On 23 November 2016, Aarhus University’s little new mobile information centre will roll out of the drive for a tour of the university and the city. The aim of the tour is to collect input from the university’s many different users on how to develop the university campus in connection with the takeover of the AUH hospital buildings at Nørrebrogade.

2016.11.23 | Signe Opstrup

AU’s little new mobile information centre has been designed to resemble a mini version of the university with its characteristic yellow bricks and pointed gable windows. Photo: Lars Kruse

“We want to gather as many views and ideas as possible on how we can develop tomorrow’s campus. We have therefore designed and built a little mobile information centre as a way of communicating with our users in a slightly different way. The information centre will enable us to meet and talk to users about the development of our campus exactly where they are,” says Brian Bech Nielsen, rector of Aarhus University, adding:

“I hope that the information centre will attract people with lots of interesting ideas and encourage them to take a look inside and give us their suggestions for how an attractive future-proof Campus 2.0 might look.”  

From 23 November and for the next month, the information centre will tour the university and the city of Aarhus to collect input from the university’s many internal and external stakeholders.

Come to the naming party

A naming party for the new mobile information centre will be held in front of Stakladen on 23 November at 12:00. The university will be serving cake and hot mulled wine. Everyone is welcome.

Read more about the event (in Danish).

Good ideas?

If you have any input regarding the campus of the future, then visit the mobile information centre when it goes on tour. See when it is coming to a place near you (in Danish).

At www.nycampus.au.dk, you can also submit your ideas for our future campus, see a video about how a donation of one million bricks grew into Aarhus University as we know it today and read more about the whole process.

Facts

Aarhus University is taking over the AUH hospital buildings on the Nørrebrogade site in 2019. The intention is to develop a brand new campus with student life and activities around the clock. A campus which, together with the existing campus, will provide a framework for an attractive research and study environment designed for the future.

Further information

• Read the news from 6 October 2016 Aarhus University brainstorms about Campus 2.0
• See more at www.nycampus.au.dk.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact:

• Head of Press and Communication Anders Correll, Aarhus University, ac@au.dk
• Head of Construction and Planning Charlotte Lyngholm, Aarhus University, cl@au.dk
• Head of Facilities Finance and Law Berit Kornbæk Boisen, Aarhus University, bkb@au.dk