- Newly constructed sustainable college campus in Dubai represents UAE at Prix Versailles 2022
The College of Birmingham Dubai’s iconic new campus has been shortlisted for the celebrated Prix Versailles 2022 world structure and design award.
Airports, college campuses, passenger stations and main sports activities amenities around the globe are within the working for the award, with six nominees chosen in every class. The College of Birmingham Dubai is shortlisted alongside the next campuses:
- École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay – Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Paris Institute of Political Research, 1 Saint-Thomas – Paris, France
- London Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Marshall Constructing – London, UK
- College of Leeds, Sir William Henry Bragg Constructing – Leeds, UK
- Stanford College, Middle for Educational Drugs – Palo Alto, CA, United States
The World Judges Panel will make its selections based mostly on the standards of innovation, creativity, reflection of native heritage and ecological effectivity, with the significance of sustainable growth on the coronary heart of its choice making. The World Titles Announcement will happen at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris later this yr.
Professor David Sadler, College of Birmingham Dubai Provost, commented: “We’re very pleased with our iconic campus. I’m delighted that this constructing, designed and constructed to ship the expertise that each pupil must develop and develop, has been shortlisted for an award as prestigious because the Prix Versailles.
“Sustainability is essential to us and we’re working laborious with our accomplice Siemens to make our campuses in Dubai and Birmingham as sustainable as attainable. Our constructing is designed to be accessible to everybody – open to the area people for occasions and alternatives that can enrich the lives of Dubai residents.”
Opened in April, within the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Govt Council of Dubai, the campus has been house to college students since January.
The brand new campus, positioned in Dubai Worldwide Educational Metropolis (DIAC), marks the subsequent stage within the College of Birmingham’s long-term dedication to supporting the place of Dubai as a regional hub for world-class greater schooling, nurturing expertise and enhancing tutorial excellence within the UAE.
College of Birmingham Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Adam Tickell commented: “It’s a nice honour to be shortlisted for the Prix Versailles, which recognises the laborious work of individuals throughout the College of Birmingham and our companions to create a studying and analysis surroundings that’s progressive, inspiring and sustainable.
“Because of the help of the Data and Human Improvement Authority (KHDA), TECOM Group, DIAC and all our companions within the area, we now have an exquisite tutorial house that gives college students from the UAE and past with glorious amenities and a first-class schooling.”
Positioned reverse Dubai’s first purpose-built pupil housing group, the campus encourages collaboration throughout tutorial disciplines, providing versatile studying areas to make sure that instructing and analysis work in tandem to learn college students. Studying areas incorporate digital know-how and a pupil hub helps pupil wants throughout instructing and wellbeing.
Progressive amenities and high-quality workers present college students from the area and past with first-class schooling from the primary world high 100 and UK Russell Group college in Dubai. Partnership with Siemens allows the College’s campuses in Dubai and Birmingham to embrace sustainable practices in step with net-zero carbon emission initiatives
The campus can presently help as much as 2,900 college students and can ultimately have the ability to help as much as 4,500 college students.
Designed by Hopkins Architects and constructed by Khansaheb, the buildings overlook parkland and pure areas. They mirror the ‘inexperienced coronary heart’ of the College’s campus in Birmingham, giving the scholar group a whole campus college expertise. Sheltered courtyards and social areas purpose to reinforce the campus’ sustainability whereas offering college students and workers with a calming surroundings in step with Dubai’s distinctive local weather.
The College’s partnership with Siemens combines digital sensor and analytics applied sciences, synthetic intelligence, decentralised power era and storage, renewable power and ideas that assist change customers’ behaviour to rework the Edgbaston and Dubai campuses into the world’s smartest world campus, making a ‘Dwelling Lab’ the place analysis, instructing and studying all profit from entry to new knowledge and connectivity.
The ‘Dwelling Lab’ will seize knowledge from the College’s constructing applied sciences, estates infrastructure and power vegetation and use it for innovation, R&D actions and instructing. Dwell knowledge from throughout the websites offers a novel alternative for utilized studying for college kids and creates a platform for cutting-edge analysis.
