Complete: 2011, Phase I
Square Footage: 330,000

This new national university is sited on a 5,000-acre green field site southeast of Luanda. Our master plan, developed in 2000 and updated in 2009, is designed to accommodate 40,000 students when all phases are complete.

Phase I of this new campus comprises the university’s core curriculum and includes four classroom buildings housing faculties of chemistry, mathematics, physics and computer sciences; the central library and plaza; a refectory, student union and conference center. Subsequent phases will complete the development around the central plaza adding administration, student residences, foodservice, sports fields and facilities, a research zone, parking and user-friendly service areas.

Classroom buildings feature a cantilevered canopy system providing solar shading. The canopies extend between buildings covering an elevated walkway system interconnecting the facilities within each college. In addition to screening the tropical sun, the canopy's innovative design encourages air movement around campus buildings.

The library is the tallest structure on the campus creating a focal element and identifying landmark. The library is sited upon a central plaza featuring native plantings, reflecting pools and a sunken garden. The plaza and garden serve as a gathering space as well as an outdoor reading room.