The main structures of eight teaching buildings on UIC’s new campus construction site were completed. Senior management of UIC, students, as well as representatives from constructing and managing teams celebrated this milestone of the second phase of construction at a topping out ceremony on the morning of 31 March.
With an area of 90,680 square metres, the eight teaching buildings will house multiple multi-functional classrooms and activity rooms. Underground there will be nine large lecture halls, two multi-functional halls, laboratories, and computer rooms.
Each of the sound-absorptive lecture halls will be able to accommodate 259 people, equipped with interpreting labs and control rooms.
Taking up 860 square metres, the two connected multi-functional halls can hold an estimated audience of 376, making it ideal for holding high table dinners and magnificent lectures.
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| Architectural rendering of the new campus |
At the moment, four teaching buildings’ roof constructions have been completed sequentially, and the remaining four are due in the following week. In addition, the 17,679 square metre learning resource centre will be capped in mid-April.
Reporter: Yvette Zhang (ATS, Year 3)
Photographer: Deen He
Editor: Deen He, Samuel Burgess
(from MPRO)
