ISBN 978-91-576-9344-0 © SLU, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet Design: Kjell Lundin Explicare Print: Ineko AB, Stockholm. 2015 Photo ©: Veterinärmuseet Skara: p 6–11 Kerstin Movér Berglund: p 51 Göran Dalin: p 27, 45, 53 Åke E:son Lindman: p 12, 15, 30, 31 Kjell Lundin: p 4, 15, 28, 34, 36, 48, 49, 51,56–59 Mathias Nero: p 22, 33, 46, 47 Jenny Svennås-Gillner, SLU: p 24, 32, 34, 39, 40, 44, 45, 51, 53, 55 Mikael Wallerstedt: p 26, 38, 50 Viktor Wrange: p 41, 42, 52, 53 Pereric Öberg, Aerobilder: p 54 Special thanks for valuable contributions: Dag Beskow, Nyréns Arkitektkontor Henrik Ericsson, SLU Peter Hagdahl, Public Art Agency Sweden Gunnar Henriksson, Akademiska Hus Göran Jönsson, Veterinärmuseet Per Nilsson, Akademiska Hus Jan Philipsson, SLU Kerstin Svennersten Sjaunja, SLU Peter Thorén, SLU Ove Wattle, SLU Karin Östensson, SLU Birgitta Östlund-Wiberg, SLU The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Special thanks are also due to Kathleen Anderson de Miranda for linguistic and editorial advice on the English edition.
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Welcome! Since 2014 the majority of Swedish veterinary and animal science research and education has been housed together with Sweden’s only university animal hospital. They now reside in one building at SLU in Uppsala. The new Centre for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (VHC) is the result of a long planning process and has gained much interest for its functional form and exciting content. We invite you to learn more about VHC’s history, architecture, current activities and future plans. Göran Dalin
Gösta Ericson
Arvid Uggla
Foreword 5 Background and history 6 Building programme, design and construction 13 The building’s concept – contact and interaction 17 Operations 35 Art and decoration 56 VHC as part of SLU’s new Campus Ultuna 60 3
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Foreword
High expectations since the founding of slu in 1977, veterinary medicine and animal science have undergone significant scientific progress, and society’s interest in animal-related issues has grown significantly. Considerable medical and technical advances in animal healthcare have been made whereby animal owners ask for pet care that, in many respects, corre sponds to human healthcare. The buildings constructed at SLU for training and research in these sciences during the 1970s proved to no longer correspond to the increasingly complex needs of these operations, including legal requirements for animal welfare and occupational safety. Moisture damage in several buildings also created troublesome problems in the work environment. In 2004 a reform of SLU’s faculty structure led to the establishment of a unified Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science. From the beginning, planning focused on bringing together the new faculty’s various activities in a common facility for research, training and veterinary care. In 2006 SLU and the governmental property owner, Akademiska Hus, began the process that resulted in a brand new, centrally located building within a new, more concentrated Ultuna campus. After many years of planning, design and construction, the Centre for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (VHC) was
inaugurated in September 2014. We are confident that the new environment for Swedish veterinary medicine and animal science will stimulate research, education and clinical activities on a high international level for many years to come. Nyréns Architects have created a significant and appealing building with great potential. Everyone who contributed to its realisation – former university and faculty administrators, staff, developers, architects and builders – have good reason to feel proud. On the following pages you will find the history of SLU’s Centre for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and the thoughts behind the design of this complex structure. The numerous pictures illustrate the innovative architecture, creative environment and multi faceted activities that take place at VHC. We would like to thank the authors, Göran Dalin, Gösta Ericson and Arvid Uggla for taking the initiative to create this document. Uppsala June 2015 Lisa Sennerby Forsse Vice Chancellor SLU
Peter Bohman Regional Director Akademiska Hus
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Background and history
How it started vhc is the most recent link in a chain of events that stretches back to 1775 when Peter Hernquist, one of Linnaeus’ disciples, returned from his studies in Lyon and founded Sweden’s first veterinary school. ’Ars veterinaria’ in Skara in 1775 ... The first group of 17 aspiring veterinarians gathered at Brogården in Skara in 1775. The veterinary training in Skara was terminated
Linnaeus’ disciple Peter Hernquist founded Sweden’s first veterinary school in 1775.
