Project Drivers
The rationale for investment in new accommodation and facilities is underpinned by solid educational and cost drivers. Current buildings and learning environments are:
- Out-dated and below the standards expected by business and industry
- Constraining the College’s ability to meet the demands of future learning and teaching styles
- Generally in poor condition and expensive to operate and maintain
- Inflexible and costly to reconfigure or refurbish
- Not accessible by or integrated with their local communities.
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Project Benefits
The business case for investment will confirm the dependency between the City of Glasgow College vision and the new estate and define the significant educational, economic and social benefits that will be delivered. The investment will:
- Provide the quality of facilities needed to meet the expectations of business and industry
- Reduce estate running costs and permit more investment in education
- Facilitate the delivery of the educational strategy by uniting the learning community
- Facilitate and respond to changes in learning styles by providing flexible, adjustable spaces
- Reduce the College’s carbon footprint and support local and national sustainability objectives
- Enhance local communities and providing safer, more accessible and attractive public spaces.
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Design Proposals
The concept design for New Campus Glasgow is based around the following key themes:
- An open, internal public learning landscape at the heart of the campus activating the site and its environment
- A variety of overlapping facilities and spaces accessed from the learning landscape
- Public, accessible and social lower levels
- Safe and secure learning clusters on upper levels
- A diversity of flexible teaching and learning spaces.
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Future Learning Environments
The learning environments in New Campus Glasgow will be the classrooms of the future. We will provide:
- A variety of learning spaces to think, talk and do
- Clustered learning spaces to encourage the natural flow of learning
- A technology rich environment that enhances the learning experience through the use of modern tools and applications
- Flexibility throughout the learning areas that allows variety in teaching and learning
- Virtual learning environments embracing flexible learning and enriching study options.
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Range of facilities
The range of facilities to be provided by New Campus Glasgow has been designed to meet the needs of current and future students. They include:
- Well equipped, technology rich and flexible learning spaces
- ‘Industry standard' specialist facilities such as simulator suites, engineering laboratories, media studios and spa salons
- State of the art student facilities such as the student services suites and learning resource centres
- Public facing exhibition and training outlets for students to display work or provide services
- Inspiring spaces for learning, study and use by local communities.
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Accessibility & linkages
How the new campus sits with its neighbours and contributes to the urban fabric of Glasgow are major considerations. The new estate will:
- Create high quality urban landmarks on both campuses
- Create attractive, safe and welcoming public spaces
- Be open and accessible to local communities and passers-by
- Improve permeability and create legible and safe access routes through and around the buildings
- Manage traffic flow around the campuses to minimise effects on local communities.
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Sustainability
New Campus Glasgow is founded on key sustainability principles which support local and national sustainability objectives. These are to:
- Significantly reduce the college’s carbon footprint
- Utilise sustainable energy sources
- Maximise the use of natural lighting and ventilation
- Champion sustainable design and implement practical measures including a Green Travel Plan
- Achieve our BREEAM ‘excellent’ target for sustainability.
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