Stage 3 of Society & Design Precinct opens

Flexibility and collaboration are key themes of the Faculty of Society & Design’s new building, which was officially opened in November.

Faculty of Society & Design Executive Dean Professor Derek Carson is excited about the new building which features four unique teaching rooms, an indoor-outdoor social space for study and socialising and numerous landscaped places for people to meet and chat.

“The facility is a welcome addition to the faculty’s footprint, designed to complement an active, engaged and authentic approach to pedagogy. The building was created to bring people together; it’s about collaboration, it’s about cross-discipline working and drawing people in.”

The largest of three new flexible teaching spaces seats 100 students, alongside two smaller rooms each with capacity for 40 students.

Professor Carson says central to these rooms is a design which allows for teaching and interaction in almost any configuration imaginable.

“The room can be arranged to suit the learning experience. We’ve learned from student feedback what’s important to them. The rooms are flexible, have easy access to power outlets in any configuration and utilise audio visual technology in an engaging way.”

Alongside the teaching spaces is the Collaborative Laboratory which Professor Carson describes as “like no other computer laboratory that Bond has.”

The Collaborative Laboratory features hubs of computers, allowing students to work together or independently. Each hub also features a wall-mounted screen which can be linked to any of the student screens in the laboratory.

Bond University Vice Chancellor and President Professor Tim Brailsford says the new building was outstanding.

“Bond has always prided itself on providing a first-class experience for its students. This new facility exemplifies that approach, positioning the University at the forefront of collaborative teaching and learning, while substantially adding to the Society & Design precinct’s already strong environmental focus.” “The building was created to bring people together; it’s about collaboration, it’s about cross-discipline working and drawing people in.”