Theme user group for special areas

Theme user group for special areas

Through 2021, the theme user group for special areas has worked on describing the special area functions that must be addressed in NTNUs unified campus. They have described general guidelines and objectives for, priorities in and location of special areas in NTNU, which provide guidelines for programming of special areas in NTNUs unified campus, and guidelines for the development of special areas in other construction and rehabilitation projects at NTNU.

Common mandate for all theme user groups

Mandate for thematic user groups for special areas

The work of the theme user group for special areas

The thematic user groups are based on NTNU's area concept and have specified and clarified the concepts further, resulting in guidelines for the construction project for NTNU´s unified campus and other construction and rehabilitation projects at NTNU.

The theme user group’s work is summarized in a report, with attached working documents, submitted 1 July 2021 (in Norwegian):

Adopted principles for area development at NTNU

On the basis of the thematic user group’s work, the rector has adopted principles for area development at NTNU:

Rector’s decision of 14 February 2022:
Principles for area development at NTNU

The work of the thematic user groups has been within NTNU's guidelines in the premise documents; Area concepts for NTNU, Principle plan, Location of academic functions, Quality requirements for buildings and outdoors and OFP report for the project NTNU’s unified campus.

The final wording of the principles, as stated in the Rector's decision, has been adjusted on the basis of feedback from the processing of draft decisions in the rectorate, dean meeting, AMU and SESAM.

Rectorate: 24.10.21, 09.11.21 
Dean meeting: 16.11.21, 23.11.21, 30.11.21, 08.02.22
AMU: 13.12.21 
SESAM: 24.11.21, 3.12.21, 17.12.21, 3.2.22

Participants

Participants

The group is composed, and the leader appointed, by the pro-rector for research at NTNU.

  • Head of Department, Department of Chemical Engineering, Jens Petter Andreassen 
  • Department of Materials Technology, Head of Department, Einar Hjorthol 
  • World Championships, Head of Research and Collection, Solveig Bakken 
  • Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Head of Department, Øystein Risa 
  • Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Professor, Rikke Jørgensen 
  • Department of Psychology, Deputy Chair and Professor, Silje Steinsbekk 
  • Department of Design, Head of Department, Ole Andreas Alsos 
  • Department of Art and Media Studies, Associate Professor, Asbjørn Tiller 
  • Department of Music, Professor and Deputy Director Research, Michael Duch 
  • Faculty of Linguistics, Laboratory Manager, Morten Grønli 
  • Department of Electronic Systems, Head of Department, Odd Pettersen 

Supplementary participants:

  • Department of Music (HF/KAMD), Erik Hagtun
  • Department of Art and Media Studies (HF/KAMD), Trond Einar Garmo
  • Workshop (AD/KAMD), Jörg Siegfried Schauer
  • Architecture and planning (AD/KAMD), Olav Kristofferesen
  • AD/Department of Design (AD/KAMD), Jon Herman Rismoen
  • HF/Department of Language and Literature, Giosue Baggio

Secretariat / facilitators: 

  • Management support / facilitator organizational development NTNU: Terje Østlyng 
  • Professional resource programming NTNU Campus Development: Eva Haanæs 
  • Professional resource for vice-rector research: Thor Bjørn Arlov 
  • Facilitator / process manager from the construction and user equipment project Statsbygg: Anne Sarto