year: <strong>1973<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var(--bs-body-color); font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);\">City: <strong>Latakia<\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var(--bs-body-color); font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);\">, Syria<br \/><\/strong>Building use: <b>Educational<\/b><b><br \/><\/b>Status:<strong> Competition proposal<br \/><\/strong>Team:<strong> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a62db8b elementor-align-left elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7a62db8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/pxSqSLaBY5UaD1xV6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-map-marker-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d84e8b4\" data-id=\"6d84e8b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bf0c6ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bf0c6ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-61694cdc\" data-id=\"61694cdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dab21ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dab21ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university of Latakia was established by Legislative Decree No. 12 of 1971. The design of its campus was dictated through an architectural competition in which a number of international architects were invited to participate, including the Swiss architect Hans Zwimpfer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal aimed to create a vibrant university center active both day and night, addressing the issue of campus areas becoming dormant after hours. To achieve this, a primary west\u2013east axis was designed to directly link all faculties and functions, incorporating facilities, services, and activities that ensure continuous movement throughout the campus. This axis was also conceived as the guiding spine for the university\u2019s future expansion.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-416807c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"416807c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e00c850\" data-id=\"e00c850\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dfb61b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dfb61b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The architect was influenced by the concept of flexibility in design, adopting repeated L-shaped blocks across the project, which allow adaptable spatial configurations and facilitate connections between buildings. The Zwimpfer project drawings further reveal the use of a skeletal, grid-based structural system that generates repetitive modular spaces.<em><strong><sup>01<\/sup><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury commended the organization of the campus into separate faculties but criticized the placement of the university administration within the Faculty of Arts, as well as the difficulty of accessing the various faculties. It also noted weak connectivity with the city, particularly at the hospital site, which was neither connected to the main road network nor to the Faculty of Medicine and constituted a visual barrier to the sea.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite acknowledging the intention behind distributing the residential area to activate the campus and promote continuous movement, the committee did not support this approach. It further pointed to the absence of emergency access roads and pedestrian pathways in several parts of the project. The estimated cost of the proposal was 161,454,650 Syrian pounds (approximately 41 Million USD at the time).<em><strong><sup>02<\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-72f091d elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"72f091d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae8522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ae8522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong><sup>01 <\/sup><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa al-Din Lawlah, \u201cMus\u0101baqat Mashr\u016b\u02bf J\u0101mi\u02bfat al-L\u0101dhiqiyya: Dir\u0101sa wa-Ta\u1e25l\u012bl [The Latakia University Project Competition: Study and Analysis],\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab Engineer,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> July 1973, 13-43. The Arab Engineer magazine collection, Archive of Modern Architecture in Syria (AMASyria).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong><sup>02\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naman al-Zein, \u201cTaqr\u012br Lajnat al-Ta\u1e25k\u012bm [The Jury Committee Report],\u201d <i>The Arab Engineer,<\/i> July 1973. 44-51. The Arab Engineer magazine collection, Archive of Modern Architecture in Syria (AMASyria).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c56e4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c56e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-704b2c13\" data-id=\"704b2c13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa1ad4 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fa1ad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong><sup>01 <\/sup><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa al-Din Lawlah, \u201cMus\u0101baqat Mashr\u016b\u02bf J\u0101mi\u02bfat al-L\u0101dhiqiyya: Dir\u0101sa wa-Ta\u1e25l\u012bl [The Latakia University Project Competition: Study and Analysis],\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab Engineer,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> July 1973, 13-43. The Arab Engineer magazine collection, Archive of Modern Architecture in Syria (AMASyria).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong><sup>02\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naman al-Zein, \u201cTaqr\u012br Lajnat al-Ta\u1e25k\u012bm [The Jury Committee Report],\u201d <i>The Arab Engineer,<\/i> July 1973. 44-51. 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