in 1889 and was then converted into a farrier school and an advanced animal hospital. The establishment in Skara was later incorporated into what was then the Royal Veterinary College in Stockholm. To this day, SLU maintains one of its campuses in Skara even though most veterinary activities are located at the Ultuna campus. ... and in Stockholm in 1821 Many authorities promoted the idea that veterinarians should also be trained in Stock-
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holm. Thus, in addition to the Skara school, a veterinary establishment was opened in 1821 in a central location in Stockholm, at Nybroviken. In addition to Swedes, Finnish and Norwegian students also studied there. The activities of the veterinary establishment in Stockholm expanded as did the interaction with the surrounding society, especially with the cavalry and artillery regiments located next-door. In 1867 the establishment was given the status of Royal Veterinary Institute, and from 1870 full matriculation was required for entry. At this time the teaching staff consisted of seven individuals, and the typical time required to complete the studies was four years with the possibility of a maximum twoyear extension. The location and the poor quality of the facilities at Nybroviken became an increasing burden to the institute. Architecture professor Edvard von Rothstein designed new buildings at what is now Karlavägen in Stockholm and these premises opened in 1880. It had five academic buildings, a porter’s lodge,
Twelve teachers worked at the veterinary school at Karlavägen in Stockholm. Veterinary services were conducted outdoors all year round.
a large park with paddocks, and a vegetable garden for the employees. The teaching staff included twelve teachers. However, soon problems arose with the new institute. In addition to a large part of patient care taking place outdoors, the premises and equipment quickly became outdated because of the dramatic advances in biological and medical sciences. Microbiology gained ground, and aseptic techniques and the establishment of modern food hygiene created new demands on laboratories, ope rating theatres and skills. While the city grew, the Veterinary Institute sought a more long-term location under its principal, professor John Vennerholm. The Government and Parliament decided to move the institute to Kräftriket at Brunnsviken, just north of the city, outside Roslagstull. This move brought the Veterinary Institute closer to the experimental facilities of the Royal Academy of Agriculture, the Royal College of Forestry, the Natural History
Clinical instruction at the Royal Veterinary College at Kräftriket in the 1930s.
Museum and other important scientific institutions. The commission to design the new institute was awarded to the architects Ludwig Peterson and Rudolf Samuel Enblom, both representatives of contemporary modern architecture. In 1912 King Gustaf V officiated the inauguration of the new Veterinary Institute. The entire facility, consisting of eleven build ings, cost approximately 2.2 million SEK including interior fittings and equipment, and was considered to be a significant investment. Soon after the inauguration, the institute was accredited as the Royal Veterinary College and in 1935 it earned its own right to award doctoral (PhD) degrees that had previously been awarded under the auspices of the Karolinska Institute. The Kräftriket establishment gradually expanded as business grew and new departments were formed. New institutional buildings and a student union were added during the 1940s and 50s on the southern portion of the premises. In 1965 a governmental committee turned its attention to the potential for stronger integration of veterinary research and education with both agricultural science and human medical research and education. The committee’s 1967 report suggested two possible locations, Uppsala and Stockholm. This proposal occurred in the midst of a relocation process of many government agencies from the capital, and the Parliament decided that the Veterinary College as a whole would move to Uppsala, 75 km
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away. The animal science-oriented subjects and clinical activities moved adjacent to the Agricultural College at Ultuna. In addition, the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) was relocated from Stockholm to the Ultuna area in order to ensure continued proximity and collaboration. From Agricultural Institute 1848 to Agricultural College 1932 During the first half of the 1800s, the Parlia ment extensively discussed the issue of agricultural training and decided that an agricultural institute would be established at Ultuna in 1848, largely due to an initiative by the county governor Robert von Kraemer. A corresponding agricultural institute at Alnarp just outside Malmö in southern Sweden was opened in 1862. Research activities in the animal science field were established in several locations. In 1907 parts of the Royal Academy of Agriculture experimental field just outside Roslagstull in Stockholm were converted to the Central Institute for Agriculture Research. This included a section for animal science, but some parts of this research were transferred to Ultuna already in 1914. After the establishment of the Animal Research Institute in 1939 all its activities were moved from Stockholm to Ultuna in the 1940s. In 1948 the institute became part of a national agricultural research organisation, and finally in 1962, it joined the Agricultural College.
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Through a donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in 1927, the Institute of Animal Breeding was established at Bergshamra, not far from the experimental facilities of the Royal Academy of Agriculture. After purchasing the Wiad estate at Grödinge south of Stockholm in 1937, the institute was able to move into new buildings that included stables for cattle, pigs and poultry. The institute was nationalised in 1950 and became organisationally linked to the animal breeding department at the Agricultural College. The animal breeding experiments were transferred in 1974 from Wiad to Kungsängen and Funbo-Lövsta outside Uppsala. The two agricultural institutes, at Ultuna and Alnarp, were reorganised in 1932 and merged into the Royal Agricultural College, with the consequence that all agronomist training was located to Ultuna. The need for more in-depth knowledge resulted in the extension of the education programme from two to four years, and a demand for three (later two) years of previous agricultural practice. The training was divided into three study programmes: crop production, animal husbandry and economy. This, in turn, strengthened animal science through several new professorships. The Agricultural College also earned the right to award licentiate and doctorate (PhD) degrees.
Livestock research at Experimentalfältet (pictured) in Stockholm moved to Ultuna in the 1940s.
