Sustainability of Innovative Meeting and Learning Spaces

Atrium, 1 O'Connell St

Dining Room, UNSW City Campus

Workshopped Whiteboard

Break Out Space

Post-it Notes Wall

Capturing Information, UNSW City Campus

UNSW City Campus, Sydney

Venue for GovcampNSW Co-Lab

Access

The UNSW City Campus is in the oldest part of the city, with good public transport links. The main room, used for the Co-Lab, looked out onto an atrium, with conserved warehouse steel beams and a view of the sandstone Education Department building.

Waste and Catering

The catering was provided in a well setup space, with on tap tea and coffee and a choice of menus, appeared to be available to the organisers. There were other groups in the dining room.

The spaces were conventional and the techniques fairly conventional if not quaint - white boards, post it notes and unused butchers paper boards. The text on the white boards was photographed and projected for the wrap up session.

Furniture

Curiously the mobile chairs were not used and were stored in the corridor outside the room. A couple of the participants had tablets, and a couple of others took photos with our phones.

Lighting

Lighting appeared to be conventional Fluorescent Compacts and Tubes, rather than energy efficient LEDs. Waste was stainless steel rubbish bins with plastic lining. Paper cups were provided as well as non-disposable cups and saucers, glasses, plates and cutlery.

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University of Canberra

The University of Canberra has two innovative learning spaces. The successful Learning Commons, which was their student union, integrates meeting rooms with a restaurant and caffeteria. The highlight of the space was that all the walls were whiteboards and screens. Each room was equipped with a projector. This was the venue for the January 2011: Recent Changes Unconference

Their Innovation Centre which hosted the 2012 Recent Changes Conference was more elaborate with similar chairs but less successful.

Macquarie University

Macquarie University's student union was the location of a satellite meet up for the June 2012 Gov Jam. The cavernous venue was cold by the Sunday evening. And the campus was desolate by Sunday night. However, the provision of microwave ovens for students was a useful innovation.

@callicoma, #govcampnsw.

Local Libraries

Eco-Annandale at Leichhardt Library

Govcamp as a vehicle for open government innovation

Page Created 26 June 2012. Page updated 7 May 2015.