This thesis suggests the re-use of the industrial shells of the former cotton manufactore in Nea Ionia, Volos and their subsequent transformation to student residences and university facilities within the wider context of the regeneration and revivification of the former factory as a whole. Also, its connection with the surrounding urban area. This proposal would not be limited to the design of building structures, but through the utilisation of the existing building stock and the protection of the historical memory of the factory, would aim at designing a university campus which would communicate with the city, stimulate the local social fabric, upgrade local functions as well as quality of everyday life.