Ultuna expands From 1850 Ultuna campus gradually expand ed to include new farm and school buildings as well as housing for staff, teachers and students. The institute grew and added more buildings during the 1900s. The stone barn in central Ultuna was built in 1855–58 and was in operation until 1968 when the last dairy cows moved to Kungsängen. Today the old barn houses the Ultuna restaurant and the Loftet auditorium. In connection with the establishment of the Royal Agricultural College in 1932, new buildings were constructed opposite the Ultuna mansion. A separate library was also built, as well as a restaurant and student union. In the 1960s the Agricultural College experienced a major expansion of operations, and new institutions were formed. Research farms at Kungsängen and Lövsta In 1939 the Agricultural College took possession of its first research stable at Kungsängen on the east side of the River Fyris. That building is now office space. An intense period between 1967 and 1970 focused on
renewing research resources for virtually all farm animal species in the Uppsala area. The Kungsängen Research Centre became a hub for dairy cattle research and preservation of forage. A little further from Uppsala, at Funbo-Lövsta, experimental plants for pigs, sheep, fur-producing animals and poultry were established when the activities at Wiad moved to Uppsala in 1974. The dramatic structural changes in Swedish animal production that have occurred in recent decades, including a trend towards fewer and more specialized units, have created new demands for research and training related to farm animals. The facili ties at Kungsängen and Funbo-Lövsta no longer served their purposes. In a significant investment for the future, SLU decided to relocate the herds for research and education related to dairy cows, poultry and pigs to completely new facilities. These facilities are located in the National Livestock Research Centre close to the original 17th-century mansion at Funbo-Lövsta. The new Lövsta centre was inaugurated in May 2012 by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
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Co-location with Uppsala University in BMC Uppsala Biomedical Centre (BMC) was built at Artillerifältet just south of central Uppsala in the late 1960s and was completed in 1985. BMC’s total building area is over 100 000 square metres. In conjunction with the Veterinary College relocation to Uppsala, some departments moved to BMC with the aim that they would gain new research opportunities from the proximity of corresponding medical research at Uppsala University. The same was true for parts of the National Veterinary Institute (SVA). Expansion at Ultuna in the 1970s After the decision to relocate the Veterinary College from Stockholm to Uppsala, a period of rapid and extensive expansion took place at Ultuna during the 1970s. A number of departments from the agricultural and veterinary colleges moved into a new Animal Science Centre (HVC) that was built in 1972–74, at the same time as the new teaching building and the university library. This move was completed in 1974. The original total HVC area was 22 000 square metres. Building costs totalled 43 million SEK, fittings and equipment 5.5 million SEK. The Clinical Centre (KC) was built in 197376 and was ready in the summer 1976. Its building area was 41 200 square metres. The costs for the construction of KC, including a separate building for pathology, was 110 million SEK, and fittings and equipment 27 million SEK. Both KC and HVC were built with flat
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Inauguration of the Royal Agricultural College in front of the new research and teaching building at Ultuna.
roofs that were considered technically advanced but soon proved to have major flaws. Both constructions experienced repeated leaks that led to extensive moisture damage. Over the years, the roofs were rebuilt several times and provided with new top layers. The new National Veterinary Institute (SVA) was built in 1975–79 close to KC. The original total area was 30 000 square metres, which included the Departments of Food Hygiene and Microbiology of SLU’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The construction cost totalled 114 million SEK, and fittings and equipment were 30 million SEK. The proximity to KC and inclusion of SLU departments was the expression of a desire to strengthen cooperation between the two largest veterinary establishments in the country. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 1977 After completion of the relocation, the Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Colleges
merged to form the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in 1977. SLU consisted of three faculties, essentially corresponding to the three former colleges. And so it would remain for 27 years. The Faculty of Agricultural Science had its main locations in Ultuna and Alnarp, the Faculty of Forestry in Umeå, Ultuna, Garpenberg and Skinnskatteberg, and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was located in Uppsala and Skara. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, 2004 In 2004, when SLU introduced a new faculty organisation, the Faculty of Veterinary Medi cine and Animal Science (the VH Faculty) was created. Almost all of SLU’s education and research in veterinary medicine, animal science and related disciplines was included within the VH Faculty. The VH Faculty today accounts for a wide variety of courses and programs in Uppsala and at the national equine centres Flyinge, Strömsholm and Wången. As of 2014, the VH Faculty also includes SLU’s animal science-oriented departments at Alnarp and Röbäcksdalen outside Umeå, and as before, the operations in Skara. The University Animal Hospital, 2007 In January 2007, the University Animal Hospital (UDS) was established as an integrated unit and inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria. Thereby all veterinary
care of small animals and horses was housed under the same roof, originally at the Clinical Centre (KC) in Ultuna, and within the same organisation. The UDS also includes an ambulatory clinic and a veterinary clinical pathology laboratory with customers from all Nordic countries. The substantial financial and organisational challenges associated with clinical research and teaching constituted a major reason behind the creation of UDS. Its mission is to provide the VH Faculty researchers, teachers and students with relevant patient access for research and teaching within a rational and cost-effective organisation. Scattered premises and poor working environment The new VH Faculty had an extremely irrational housing situation. The premises were divided in six different locations in Uppsala, which limited opportunities for collaboration and sharing of resources. On top of this, the 1970’s buildings suffered from troublesome moisture and mould problems due to flat roofs and inadequate waterproofing. The situation at KC was particularly troublesome, and following a threat of an injunction from the Swedish Work Environment Authority in 2004, it became clear that a radical solution was required.
