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The Information What?
Dr Christine SextonDirector, Corporate Information and
Computing Services (CiCS)University of Sheffield
The Information What?
The Information Commons
24,000 students from 124 countries5,500 postgraduate students5,800 staffCampus 1.6km long Current capital programme £220m
Fourth largest city in England
Centre of England
Industrial heritage
Green city and close to open countryside
Professional Support Services
The University Library
Corporate Information and
Computing Services (CiCS)
Information Services Division
Registrar & Secretary
ISD is a virtual organisational unit
DriversStudy Space – not enough
Poor quality
IT and print separate
No group areas
Student dissatisfaction
New learning methods
No room for expansion
The visionA shared CiCS/Library facility
The student learning space of the future
An integrated learning environment
A flagship building for the 21st century
Building a business case
A £23m investment in the student learning experience
Conventional method difficult - no income stream
Impact of loss of future student recruitment
National Student Survey - the student experience
The BriefHigh quality architecture – modern, striking, functional
Wide variety of study environments
No regimented spaces
Generous study space – 4.2m2
Desks have PCs - not IT workstations
24/7 operation
Energy efficient / sustainability
Good acoustic performance
Accessible
How I nearly got to Galway…
How I nearly got to Galway…
1,350 study spaces
8,000m2 usable space
13 group study rooms
2 classrooms
24/7 opening
520 desktop PCs
60 internet kiosks
Wireless
100,000 textbooks
RFID robotic sorting
Project cost £23m including fitout
Start on site May 2005
Handed over 1730 on Thurs 5/4/07
Opened to students 1000 Tues 10/4/07
Easter weekend
Architects: RMJM
IC staff 0900 to 2100
Concierge/security staff 2100 to 0900
Balance of library/IT enquiries
IC Manager the only new post - other staff from redeployment
Staff from CiCS and Library work together
Cross skilling
Students as staff
Staffing
Full wheelchair accessibility
24-hour opening
365-day opening inc major festivals
A multi-faith prayer room
CCTV for safety and security
Fire evacuation lifts
Hearing loops
Height adjustable desks all floors
Left handed desks
Large text keyboards all floors
Supervised children allowed
Additional support manager
Equality and Diversity
Sustainable materials
Motion sensors for all lighting
Grey water collection
Low energy Sunrays
Low energy PCs
Bubbledeck concrete
Northlights reduce solar gain
Sustainability
UsageNo big drop in occupancy for other sites
Mean visit length to IC is around 2 hours
Longest stay is 6 days!
Average footfall 6000
Average occupancy 700
Christmas Day – 95 at 1600
20% of visits are by postgraduates
Frequently 500 overnight
The Information what?
Award Winning
RIBA Award
RIBA Yorkshire Building of the Year
White Rose Gold Prize for Architecture
Building of the Year – Sheffield Design Awards
Two construction innovation and sustainability awards
Lessons learnedIf you build it, they will come
Huge untapped demand
No matter what device students are using – they need somewhere to sit
Listen to them – be flexible and respond
Think of any 24*7 facility like an airport
Protect your fit out budget
Don’t lose touch with design process
You can be a victim of your own success
Thanks for listening
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