Project Credits
Client
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Date Completed
Staged between 2018 – 2024 (as phased services)
Sector
Master Planning & Urban Design
Awards
Project Governance
Project Lead
Jane Hill
Design Team
Ara’s Future Campus Roadmap sets a long-term, learner-centred direction for campus development, shaped through engagement and co-creation with staff, students and stakeholders, and developed by Chow:Hill in collaboration with Klu’dup and RDT Pacific.
Chow:Hill worked with Ara Institute of Canterbury, Klu’dup and RDT Pacific to develop a long-term roadmap for the evolution of Ara’s campus network, creating a clear framework to guide future investment, rationalisation and development.
Rather than beginning with buildings, the process started with people. Through comprehensive stakeholder engagement and analysis of the existing campuses, the team developed a set of co-created design principles centred on learner experience, staff and community needs, asset utilisation and future models of learning delivery. These principles established the ‘why’ behind future change and provided a consistent basis for planning across Ara’s campuses.
The resulting Future Campus Roadmap translated this thinking into a flexible, principles-led framework incorporating the themes of ‘Home and Hub’, Learning Toolbox, Learning Ecosystem and Connected Think Tank, aligned with Ara’s values of Aroha, Hono, Hihiri | Respect, Connect and Inspire. Conceived as a living document, the roadmap was designed to evolve as priorities, programmes and investment decisions changed.
The work has continued to inform subsequent projects, including Chow:Hill’s engagement and brief development for the Timaru Learner Hub, where the team defined learning space typologies, accommodation requirements and project priorities to support business case development and future consultant procurement.
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Ara’s Future Campus Roadmap sets a long-term, learner-centred direction for campus development, shaped through engagement and co-creation with staff, students and stakeholders, and developed by Chow:Hill in collaboration with Klu’dup and RDT Pacific.
Chow:Hill worked with Ara Institute of Canterbury, Klu’dup and RDT Pacific to develop a long-term roadmap for the evolution of Ara’s campus network, creating a clear framework to guide future investment, rationalisation and development.
Rather than beginning with buildings, the process started with people. Through comprehensive stakeholder engagement and analysis of the existing campuses, the team developed a set of co-created design principles centred on learner experience, staff and community needs, asset utilisation and future models of learning delivery. These principles established the ‘why’ behind future change and provided a consistent basis for planning across Ara’s campuses.
The resulting Future Campus Roadmap translated this thinking into a flexible, principles-led framework incorporating the themes of ‘Home and Hub’, Learning Toolbox, Learning Ecosystem and Connected Think Tank, aligned with Ara’s values of Aroha, Hono, Hihiri | Respect, Connect and Inspire. Conceived as a living document, the roadmap was designed to evolve as priorities, programmes and investment decisions changed.
The work has continued to inform subsequent projects, including Chow:Hill’s engagement and brief development for the Timaru Learner Hub, where the team defined learning space typologies, accommodation requirements and project priorities to support business case development and future consultant procurement.
Project Credits
Client
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Status
Staged between 2018 – 2024 (as phased services)
Project Type
Master Planning & Urban Design
Awards
Ara’s Future Campus Roadmap sets a long-term, learner-centred direction for campus development, shaped through engagement and co-creation with staff, students and stakeholders, and developed by Chow:Hill in collaboration with Klu’dup and RDT Pacific.
Chow:Hill worked with Ara Institute of Canterbury, Klu’dup and RDT Pacific to develop a long-term roadmap for the evolution of Ara’s campus network, creating a clear framework to guide future investment, rationalisation and development.
Rather than beginning with buildings, the process started with people. Through comprehensive stakeholder engagement and analysis of the existing campuses, the team developed a set of co-created design principles centred on learner experience, staff and community needs, asset utilisation and future models of learning delivery. These principles established the ‘why’ behind future change and provided a consistent basis for planning across Ara’s campuses.
The resulting Future Campus Roadmap translated this thinking into a flexible, principles-led framework incorporating the themes of ‘Home and Hub’, Learning Toolbox, Learning Ecosystem and Connected Think Tank, aligned with Ara’s values of Aroha, Hono, Hihiri | Respect, Connect and Inspire. Conceived as a living document, the roadmap was designed to evolve as priorities, programmes and investment decisions changed.
The work has continued to inform subsequent projects, including Chow:Hill’s engagement and brief development for the Timaru Learner Hub, where the team defined learning space typologies, accommodation requirements and project priorities to support business case development and future consultant procurement.
Project Credits
Client
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Status
Staged between 2018 – 2024 (as phased services)
Project Type
Master Planning & Urban Design