Thus began the journey towards the new VHC ...
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Building programme, design and construction
A long journey from decisions to the finished building already in the 1990s it became clear that SLU’s premises for the departments in veterinary medicine and animal science did not fulfil essential needs. The buildings were scattered in a way that hindered cooperation and rational use of common resources. In 1998 a strategic proposal suggested placing all education and research in the veterinary and animal sciences area within the Clinical Centre (KC). For several years thereafter SLU and Akademiska Hus examined ways to adapt and modernise KC to meet these requirements. When the VH Faculty was formed in 2004, the issue of housing became increasingly urgent. 2006: Decision made to construct a new building after years of investigation Investigations about the KC ultimately led to the conclusion that it would require a wideranging renovation and create major problems for education and research for several years due to ongoing construction. Finding temporary replacement premises was deemed not possible, and so there was no alternative to a new building. In the autumn of 2006 SLU and Akademiska Hus decided to start planning for a brand new facility in a new location on a previously undeveloped field in south Ultuna. The new site would increase the distance to the National Veteri-
nary Institute, located just north of the KC, however it would link more effectively with SLU’s central campus and with other university education and research in Campus Ultuna. 2007: Architects’ competition The decision to build in the new location fuelled the work on specifications and construction planning for the project. By the end of 2006, an architects’ competition in the form of parallel assignments was held. After prequalification four architectural firms were invited to participate. The result was four very different proposals. The evaluation team proceeded from the fundamental objective of the building project: to create an environment for collaboration in research and education where contacts between disciplines stimulate creativity, development and new ways of thinking. The team concluded that the proposal by Nyréns Architects offered the best solutions. Their proposal presented a building with short distances between various departments, laboratories and offices that would provide excellent opportunities for collaboration. 2007–09: Preplanning Nyréns Architects was thus chosen to design the new facility. Planning began in August 2007 with a review of the building programme and establishment of programme outlines. It took more than year to come up with a final building programme, including sketches and
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calculations. The total investment for the project was estimated at 1.3 billion SEK. In December 2009 SLU and Akademiska Hus decided to implement the project on the basis of the outline documents with associated calculations. 2010: Construction procurement, contin ued design and start of construction In light of past experience with large projects, Akademiska Hus decided on an early construction contract that included the contractor’s participation in the final stage of design in order to reduce the financial risk. In March 2010 invitations to bid on the project focused strongly on the contractor’s ability to cooperate and actively contribute to the design phase in order to find cost-effective solutions. After evaluating three quotes, Skanska was selected as the contractor in
1998–2005. Inquires about renovation and extension of the Clinical Centre.
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June 2010. In the cooperation agreement and subsequent contracts, a strong economic incentive was included to encourage the constructor to maintain and preferably complete the work below the estimated cost of the project and to meet the goals for quality and customer satisfaction. 2014: Completion and occupancy Construction began in autumn 2010 and was finalised in 2014. The construction documents took shape gradually through the collaborative efforts of consultants, contractors and clients. This cooperative spirit made the contract a success, as many participants have testified. Cost targets were kept, quality objectives were met, and SLU as the end user gave the highest rating to the process.
2007. UDS formed. Archi tectural competition. Nyréns appointed.
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Inquiries, estimates, strategic plan 2006. Strategic decision to build in a new location.
Decisions about project planning.
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2010. Construction Spring of 2014. procurement. Completion, Skanska appointed final inspection. general contractor.
The initial parts of the planning process were delayed due to difficulties finding a suitable location and deciding on contents and scope. Modernisation and expansion of the Clinical Centre appeared to be the most realistic option for a long time, and it took a while to realise that construction at a new location was the best overall solution.
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2015: Adjustments after occupancy After VHC’s residents had been working in the new buildings for a while, it became apparent that some of the workspaces needed to be adjusted. These modifications to the original designs were made in order to accommodate the realities of these complex workspaces and their highly specialized activities. In particular, some of the stables were adjusted. VHC now has effective and well-functioning facilities, and VHC occupants consider this large and complex build ing project a success.
