ECLA of Bard's residential campus is designed as a frame for a close-knit intellectual community. It is located in Niederschönhausen in the borough of Pankow, in the north-east of Berlin. During the years of the GDR (the German Democratic Republic), a variety of foreign missions were located in this neighbourhood. ECLA of Bard's campus is comprised of 8 renovated former GDR embassies, each with a wonderful garden, as well as three recently acquired properties (including a former factory) to be developed over the coming years. The buildings were designed in the 1960s in the neo-Bauhaus style by the architect Eckart Schmidt. They now function as comfortable dorms, spacious faculty offices, a library, studios and performance space, and administration buildings. 

The campus is spread over several blocks, with private residences in-between. All the buildings are within walking distance. The ECLA of Bard campus is going to be developed over the coming years to accommodate the needs of the expanding ECLA of Bard community.