RELOCATION UPDATERavensbourne Transition Team, 2009-01-19

CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION HEADLINES

• Work started in November last year

• Work ends at the beginning of June next year

• Internal works start in April this year

• RFIs are already being made to the College

• So far, some minor issues with the piling

• The building works are on track

ABOUT THE BUILDING

REMINDERS…

• Landmark design.

• Purpose-built.

• BREEAM excellent.

• Five, staggered, levels and two large atria.

• A 21st century space for learners, teachers, entrepreneurs, and the local community.

VENTILATION DETAILS

• Contractors are required to meet BREEAM excellent, and our detailed specification. Ventilation will work as designed.

• Built-in redundancy, each core with its own AHU, fan-coils have local isolation, independent AHUs for technical areas, 24/7 BMS monitoring, designed to be fully operable under normal maintenance.

• In event of a fire, smoke is vented from each half-floor.

ABOUT PHYSICAL SECURITY

• A security strategy is being developed for the building.

• The strategy takes a layered approach.

• Among the objectives:

• Secure the building to authorised entry only;

• Provide a safe and secure workplace.

LEARNING SPACES

LEARNER-CENTRED COMMUNITY-ENGAGED DEEP-LEARNING VOCATIONAL PEER-SUPPORTED RESEARCH-INFORMED PERSONALISED ENTERPRISING INCLUSIVE

100%!!

HEADLINES

• All space bookable;

• HD-equipped TV studio;

• The “big space” – 300m2 lecture theatre;

• Teaching spaces ranging from 160m2 to 20m2;

• Three prototyping areas – each 300m2;

• Open learning areas, studios – most over 120m2.

TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE

• Ubiquitous wireless and wired access;

• 10 gigabit Ethernet backbone;

• 2x1 gigabit connections to Janet;

• Video SAN connection in post-production, E&I, possibly hubs;

• Enhanced wayfinding and presentation system;

• Screens and smart-whiteboards in learning spaces.

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES – SOME HIGHLIGHTS

• Elearning stack: VLE, ePortfolio, repository, wiki;

• Extra-institutional service integration and interoperation;

• Render and transcode farm;

• Web-accessible files, and printing;

• User-owned technology presupposed.

BROADCASTING SUMMARY

• 135m2 studio on the ground floor;

• Control areas on floor 1B;

• Post-production, smaller studios, technical apparatus on 2A;

• Central loan resource on 3A.

PROTOTYPING SUMMARY

• Rapid-prototyping and solid, free-form fabrication;

• Digital support for experimental prototyping and making;

• Digital fabric printing;

• High-end reprographics.

ENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION

• Enterprise and innovation area on floor 1A;

• 450m2 postgraduate and enterprise and innovation open workspace;

• Various meeting rooms;

• 200m2 of staff workspace.

GENERAL LEARNING SPACES AND LEARNING SUPPORT

• Exhibition space on the ground floor;

• LRC on floor 2B;

• 300m2 upper atrium – serendipitous learning space;

• Bookable small meeting rooms on floor 3A.

BOOKABLE OPEN LEARNING STUDIOS

• From floor 3A to 5A there are 16 open learning studios;

• Sizes vary, but most are around 130m2;

• Flexible spaces, not hard subdivisions;

• Technology-supported environments.

WHAT ABOUT NOISE?

• Specialist areas have specialist acoustic treatment;

• An acoustics consultant is part of the project team;

• The designers are aware that this is learning space;

• Open learning areas will be vibrant and dynamic.

HUBS

• Located on each floor;

• Serendipitous “water cooler” areas;

• Vending and tea and coffee making;

• Printing, presentation, and capture.

DELI ON THE GROUND FLOOR

• Open to building visitors;

• Drinks and light snacks;

• Wireless networking;

• Contractor yet to be appointed.

QUESTIONS?