The Battery and Beyond:Memorial’s Battery FacilityProgress and Possibilities

Dr. Rob GreenwoodExecutive Director, Public Engagement

Overview1. Public Engagement @ Memorial

2. What we’ve been up to…

3. Our Vision for the Battery Facility

4. Your ideas for the Battery Facility

www.mun.ca/battery

Public Engagement @ Memorial

Memorial’s Mission

Memorial University is an inclusive community dedicated to innovation and excellence in teaching and learning, research, scholarship, creative activity, service and public engagement.

Memorial welcomes and supports students and scholars from all over the world and contributes knowledge and expertise locally, nationally, and internationally.

www.mun.ca/battery

Guiding Frameworks

www.mun.ca/battery

Public Engagement @ Memorial

• Collaborations between people and groups within Memorial and people and groups external to the University (i.e., the ‘public’) that further Memorial’s mission. 

• Drawing on the knowledge and resources brought by all involved, public engagement involves mutual respect, mutual contributions and mutual benefits for all participants.

www.mun.ca/battery

4 Public Engagement Goals

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

MOBILIZE MEMORIAL.

ENABLE ENGAGEMENT.

BUILD BRIDGES TO ENGAGE.

www.mun.ca/battery

What we’ve been up to…

Battery Facility Timeline1. Purchase of the former Battery Hotel finalized March 1, 2013

based on business case and approved budget

2. Ongoing repairs and maintenance

3. Review and identification of initial tenants

4. Request for Expressions of Interest for Conceptual Planning Studya) Awarded to RDH Architects Inc. September 2013

www.mun.ca/battery

Our vision for the Battery Facility

Vision for the Battery Facility

• A provincial public engagement hub• strategic program priorities of innovation [economic and social], civic

engagement, public dialogue and alumni development

• Office space for units that engage with the public regularly in a highly accessible location

• Much needed graduate student accommodations

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery FacilityFour initial tenants:

incubation facility offering supports to local start-up technology companies and is Memorial’s vehicle for transferring to industry technologies that arise from university research

a management and professional development training facility serving

organizations and individuals

facilitates and coordinates the university’s activities in regional development and

public policy

provides support to the university’s faculty, staff and students to connect with external partners and collaborators

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

The following images compare the existing space at the Battery with those presented in the conceptual plan.

The conceptual photos were taken from the plan provided by RDH architects. They capture the vision for the property for the initial phase of the project and are subject to change during the more detailed architectural planning stages of the project.

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of current upstairs main entrance to the facility

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of proposed upstairs main entrance to the facility

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of current space immediately inside main entrance

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of proposed space immediately inside main entrance

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of current main conference / engagement space

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of proposed main conference / engagement space

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of current downstairs entrance

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of proposed new downstairs entrance

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of current downstairs lobby area

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of proposed downstairs commons and atrium

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of current stairwell to downstairs space

www.mun.ca/battery

Vision for the Battery Facility

View of proposed upstairs meetings space, commons and atrium

www.mun.ca/battery

Your ideas for the Battery Facility

Programming Ideas:Main Building

The main floor plate of the Battery is intended to be available for public engagement activities and programming between the university and community.

www.mun.ca/battery

Partnership Opportunities: City View and Pool Wings

The City View and Pool Wings are currently unoccupied and may be re-used or rebuilt as public engagement and partnership space

www.mun.ca/battery

What are some of your ideas?

www.mun.ca/battery

Formal Submissions

The university will also be accepting submissions from individuals and outside partners and organizations, relating to the Battery Facility programming and future development opportunities.

Here are some of the criteria the university will be using to evaluate opportunities and submissions

www.mun.ca/battery

Criteria Overview• Fit with Memorial University Public Engagement Framework

• Advances Memorial University Mission

• Fit with Battery Facility business model

• Fit with initial tenants’ programming and activities

• Avoids duplication with surrounding facilities

• Fit with community / neighbourhood

• Scale of opportunity (does this service the entire province?)

www.mun.ca/battery

Opportunities to Connect Further

Opportunities to Connect Further

The conversation doesn’t stop here!

Visit www.mun.ca/battery to access our online consultation site to continue to brainstorm with others, share your thoughts or to submit a detailed description of your partnership ideas.

Opportunities to Connect Further

www.mun.ca/battery

Thank you!

We look forward to hearing more from you online and

welcoming you at the Battery location soon!