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The building’s concept – contact and interaction
A complex building made for collaboration the vhc facility is an extraordinarily complex building with a variety of facilities and specific demands on function and connection among diverse groups. VHC is home to six academic departments and a university animal hospital that together include approx imately 700 teachers, researchers, clinicians and technical staff. In addition there are many students and visitors. The building consists of three parts: • the main building, round in shape with four floors containing offices, laboratories and teaching facilities • the animal hospital clinics and special
spaces for pathology and anatomy teaching • stables for hospital patients and animals for teaching and research. Functional grouping of premises The facilities built during the 1970s were organised according to departmental affiliation. This led to a lack of contact between the departments, and adaptations to changes in organisational structures and work became difficult to manage. In the new VHC facility operations are grouped by function so that future organisational changes become easier and contacts and collaboration between disciplines are stimulated. Site plan A: The main entrance for staff, students and visitors. B: Entrance to the animal hospital for small animals (dogs and cats).
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C: Entrance to the animal hospital for horses.
1: Horse clinics. 2: Stables for horse patients. 3: Stables for teaching and research animals.
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4: Special facilities for pathology and anatomy. 5: Main building with laboratories, offices and teaching facilities.
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COMMUNICATION FLOWS AND ZONING The demands for accessible communication routes and zoning were determined early during the planning process. Plans illustrated the flow of movement for staff, students, visitors, different kinds of animals, goods, manure, forage, etc.
Zoning was established according to requirements for infection risks, hygiene, room temperature, security, cleaning and expansion options. More than sixty floor plans were needed for these purposes. These two examples show zoning for hygiene and communicable disease control (top) and routes for animal movement (below). In the latter figure red lines refer to small animals, green to equine patients, yellow to teaching and research animals, and blue to dead animals.
UDS STORDJUR KLINISKA VETENSKAPER UDS SMÅDJUR DÖDA DJUR
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UNDERVISNING Teaching FIK/MEDIATEK Cafeteria SERVICE Service FORSKNING OCH UNDERVISNING Research and training PATOLOGEN Pathology ANATOMEN Anatomy STERILCENTRAL Sterile processing OPERATION SMÅDJUR Surgery, small animals VÅRD SMÅDJUR Inpatients, small animals POLIKLINIK SMÅDJUR Outpatients, small animals INFEKTION Infectious diseases,SMÅDJUR small animals KLINISK KEMI Clinical pathology BILDDIAGNOSTIK Diagnostic imaging OPERATION STORDJUR Surgery, large animals VÅRD STORDJUR Inpatients, large animals POLIKLINK Outpatients, largeSTORDJUR animals STORDJUR ISOLERING Infectious diseases, large animals UDS GEMENSAMT University Hospital, offices AMBULATORISKA KLINIKEN Ambulatory clinic IVA SMÅDJUR Intensive care, small animals
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The round house The main idea behind the academic portion of the VHC is expressed in the round house. This is where most of the teaching areas, research laboratories and offices are located. The main academic entrance is also found here and is directly accessible from the communication centre of the campus, Peter Hernquists Plan, at the junction between Ulls Väg and Almas Allé. From this entrance one accesses a large open atrium that cuts through the building, where the staircases, balconies and bridges create a rich visual environment, full of life. The atrium is generously furnished with seats and a cafe, which reinforces the impression of a furnish
ed streetscape. On the ground floor one finds teaching facilities with auditoriums, group rooms, laboratories, service units and the students’ lounge. artwork by Christoffer Paues provides the backdrop.
From the main entrance visitors arrive in a large open hall with a rich visual environment. Teaching facilities are located mainly on the ground floor.
The upper three floors accommodate offices and laboratories. The layout offers a close work environment and short distances between different parts of the building.
Flexible laboratory space The three floors above the entrance accommodate the majority of departments and research laboratories. The large round shape creates a concentrated, dense environment with short distances and proximity, with offices located in the periphery of the build ing. Inside, laboratories are organised in a combination of small, enclosed rooms, and laboratory landscapes have flexible interiors.
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Glassed corridor walls, smaller atriums and the central atrium provide essential daylight. Joint laboratories with advanced equipment are adjacent to the main atrium. New methods of scientific laboratory work demand customisation and flexibility, and this notion provided the basis for the design of the building. The boundaries between departments can be changed if necessary, and laboratory areas can be assigned for new or additional research. This work environment creates openness and opportunities for contacts and spontaneous meetings, one of SLU’s primary visions for the project.
University Animal Hospital, UDS The University Animal Hospital, which occupies a special part of the VHC facility, is a necessity for training veterinary and veterinary nurse students and is a unique facility within Sweden. The premises of UDS are designed for the students to actively participate in animal care during the clinical portion of their education. UDS is directly connected to the round house, and thus enables a close collaboration between the hospital and the academic departments. Patients in the hospital provide the basis for education, research and develop-
The animal hospital has its own entrances from UltunaallĂŠn on the south side of the campus. The large animal clinic receives horses, and the small animal clinic dogs, cats and other pets. The ambulatory clinic makes calls to farms and stables in the region.
