The jury greatly values the intention to create a university campus in a rural context, a campus dedicated to the tenets of sustainable development, both in terms of the university curriculum – the environment being at the core of teaching and research – and the campus design according to state of the art ecological principles. The project offers an excellent example of how to act locally, and concurrently thinking globally, fostering regional benefits and cultural exchange, while combining social, economic and environmental regeneration with long-term objectives.