The Campus Plan, which is a part of the University’s work on strategy, will be finalised in the summer and cover the period to 2050. In increasingly unpredictable and changing times, the University needs to respond in a new and faster way in order to continue as a relevant and sought-after world-class university. The Campus Plan will be used in the development of our university environments, as support for dialogues about urban development with municipalities and research parks, and for planning with Lund University’s current and prospective landlords. The Campus Plan will create a basis for continuity and a unified overall picture of the University’s wants and needs.
The Campus Plan has been drawn up under the leadership of the Campus Development Council by the Campus Development Office in dialogue with organisational units and stakeholders. In the consultation procedure, the organisational units are asked in particular to review the descriptions of the various campus areas, and the faculties and divisions concerned are to provide input based on their local knowledge. The conceptual model of the Campus Plan is not finalised as it is designed to show different development options in the planning stage in dialogue with municipalities, landlords and others.
To read the consultation paper, contact your faculty or division management. Any statements are to be submitted in writing no later than 13 February.
“The organisational units that require more details can contact us at the Campus Development Office. We can then visit them, make a presentation and answer questions,” says Madeleine Starck.
The new Campus Plan takes into account that the University must save resources and be sustainable without going backwards. The plan therefore focuses on improvement and development instead of expansion. Increased costs for new construction and renting premises mean that a previously planned campus expansion has been given lower priority. The University’s localisation at four sites and the geographical spread within these increases the need for smart and fast connections. Compared with other higher education institutions, Lund University has more square metres per student and staff member, even without including MAX IV. However, the Campus Plan does contain expansion options with space reserved for possible future expansion.
Campus Plan: Five strategies
The Campus Plan’s five strategies were produced in a series of cross-faculty workshops about the University’s needs.
Campus around the clock: Offer environments that incorporate services, attractive workplaces, meeting places and informal spaces for students, researchers, teaching practitioners and other staff. The campus environments are to promote social interaction and provide conditions for collaboration, innovation and interdisciplinary exchanges. The aim is to make it an attractive choice for everyone to be on campus.
The University as an attractive urban environment: The University has a lot to offer the city in terms of public activities, urban flows and knowledge clusters. The planning of the University’s areas that share spaces and paths with the city is to promote a livelier and more secure setting, creating an attractive urban environment with access to the city’s services for a living campus.
Density and proximity through active nodes: The Campus Plan highlights strategic sites such as the University’s existing or potential nodes, divided into representative and local nodes. The representative nodes are value-bearing and identity-creating for the University, while the local nodes act as the University’s living spaces and meeting places on a human scale.
Architectural character and quality: The University’s campus consists of buildings and outdoor spaces with considerable architectural value from different eras that are well integrated in the urban environment. Expansion over time has given various parts of the campus distinctive characters and identities. The University’s valuable existing environments and material qualities are to be preserved through maintenance, development and improvement.
Outdoor space and greenery as prioritised resources: The greenery and parks in the University’s campus area are an important resource that supplements the outdoor work and study environments. The outdoor environment acts as a social living space that promotes health and provides opportunities for recreation, activities and recovery. The generous green spaces are also functional environments for resilience and are to be available as testbeds for research projects.