The International Institute for Knowledge and Applied Research is a purposeful community that brings education, knowledge, living and lifestyle together in a green and elegant environment.
IKAR is planned around the idea that knowledge creates the most value when it is applied. The campus pairs teaching and research with enterprise, a healthy environment and a community to live in.
Classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories and a library designed for rigorous teaching and learning.
Research that is applied to real problems and shared through an e-library, bookstore and public events.
A business centre and co-working spaces where ideas from the institute can become ventures.
A green buffer belt, rainwater harvesting, solar street lighting and walkable streets.
Homes, a village centre and recreation space so faculty, staff and families can live where they work.
Public and institutional buildings line the western edge along the Abuja City Third Ring Road. A green buffer belt separates them from a quieter residential district to the east.
Academic core
Two U-shaped, three-storey buildings face each other across a landscaped courtyard and open-air amphitheatre. They hold the classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories, library and offices.
Gathering
A 500-seat auditorium with stage and balcony, and a full top-floor event centre for 500 guests: a venue for convocations, conferences and public lectures.
Knowledge & enterprise
A business centre with co-working space and a café on the ground floor, a bookstore above, and an e-library with study rooms at the top.
Living
A gated residential district of apartments, townhouses and executive houses, so faculty, staff and their families can live a short walk from work.
Everyday life
A supermarket, pharmacy, café, restaurant and retail shops at the centre of the residential district, with outdoor terrace seating and a public plaza.
One main entrance on the southern boundary leads up a palm-lined boulevard to a central roundabout. From there, the academic buildings sit to the west and the homes to the east, with every resident within a 150-metre walk of the village centre.
The academic core comes first, followed by the residential district in stages. Each phase is planned to be usable on its own as the campus grows.
The International Institute, the Knowledge & Learning Auditorium and the Knowledge Commons.
Eight academic apartment blocks and the Residential Village Centre with everyday shops and services.
Twelve townhouse clusters providing 72 family homes.
Sixteen executive houses, the sports and recreation area and remaining amenities.
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