New learning spaces in new building on campus or campus design
In November 2023, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences undertook a forward-looking delegation trip to the Netherlands with the aim of gathering impetus for the planned new building on the St. Augustin campus. This new building – financed with 42 million euros by the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW – is intended to create an innovative learning and research environment by 2030.
In this sense, the planned new building complex at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences is not intended to be “more of the same”, but rather to create spaces that include group work areas for students, creative spaces and makerspaces, laboratories that can be used flexibly and open, attractively designed meeting zones that promote exchange.
Impulses from the Netherlands
Dutch universities are internationally regarded as pioneers of modern learning spaces and focus on flexible room concepts, digital infrastructure and interdisciplinary learning formats. The universities in Utrecht, Delft, Wageningen and Rotterdam have realized impressive new buildings in recent years. They show how architecture, didactics and digitalization can be combined in a meaningful way: with open learning areas instead of traditional lecture halls, meeting places for social exchange and sustainable construction with a high quality of stay for students, teaching staff and all university status groups.
Insights and impulses from the delegation trip
The delegation brought back some groundbreaking insights from the visits to Utrecht, Delft, Wageningen and Rotterdam, which are shared in the blog post and Hangout. These experiences are not only relevant for the further development of H-BRS, but also offer helpful impulses for other universities undergoing comparable change processes.
The campus of tomorrow? An HFD delegation trip to the Netherlands
This video also gives a good impression of what they saw.
Delegation
The delegation is made up of the following representatives:
- Iris Groß, Dean of Engineering and Communication
- Christopher Bruce Falke, Student, Computer Science Student Council
- Kai Sebastian Bühner, Student, Chairman of the Student Parliament
- Ute Schmitz, Head of the Facility Management, Construction and Safety Department
- Angela Fischer, Chancellor
- Armin Ehrhardt, Library Director
- Remi Maier-Rigaud, Vice President Research
- Marco Winzker, Vice President Teaching
