Master plan for the MEPhI campus in Obninsk
Ilia Mashkov /
Russia
Mezonproekt /
Russia
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Mezonproekt is developing a long-term master plan for the MEPhI campus in Obninsk. Over the next ten years, an enclave territory of about 100 hectares, located in a forest on the northern edge of the city, is set to transform into a modern center for the development of the nuclear energy sector. The plan envisions attracting international students and specialists, as well as comprehensive territorial development: both through the contemporary realization of “frozen” plans from the 1980s and through the introduction of new trends – public spaces, an aquapark, a food court, a school, and even a nuclear medicine center. Public and sports facilities are intended to be accessible to city residents as well, and the campus is to be physically and functionally connected to Obninsk.
The history of the Obninsk branch of the National Research Nuclear University spans more than 70 years. An evening department of the institute then still the Moscow Mechanical Institute was established here in the early 1950s. In the 1970s and 19... more
