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The LEARNING QUARTER PLAN 2009 ENERGY AUCKLAND’s EXTRAORDINARY PLACE OF The LEARNING QUARTER PLAN 2009 KNOWLEDGELEARNING AND ENERGY Contents Auckland’s Learning Quarter 1 A collaboration between town and gown 1 Located in Auckland’s CBD 2 Messages from the partners 4 Strategic direction 5 Progress 6 Strengthen the role of The Quarter in the city’s development 10 Potential 11 Inspire the generation of ideas and creativity 12 Enhance innovation and knowledge infrastructure 14 Openness 15 Foster a strong urban community 17 Improve connections and make welcoming points of arrival 19 Create linkages to other areas 22 Discovery 23 Develop a stimulating environment 25 Celebrate The Quarter’s rich heritage 31 Consultation and research 31 Implementation 31 Review 32 Auckland’s Learning Quarter fast forward 32 Photography credits Figures 8 Advantaged by its CBD location 21 A large and growing community 8 Developing skilled people 21 The country’s largest academic community 8 Attracting investment 21 A mixture of student and long-term residents 9 Open for business 26 Full of heritage features 13 Actively commercialising research 28 Albert Park in the heart of The Quarter 13 Part of the wider innovation ecosystem 28 A strong history of achievements 13 Rich in learning resources 29 A distinctive geography and character 13 Expanding its network globally A collaboration between town and gown Across the globe, leading cities are forming partnerships with universities to drive local and national development. Never before in New Zealand has there been such an opportunity for town and gown to come together on such a scale. The Learning Quarter partners – AUT University, The University of Auckland and Auckland City Council, are large institutions and employers in Auckland’s CBD, committed to stimulating learning, research, cultural and business experiences in the city. As the home of two high achieving and outlines how they will work together to universities, Auckland’s Learning Quarter is guide and help drive the area’s economic, social, a world-class centre for education, research cultural and physical development over the next and commercialisation and is key to fuelling 10 years. Auckland’s future success. An extraordinary place of learning, knowledge This Learning Quarter Plan expresses the vision and energy, The Learning Quarter is Auckland’s of the partners for Auckland’s Learning Quarter place of enlightenment. LOCATED IN AUCKLAND’S CBD Covering 63 hectares, The Learning Quarter down Symonds Street to the bottom of Anzac has New Zealand’s largest concentration of Avenue, and is bounded to the east by Grafton students, researchers, teachers, innovators Gully and to the west by Albert Park, the and creators, clustered in and around the Auckland Art Gallery and Central City Library university campuses. It is a vibrant place, and the Queen Street gully. characterised by signifi cant heritage The impact of the activity that occurs within buildings, open spaces (such as Albert Park Auckland’s Learning Quarter is far-reaching, in the heart of The Quarter), rich cultural extending beyond its boundaries to the city, assets, a diverse range of events, and a the region, the country and the world. growing residential community. The Learning Quarter covers the CBD campuses of AUT University and The University of Auckland. It extends from St Martin’s Lane 1 Messages from the partners AUT University The University of Auckland www.aut.ac.nz www.auckland.ac.nz Social, cultural and economic change is The University of Auckland is the country’s affecting the nature of universities, causing largest and pre-eminent university. We are the them to think anew about engagement with only New Zealand university to be ranked in stakeholders and meeting the demands of a the top 1% of the world’s universities1 and to new age. The development of The Learning be granted membership to Universitas 21, an Quarter provides an exciting opportunity international network of research-intensive for the city’s two universities and council to universities that co-operate to achieve high engage in a unique way, to bring town and educational quality and international visibility. gown together. Greater aspiration, innovation, We also have the largest number and highest discovery and knowledge transfer will ensue, concentration of top-ranked researchers2. directly benefi tting Auckland city and the wider region. As ‘the university for the changing Our fi rst-rate research reputation means that our world’ we embrace this opportunity. programmes and courses incorporate the latest fi ndings and perspectives. Our academic staff includes researchers, scholars and creative artists who are leaders in their fi elds, both nationally and internationally, and many write the leading DEREK McCORMACK textbooks on the subjects they teach. Vice Chancellor The University of Auckland is pleased to collaborate with AUT University and the Auckland City Council in the development of The Learning Quarter. We have been a feature of the city landscape for 125 years, and presently contribute in excess of $4 billion annually to economic development in the region. We believe that we can, with the right kinds of support, make an even more signifi cant contribution to the social, economic and cultural development of the city, the region and the nation in the future. PROFESSOR STUART McCUTCHEON Vice Chancellor 1 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2008. 