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ment, while academic staff with specialised expertise can participate in clinical activities. This is the same principle used today in the planning of university hospitals for human healthcare. The animal hospital has its own entrances to UltunaallÊn on the south side of the building. Two clinics, the large animal clinic that receives horses and the small animal clinic for dogs, cats and other pets, are located here. Veterinary care includes daily emergencies as well as outpatient and inpatient care. There is also an ambulatory clinic for horses and livestock that makes farm calls. The hospital’s handling of horses requires access to stables that are connected to the hospital block. There are currently nursing stables for inpatients, one stable for outpatient care, and closed isolation boxes for patients with severe infections. The transport of animals within the hospital requires direct contact with driveways and paddocks, which is why the premises are located mainly on the ground level. The hospital has access to advanced equipment for various types of surgery, diagnostic imaging and clinical-pathology laboratory diagnostics. The surfaces of floors, walls and ceilings have high hygienic standards. The disposition of the hospital unit is based on the logistics of the patients, different types of examinations, surgery and aftercare. The requirements for connections and proximity among different premises resulted in a building with great depth. The layout is
almost square with a side of about 90 metres. In order to supply the inside of the building with necessary daylight there are a number of open courtyards. Two bright main corridors have been designed to create easy access for visitors, staff and students and for the supply of materials. These passages provide an overview and ease of orientation. Separate anatomy and pathology North of the animal hospital is a special unit for anatomy and pathology. Dissections of animals play an important role in the training of students. Because of the risk of infection, among other things, it is necessary to separate carcasses from animals that were healthy from those that had been ill. This means that there are separate rooms for anatomical dissection and pathologic necropsy and two different amphitheatres for demonstration. In this part of the building one also finds the loading yards for the supply and disposal of materials. The stables for animals used in education and research are connected to this unit. Exterior design reflects the interior The main components of VHC are reflected in the external configuration. Because of its height, the round house dominates the facility. The façade has metal window frames and spandrel elements of polished concrete. The entrance level has floor-to-ceiling glass walls that signal openness. In contrast, the three stables have a more robust character with
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rough wooden panels above the high concrete plinths. The one-storey façade of the hospital unit is classic in style, simple and clean, with façade panels, pillars of polished concrete and metal window frames. For animal management, access to land outside the stables is essential. The entire field west of the building, towards Dag Hammarskjölds Väg, is used as pastures for horses. Directly adjacent to the stables are paddocks and outdoor areas for dogs. The areas between the stables are used for parking animal transports and manure management.
An outdoor space for in-patients is located at the entrance to the small animal clinic. The entrances to the facility are designed with special care. Peter Hernquists Plan is the entrance square for the round house of VHC at Ulls Väg, which is the central street with access to public transportation. The square is planted with cherry-trees and arbours of clipped hornbeam. Bicycle and car parking are adjacent to this square. The University Animal Hospital can be reached by car from Ultunaallén, and provides plenty of space for unloading and parking for visitors with their animals.
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Lecture halls and seminar rooms are named after animals in Norse mythology. Offices are located on the periphery of the building and encircle laboratory areas where there is a mix of small, enclosed rooms and laboratory landscapes. Everything is close, and people come together in spontaneous discussions and exchange of ideas.
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Within the building open courtyards direct daylight into the workplaces and provide attractive green spaces. At the same time, they serve as patios for the staff.
VHC accommodates one large and ten smaller courtyards.
The large central courtyard is an extension of the entrance floor of the round house and provides space for rest or study. It also constitutes one of many meeting places between scientific disciplines.
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Special fittings and couch with hideaway in the waiting room of the University Animal Hospital. The Cavalier King Charles spaniels were on visit to participate in a comparative research study of heart disease in dogs and humans.
Interaction between architecture, interior design, landscape and artistic decoration sets the tone in the entrance hall of the round house.
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VHC is designed to meet extreme requirements for durability, hygiene standards, infection control and ease of cleaning. Fittings and building materials meet high environmental standards. VHC is classified as ’Green Building Silver’.
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Operations VHC accomodates a multi-faceted business the centre for veterinary medicine and animal science (VHC) certainly lives up to its name. It is the country’s hub for research and higher education in a number of disciplines related to domesticated animals, but also to man, the environment and wildlife. With 700 employees and nearly 1 000 students it is teeming with life. The University Animal Hospital has 20 000 small animal and 5 000 horse patients per year. VHC = the VH Faculty + UDS On its 53 000 square metres, VHC houses both the academic activities of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (the VH Faculty) and the country’s only Universi ty Animal Hospital (UDS). The role of UDS is to ensure that education and research at the faculty has access to skilled staff and relevant patient material in a modern, well-equipped facility for veterinary care. The two units belong inextricably together and are mutually dependent. The VH Faculty at SLU has its centre in VHC where more than 400 of its nearly 500 employees carry out their daily work. The faculty also has research and education endeavours in other locations: at Lövsta, 10 km east of Uppsala, at Röbäcksdalen near Umeå, in Skara and Alnarp, and at the national equine centres in Flyinge, Strömsholm and Wången.
