Promotion: Spain's IE University will open a new creative campus in a refurbished historical building in the centre of the UNESCO World Heritage city Segovia next year.

Part of the IE School of Architecture and Design, the new campus is located in the Palacio de los Condes de Mansilla, a heritage building that dates back to the 12th century.

Set to open in 2025, the new 5,000-square-metre campus will include a Fab Lab – a facility to promote manufacturing with technological tools – research laboratories for construction, biomaterials and textiles, experimentation workshops, digital fabrication classrooms and an exhibition area.

In the Fab Lab, students will be able to create and test their projects using state-of-the-art digital fabrication technology such as 3D printers, scanners and jet cutters as well as traditional woodworking tools, ceramics and casting equipment.

The facilities will be used by students from 160 countries who are studying architecture, design, art and fashion.

"At IE School of Architecture & Design, we want to build a fairer, more beautiful and more sustainable world through the creative industries," said the Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, David Goodman.

"It fills us with immense joy to know we will soon have a new space in Segovia, our Creative Campus, in a building of the stature of the Palacio de los Condes de Mansilla. This new space will promote creativity and take advantage of synergies between various disciplines."

"Our students will learn through co-creation, project design, manufacturing and materials research, among many other projects. In addition, they will develop creativity and critical thinking in a unique and stimulating ecosystem."

Describing the new Creative Campus, as "an enclave that will facilitate the integration of our students and teachers, the development of projects for Segovia and for the people of Segovia", Goodman continued: "Our students, from all over the world, will work in collaboration with companies, cultural institutions and NGOs. The Creative Campus will be open to the city."

The historical building, which has been adapted over the years, combines Plateresque, Baroque, Romanesque and Mudejar elements on the lower floor and stone arches that divide vaulted spaces. Restoration works include interior upgrades, structural reinforcements and the adaptation of spaces for educational purposes.

"This unique space brings together centuries of history in Segovia and will soon be equipped with technological solutions applied to architecture and design," said Salvador Carmona, Rector of IE University.

"The Creative Campus will facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and the work of our students, who come from 160 countries, and of our professors and researchers with companies, cultural institutions and NGOs, locally and internationally."

For more information, visit the IE University website and you can watch an overview of the new campus here.

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