2 Performance Based Research Fund Report, 2006. 2 Messages from the partners CONT. Auckland City Council Commi! ee for Auckland 3 www.aucklandcity.govt.nz www.aucklandnz.org The Learning Quarter is an inspirational place The Learning Quarter is not only New Zealand’s in our city. Inclusive of a number of Mãori pa largest concentration of university students originally, the area has always been important and learning – it’s a remarkable precinct by to the people of Auckland – Tamaki Makaurau. world standards. Few cities enjoy such a Colonial Auckland was centred in The Learning concentration – every day 40,000 students are Quarter represented by New Zealand’s early coming and going to a single place within our government and the merchant houses located on city. Our universities make a vital contribution Princes Street. The area was further transformed to Auckland’s success; they are educators by the learning institutions that drive the city’s and more – long-term investors, purchasers, economic prosperity and quality of life. developers, innovators and incubators. Today The Learning Quarter has huge potential “To make the case for university-community to play a key role in achieving Auckland City partnerships is easy to do. The hard thing is to Council’s vision for a productive and globally fi gure out how to do it. The hardest thing of all, of connected Auckland economy. The Learning course, is to actually get it done”4. Committee for Quarter provides a bridge between the Auckland has great confi dence in The Learning expertise and innovation of the universities Quarter partners going into ‘the hardest thing and the city’s wider economy and community, of all’ – actually getting things done. providing knowledge solutions for Auckland, New Zealand and the world. There is great potential for the council in partnership with the two universities in our KAAREN GOODALL CBD to realise the strategic direction for The Executive Director Learning Quarter through our infl uencing, regulatory and investing roles. This will help transform Auckland’s CBD into a more vibrant and dynamic business and cultural centre and a key destination for learning and research. HON. JOHN BANKS QSO Mayor of Auckland city 3 Committee for Auckland is an independent alliance of corporate directors and chief executives, tertiary sector, not-for-profi t leaders and Mayors, working to provide leadership for initiatives that foster talented people, a dynamic city-region economy and deliver a successful international city. 4 Ira Harkavy quoted by Richard Rosen, President Urban Land Institute in his presentation on The Key Role of Universities In Economic Growth and Urban Revitalisation, 2002. 3 Strategic direction The purpose of The Learning Quarter Plan is to ensure that jointly agreed actions to achieve the strategic direction for The Learning Quarter are given priority in each of the partner organisations. The plan will result in the collaborative deployment of both civic and university resources. There is considerable consensus across the Our goal is to create a Learning Quarter that is: partners, businesses, residents and the wider An inspirational and accessible place. community as to what is important about The A place that through discovery and Learning Quarter, the role it should play in the learning helps people realise their city and potential opportunities. potential, for the benefi t of human progress and Auckland’s advancement. The following sections outline 38 actions that the partners are committed to over the next 10 years to deliver the vision for The Quarter. Future development of The Learning Quarter will be based on four key platforms. It plays a vital role in fuelling Auckland’s > Progress: future success Directed towards strengthening the role of The Quarter in the city’s development and building valuable relationships between the partners It pushes people to be challenged, to reach > Potential: their full potential and drives them further Directed towards inspiring the generation of ideas and creativity, enhancing innovation and knowledge An open and inspiring place for everyone > openness: Directed towards fostering a strong urban community, improving connections, making welcoming points of arrival and creating clear linkages to other areas It’s where people go to think, to learn, > discovery: to research, to be enlightened Directed towards developing a stimulating environment and celebrating The Quarter’s rich heritage 4 The Learning Quarter plays a vital role in fuelling Auckland’s future success. PROGRESS progress We are a cornerstone of Auckland charged with making a distinct contribution to the city’s wellbeing.
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