Grangegorman DevelopmentUniversal Design Work Shop

October 1st 2010

Grangegorman Circa 1950

Grangegorman 2010

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The Future 73 Acres of Integrated Public Facilities

The Project Re-development of the lands of St. Brendan's Hospital,

Grangegorman, Dublin 7for:

Local and Community health facilities by Health Services Executive (HSE) for the people of Dublin North West

Relocation of all elements of the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) to a single campus

Local community access & use&

Role of Higher Education

Strategic Objective :

“To achieve and maintain a position in tertiary education in the top quarter (10%) of OECD countries in terms of participation in tertiary education and in the quality of that education and training”

Dept. of Ed & S.

Higher Ed External Drivers incl:

• Movement towards mass education

• Demands of a regulatory environment to be accountable for exchequer investment & achievement of stated goals

• Increasingly, the role of the higher education sector in addressing and underpinning the economic, social and cultural life of society is leading to the need for greater transparency to assess success

National Development Plan 2007-2013 strategic goals

1. Widen participation & increase student and graduate numbers• Lifelong learning & upskilling• Access for disadvantaged and under-represented

groups to be widened• Student retention rates to be improved• Promoting recruitment in science & technology

programmes• Recruitment of international students• Stronger links with industry

Student Category

09/10

Projected

2015/16

UG FT 10,390 11,900

PG FT (taught & research)

1,154 2,100

UG PT 2,302 2,900

PG PT (taught & research)

1,067 1,700

Apprenticeship 2,347 2,000

CPD 830 1,500

Junior Music 930 1,000

Total 19,020 23,100

Projected student population based on: • National enrolment growth of 35% 2010 to 2019/20 • Demographics & Catchment - 65% Dublin/mid-east • Enhanced retention, advanced entry• Growing postgraduate activity ~ 15%• Enhanced access

•Access 430 Disadvantaged Socio/Econ

•Mature 922 (9%)•International 830•Disability 601

• Masterplan provides for +30% future growth

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Full-time (UG&PG) enrolments - Past & FutureFull-time enrolments (including full-time mature students) 209,500

35% increase

DES projections

155,100

30% increase

Figure 1: Past and Future trends in full-time student enrolments based on Department of Education and Science data

DIT Student Projections

DIT Access and Outreach

• DIT Access Service– 374 disadvantaged students from across

Ireland in DIT on a positive discrimination programme

• Dublin Inner city Schools Computerisation (DISC)

– IT facilities & teacher training in all inner city primary & secondary schools

• Ballymun Music Programme – 700 children per year on programme

• The Digital Community– computers centres and training located in

20 inner city flat complexes

• Mature student access programme

• Students learning with communities

Challenges:• To create a campus that will promote access

and enhance opportunities for learning and engagement

• To reach out to the city and to surrounding communities and build ownership & engagement with its resources

• To develop robust design briefs that will allow some flexibility in the future– Targeting the built environment– Public realm - Infrastructure – technology

Need to provide for new ways of learning

• More collaborative, active learning with hands-on experiences

• Integrated, multidisciplinary • Blended, learning takes place anywhere/anytime,

mobile technology with social activity• Immersive with simulated or real-world experiences• Hybrid activities, online with face-to-face, mixed

Learning settings

THE NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:HYBRID DESIGNS FOR HYBRID LEARNINGBY DR KENN FISHER

• There is a need to design spaces which intentionally support student-centred learning strategies

– Understand the potential directions for future pedagogy

– Need to consider the full range of spaces for learning

– Students studying in formal and informal spaces

– Designing all spaces are conducive to promoting learning for all students

– Learning spaces should be rooted in an understanding of the ways in which students engage with the campus

– Research indicates that there is a significant variation by class year in the manner in which students use space

Need to align space with learning styles & student needs

Enough time at the right time

Prepare the Masterplan

Individual buildingsDetailed brief, design & planning

Building construction

Strategic Plan

Stages

Schedule ofAccommodation

Planning (SDZ)

A real opportunity to design a campus that embraces universal access from the start

Welcome inputs !

Construction Timeframe

• 2010 Design work& Construction commences on HSE

replacement accommodation

• 2011 Construction commences on infrastructure for DIT core

• 2012 Occupation of new HSE buildings in 2012 Construction commences on DIT buildings

• 2016 Occupation of new DIT buildings in September 2015

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