Campus
Tuesday 19 September, 2023
Student project strengthens the outdoor environment at the University of Gävle
Last Friday, two unique student projects were premiered on the campus at the University of Gävle. Behind the works are students from the Industrial Design Program who have been tasked with creating something that reduces the barrier between outside and inside. The outdoor environments play an important role in Akademiska Hus' work to create attractive campuses where students, researchers and visitors thrive and feel good and where the environments contribute to learning, performance and recovery. During the fall of 2021, a collaboration with the University of Gävle was therefore started, where the students from the Industrial Design program were tasked with designing something that reduces the barrier between outside and inside. Two of the projects have been realized and are now ready on campus. The projects have been carried out as part of Akademiska Hus' innovation work. Quarter break The idea behind the project is based on silence and pause and appeals to our senses. Here, those who need to take a break can sit down in the multifunctional piece of furniture, smell the flowers, taste berries and look at the work representing the note value of a quarter break, which should communicate the importance of planning and making room for recovery in everyday life. Sweet spot The project identifies places on campus where students and employees can go for recovery and energy replenishment with the help of nature. Each Sweetspot offers its own solution on how to use nature to feel good. It can be by listening, feeling or challenging yourself.
Tuesday 6 September, 2022
New ways of meeting and learning outdoors are now being tested at the University of Gävle
Starting today, a new kind of outdoor room with associated furniture is being tested at the University of Gävle. The products are produced by a Gävle-based designer with the help of money from Vinnova and Akademiska Hus. "The Whale" is a kind of pergola with interior design that has been developed by Lovisa Pettersson, a former industrial design student from the University of Gävle. There is room for around 20 people inside The Whale and the idea is that people can meet here for meetings or lectures - outdoors. Inside the outdoor room there is also a new type of hybrid table - "The Ant" - which can be used both as a standing table and to lean against. An innovative product that will get better with time Until now, The Whale has not been tested as an educational environment. The designer Lovisa Pettersson would therefore like to have input from the university's lecturers and students to see how the room can be developed. - I look forward to seeing students and teachers start using this. A test bed is incredibly important to see that what we have developed actually solves the problem and the need on site. We can think, ponder and come up with guesses, but it is only when it is tested and used that we actually find out what works well and what works less well, says Lovisa Pettersson. The Whale will not have full accessibility status. There is no hearing loop and the path to the classroom is plain grass.
Monday 25 April, 2022
Activity cabinets inspire joy of movement and outdoor stay on campus
There is now a brand new activity locker on campus. Here you can borrow tools for play and games. The pink cupboard is located next to the volleyball court next to house 81 Idun. The lockers are financed by Akademiska Hus and are available to everyone who stays on campus. How-to? Via the app "Piffl" you can see where there is an activity locker and what tools are available. For example, you can borrow tools and balls for 13 different sports such as volleyball, speedminton, cub and croquet. The cost of opening the cabinet is SEK 10 and thereafter SEK 10 / hour. Download the app and test! Search for "Piffl" on the AppStore or Google Play.
Thursday 13 January, 2022
The University of Gävle gets a virtual campus
The campus area in Gävle is currently undergoing an extensive 3D scan of all buildings. It is Akademiska Hus in collaboration with the University of Gävle who wants to create a digital twin of the campus. The goal is to achieve smarter space utilization by up to 20-30 percent, reduced energy use and new services that will make it both more fun and more attractive to be on campus. Since the end of December, a digital scan has been carried out by the University of Gävle. In the first stage, this is an internal laser scan of all buildings, something that in total covers just over 60,000 m2. In a second phase, the outdoor environments will also be scanned with the help of drones to get a complete picture of the campus. In short, it can be said that the digital model that is created should then be supplemented with other data. In this way, a digital copy is obtained which, when connected to a network, becomes a so-called digital twin. The investment is part of Akademiska Hus' work to digitize its property portfolio and the possibilities with the new technology are many. - The goal is to use today's buildings smarter with data and analyzes that the digital twin generates. Above all, we want to be able to evaluate whether we have the right size of premises and secure so that we use the existing property portfolio so well that in the future we do not have to build new ones. This is the most sustainable alternative and crucial for Akademiska Hus if we are to achieve our goal of climate neutrality, says Peter Karlsson, innovation leader at Akademiska Hus. He continues: - Just by gaining knowledge about how rooms are booked but no one shows up gives us the opportunity to increase usage by over 10 percent. When we then connect to building-related data and do more advanced analyzes on the digital copy, we will be able to help our customers use the existing buildings up to 20–30 percent better, at least. Like a Google Street View With the digital twin, the buildings at the University of Gävle will be able to be experienced virtually remotely, but also in a place where the physical space is joined and strengthened via AR technology in, for example, apps and telephones. Gemini generates smart and innovative solutions beyond the ordinary, including an "indoor Google Street View" where the ambition is that in the future it will be possible to move around the premises digitally, search for objects, find where the next lecture is held or where there are vacancies room. The digital twin will also make it possible for the buildings to be operated in even more energy-optimal ways and for it to be easier to detect when something in the premises is not working. - Our ambition is to start experimenting and testing things in the digital twin in the next step to understand how we can even better create environments that everyone working at the University of Gävle really enjoys, says Peter Karlsson, innovation manager at Akademiska Hus. - We are positive to Akademiska Hus' initiative. This technology can lead to it being easier to find on campus with the help of the Street View function, but also to us being able to work with and use our premises more efficiently, says Fredrika Nordahl Westin, local administrator at the University of Gävle. The internal scan began on December 27, 2021 and is expected to be completed on January 14, 2022. The drone scan of the outdoor environments is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2022 at the earliest. You can watch a movie about what a digital twin can look like here.