VHC has room for many specialised activities, including research aquariums in the basement, dissection rooms, autopsy rooms and stables for both teaching animals and laboratory animals, as well as laboratories for microbiological, biochemical, molecular, and feed and food hygiene education and research. Departments for small and large animals and many specialty wards for surgery, diagnostic imaging, etc. exist within the examination and treatment departments of UDS. There are also offices, meeting rooms, lecture halls, and a significant number of seminar rooms and rooms for group work. Responsibilities under continual development The animal science and veterinary responsi bilities are divided into animal husbandry, animal health, animal welfare, food safety and public health. These are genuinely international commitments – animals, animal products and food are transported across national borders to an extent as never before. Global animal production and the consumption of food of animal origin are expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades as a result of rising living standards in many parts of the world. This development puts great demands on research, education and consultancy of the VH Faculty and other parts of SLU. The expression ”From farm to fork” applies to the whole food supply chain and the process whereby our food reaches the table.
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There have been dramatic changes in Swedish animal husbandry in recent decades. The following are some examples from the period 1972–2012: • The number of dairy cows decreased during this 40-year period from 700 000 to 350 000, but with unaltered milk production. This means that the production per cow doubled during this period. Most dramatically, however, was that the number of dairy farms fell from 85 000 to 4 500, illustrating a nearly 95 % loss of milk producers. • The number of horses increased from 70 000 to more than 360 000 and made Sweden the most horse-dense country per capita in the EU (one horse per 27 inhabitants). • Imports of meat, dairy products and other foods of animal origin surged and now account for about half of the consumption. • Insights increased regarding the close links between animal and human health, the importance of common infectious diseases and the need for a reduced use of antibiotics. • The percentage of dogs and cats that are insured increased significantly, and owners now expect highly qualified advice and veterinary care. • The Swedish government expanded regulatory frameworks and strengthened the supervision and inspection of livestock and food production. The harmonization within the EU also set new requirements.
Research across departmental boundaries Research is central to all universities. Active research is a prerequisite so that university students will have access to qualified teachers and current research-based knowledge. The VH Faculty education programmes require that teachers perform laboratory work, autopsies and exercises with animals and in clinical practice together with their students. The teachers’ active research also ensures that students’ training remains science-based. Although the activities of the VH Faculty are organized in eight departments, six of which are located in VHC, research is largely conducted across departmental boundaries. A simplified summary of current issues may look like this: Livestock: housing, care, breeding, feeding Animal health: diagnosis, epidemiology, therapy, disease prophylaxis Animal welfare: man’s relationship with animals, animals’ basic needs Food safety: food free from infectious agents and toxic substances Public health: animals’ impact on human health, for example through transmitted infections (zoonoses). Within these different fields researchers meet from various scientific disciplines, from fundamental disciplines as biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology and anatomy, to microbiology, pathology, genetics and ethology, to more applied areas like management, breeding, feeding, animal welfare and clinical specialties in diagnostics, therapy,
VHC offers a vibrant international research environment where distances are not far between the different areas of specialisation.
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disease prevention and animal care. The boundaries between basic and applied disciplines are becoming blurred. The complex picture of animal research is accentuated as the species studied plays a large role. Biological differences between species can be significant, and research results cannot be transferred easily between different kinds of animals. Therefore, both research and teaching require access to a number of different species.
When most of the SLU researchers in the animal-oriented sciences gathered in VHC from six different locations in Uppsala, new opportunities for creative endeavours between specialists arose in a very exciting way. An increasing share of research projects is now conducted in groups of researchers with different expertise from various departments and often in collaboration with other research centres within and outside the count足ry. This gives rise to a dynamic
Graduate students constitute an important group that accounts for a large part of daily research. At VHC they are close to their doctoral colleagues and follow common courses and seminars.
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environment in which projects are born, implemented and, in many cases, has led to new research questions. The needs for equipment and special facilities as laboratories, stables and surgical theatres vary over time, and the flexible design of VHC contributes to the effective use of collective faculty resources, both human and technical. Graduate students are an important category of researchers who carry out everyday research. Even though they are formally still
completing their education, the majority of PhD students at the VH Faculty is employed by the university during their four-year study period. Their research is presented at 20–30 doctoral examinations each year. A signifi cant portion of these new PhDs obtained their basic training from other parts of the world and thus contribute to the internationalisation of the research environment at VHC, together with foreign postdocs and guest researchers.
The proximity between research and teaching ensures that the training is based on science and proven experience. Here close contact between scientist and transponder equipped dairy cow.
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Pet owners, patients, clinicians, researchers and students have access to modern methods of investigation, e.g. for lameness examination of horses and dogs, clinical pathology diagnostics, and diagnostic imaging, and in this case, ultrasound examination of a horse’s heart.
