OtaniemiOtaniemi –– aa FinnishFinnish TechnologyTechnology HubHub

Nils Gersberg Helsinki University of Technology Construction Economics and Management Facility Services Research http://cem.tkk.fi/fsr [email protected] 2 AgendaAgenda

„ Finland in brief

„ Finnish educational system

„ Quality criteria for learning environments

„ Otaniemi area

„ Conclusions 3 FinlandFinland 4 FinlandFinland inin briefbrief

„ Population 5.2 million 67% live in urban , 33% rural areas

„ Surface area 338,000 km² of which 10% is water and 69% forest; 187,888 lakes, 5,100 rapids and 179,584 islands

„ Official languages Finnish (92%) and Swedish (6%), the Sami language in the Sami domicile in Lapland

„ Religion Lutheran (85%), Orthodox (1%), unaffiliated (13%) 5 FinlandFinland inin briefbrief (2)(2)

„ GDP 2005 155.3 billion € 29,612 € per capita

„ Competitiveness rating

„ World Economic Forum 1st place 2005 (3rd consecutive year)

„ Human Development Index

„ UNDP 13th place 2005

„ OECD PISA survey top places in 2000 & 2003 6 TheThe FinnishFinnish educationeducation systemsystem 7 TheThe FinnishFinnish educationeducation systemsystem (2)(2)

„ Constructive learning philosophy:

focuses on students’ willingness and ability to search for knowledge through dialogues with each other and their teachers 8 EducationEducation inin briefbrief

„ The total education budget as a share of total public expenditure is 11.9 %

„ Number of students and educational institutions

Students Institutions

Basic education 596,000 3,953 General upper secondary education 129,000 441 Vocational upper secondary education and training 160,000 290

Polytechnics 118,000 31

Universities 163,000 20 QualityQuality criteriacriteria forfor learninglearning environmentsenvironments QualityQuality criteriacriteria forfor learninglearning 10 environmentsenvironments¹¹

1) Flexible environment

„ Connective

„ Multifunctional

„ Alternative ways to use building

„ Easy to move 2) Encourages learning

„ Motivating environment

„ Promotes sustainability

„ Provides model of working environment 3) Multidimensional centre for multiple usage

„ Takes into account needs of surrounding community

„ Multipurpose building for all

„ For all ages

¹Nuikkinen, K. (2005) Terveellinen ja turvallinen koulurakennus, Opetushallitus, Saarijärvi, Finland. QualityQuality criteriacriteria forfor learninglearning 11 environmentsenvironments (2)(2)

4) Challenging

„ Environmental message is in importance of co- operation, not in bureaucratic institution and artefacts 5) Supports interaction

„ How people meet each other

„ Traffic junctions and meeting places 6) School for everyone

„ Accessibility

„ Individual privacy

„ Openness - no need for control - safety 7) Aesthetical

„ Body and sense experience

„ Self regulation

„ Comfortable, healthy QualityQuality criteriacriteria forfor learninglearning 12 environmentsenvironments (3)(3)

8) Supports the identity

„ Message about organisation, expected behaviour OtaniemiOtaniemi areaarea 14 OtaniemiOtaniemi areaarea 15 RelevanceRelevance ofof thethe areaarea

„ Community of about 25,000 people

„ 15,000 students

„ 10,000 professionals

„ 300+ companies

„ 60 to 80 new businesses founded each year

„ over 500 new business ideas invented each year

„ over 200 patents each year 16 MainMain PlayersPlayers

„ TKK – Teknillinen korkeakoulu (Helsinki University of Technology)

„ Dipoli

„ VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland

„ Technopolis (I + II + Technopolis Ventures)

„ KCL - Paper & pulb research

„ GTK - Geological survey of Finland 17 TKKTKK OtaniemiOtaniemi

„ TKK Otaniemi

„ Campus university

„ 12 engineering departments

„ ~15,000 students

„ ~3,000 employees (200 professors)

„ ~130 PhD's per year

„ ~1000 degrees per year

„ Student village