Wednesday 20 May, 2020
Akademiska Hus is investing in increased biodiversity
In order to create more attractive campus areas and contribute to a more sustainable society, Akademiska Hus implements a series of initiatives around the country that promote biological diversity. The result has positive effects for humans as well as animals and vegetation.As one of Sweden's largest park managers, Akademiska Hus places great emphasis on the outdoor environments that surround the 3.3 million square meter property portfolio. Through greenery and nature on campus, conditions are created for a stress-relieving and performance-enhancing living environment, while positive effects arise for animals and vegetation.- We want the country's campuses to be an asset for the entire society and we work to strengthen biological diversity in both our ongoing management and when we develop new buildings or entire areas. In this way, we provide better conditions for both people, animals and insects to thrive on campus and in the ecologically sustainable outdoor environments that are created there, says Mia Edofsson, head of sustainability at Akademiska Hus.Small and large stakesWhen Akademiska Hus, together with higher education institutions, plans for the development of campus areas, this is done through long-term campus plans, where climatic, social and ecological perspectives are taken into account. In the systematic work, great focus is placed on protecting the green qualities and biological diversity - now and over time. Around the country there are a number of examples of investments made to promote increased species richness. These include, for example, insect hotels, hedgehog nests, beehives and nest boxes adapted for, for example, tits, starlings, tree crawlers, bats and butterflies. In several places, Akademiska Hus has reinforced the ecological values of the campus by creating meadows, cultivation plots, storm water ponds, water mirrors and permaculture gardens. A large number of buildings have been given green sedum roofs with space for bee batteries that provide nests for wild bees.Contributing to increased biological diversity has in some cases also been guiding in the development of completely new campus areas. In Stockholm, a coherent university area is emerging that stretches from Stockholm University in the north, via KTH over to Hagastaden with Karolinska Institutet in the west. The development of the Albano campus into a modern and competitive university environment takes place in harmony with nature and the goal is to become a role model in sustainable urban construction. As proof of the project's sustainability success, Albano is the first campus area in Sweden to be certified according to Citylab, a sustainability certification that does not only cover an individual building but includes an entire urban development project.At Albano, new water systems are being created to take care of stormwater, an improved microclimate and outdoor environments designed to strengthen the dispersal routes for plants and animals between the Nationalstadsparken and Hagaparken. Selection of biotopes and plants is based on the surrounding landscape and placed so that they support known, ecological dispersal routes. Through green roofs with large open roof terraces where students, employees and even the public have access, the university buildings become an integrated part of the park environment.- With efforts large and small, we contribute to increasing biological diversity on the country's campus areas. The work takes place in close collaboration with our customers and other stakeholders, where we work together for an even more sustainable society, says Mia Edofsson.Ask us!If you are interested in how we work with biodiversity on your campus area, you are welcome to ask your administrator!Read more!Read more about Akademiska Hus' sustainability work here:
Friday 8 May, 2020
Welcome to the My Campus app!
Welcome to the My Campus app, it is available to give you a better experience of your campus and simplify your everyday life. In the app we have collected all the information that we think you need and you choose which campus and which buildings you want information about. On Akademiskahus.se under my pages you will find the same information and features as in the app. So the app works Keep track of what's happening on campus By choosing a campus and one or more buildings, your personal flow is created with updated information, maps, contact information, service, news and disruptions that may affect you in your everyday life. Create and track your error report You can easily create, follow and leave feedback on your bug report directly in the app. You get an overview of error reports you made and can easily see the status of your case. Find the right person in the right place You can easily search, find and save contact information for each campus and building. This way you know who you can contact if you have questions or if something happens. Get started with three simple steps: 1. Log in or use the app without creating an account. If you register your email address, your personal profile is created where you have the opportunity to: - Create a bug report and see history. - Set up the campus and highlight the buildings you want information on. - Use My Pages at akademiskahus.se 2., Choose your campus and the buildings you want information about. 3. Ready! Your feed is now filled with the information you want.