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Study programmes and students Approximately 1 000 students are linked to the VH Faculty in study programmes where training in Sweden is provided only at SLU. With the opening of VHC, all programmes are located in Ultuna and VHC, with the exception of the bachelor’s programme in Equine Science. These programmes include: • Veterinarian, 5.5 years • Animal Science Agronomist, 4.5 years • Animal Science (bachelor), 3 years • Animal Science (master), 2 years • Veterinary Nurse (bachelor), 3 years • Ethology and Animal Welfare (bachelor), 3 years
All programmes and courses are characterised by a combination of lectures, seminars and laboratory exercises, as well as work with live animals at UDS and the Lövsta facilities. A typical study day may contain several elements where students pass infectious and protection borders numerous times with protective clothing and footwear changes, hand washing, etc. Students are trained to be aware of communicable diseases from day one. Study days are often long and the animals’ needs dictate the structure of a given day. A large part of the studies includes group and individual projects, which play an important role in developing students’ cooperation
Future veterinarians and veterinary nurses must have knowledge and skills to meet professional “day one” demands in clinical care and rehabilitation.
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All training is done with a mixture of theory and practice, exercises and laboratory work, and is performed in contact with live animals within the VHC and at Lรถvsta.
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and independent skills. VHC can thus be a student’s second home periodically, a factor that played an important role in designing student spaces. The Animal Hospital, a necessity for research and training Veterinary research, as well as the training of veterinarians and veterinary nurses, requires access to clinical practice in which animal patients of various kinds are examined and treated. Therefore, to possess our own clinics for teaching has been a necessity since the establishment of veterinary education in Skara 1775. The clinical responsibilities were previously shared between many departments at SLU, but since 2007 they have been assembled in one unit, the University Animal Hospital (UDS). All veterinary services for dogs, cats, other pets, and horses are thus housed under the same roof and within the same organisation. The UDS includes an ambulatory clinic where teams of teachers and students use specially equipped vehicles for visits to stables and farms in the region. The UDS also runs a top-class clinical-pathology laboratory. UDS moved to their new VHC location in June 2014. The new animal hospital is 18 500 square metres and is designed to receive up to 24 000 small animals and 7 000 horses per year. It offers the latest technology and the ability to conduct veterinary care of the highest class. Among other things, new magnetic resonance (MR) equipment has
brought novel opportunities for advanced imaging. With business around the clock, UDS and the VH Faculty laboratories offer conditions for high-quality clinical research and teaching. Future veterinarians and veterinary nurses must possess the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the “day-one” demands after completing their studies and VHC’s facilities allow them to effectively acquire that experience. Many paths cross To collect so many different and complex activities in a single location places particular demands on the design of the building’s various parts and how people and animals move within it. In VHC there is a mixture of students, employees and animal owners, as well as animals that may be healthy, sick or dead. For safety reasons and to prevent the spread of infections, considerable efforts have been made to ensure that teaching facilities, laboratories, clinics, stables and other premises are available only for those who need them. It has been a challenge to ensure that nobody feels excluded, and yet necessary to limit admission in a modern research and teaching environment where both infectious agents and potentially unpredictable animals are handled.
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On the entrance level there are teaching facilities with auditoriums, group rooms, practice laboratories, service units and student areas for lunch and breaks.
The classic amphitheatre is still an unmatched solution for parts of the practical teaching. In the anatomy and pathology building there are two amphitheatres with high-quality video equipment.
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The UDS clinics for large and small animals bring teachers and students together around today’s case studies. Training is hands-on and discussions about the patients are often intense. Not just a house, also a home. The scheduled study time is often long, and the animals’ needs drive the schedule. A large part of the studies includes group and individual projects, which play an important role in developing students’ cooperation and independent skills. The VHC can thus be a student’s second home periodically, a significant factor in the planning of student spaces.
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In days filled with lectures, seminars, dissections, practical and other exercises, a scheduled visit to the goat herd offers appreciated animal contact.
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The teaching stables give students, teachers and animals a good working environment. Peace and quiet provide the best conditions for successful results.
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State-of-the-art MRI equipment provides new opportunities for advanced diagnostic imaging, both for the investigation of patients and in research.
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tvätt m.m. – smittskyddstänkandet tränas från dag ett. Den schemalagda studietiden blir ofta lång, inte sällan får djurens behov styra upplägget. En stor del av egenstudierna görs också på plats, ofta i grupp. VHC kan på så sätt periodvis bli ett studenternas andra hem vilket spelat en viktig roll vid planeringen av studentutrymmena. Djursjukhuset nödvändigt för forskning och utbildning Veterinärmedicinsk forskning kräver, liksom utbildningen av veterinärer och djursjukvårdare, tillgång till klinisk verksamhet där patienter av olika slag undersöks och behandlas. Därför har djursjukvård i egna kliniker varit en nödvändig del av verksamheten alltsedan veterinärutbildningens etablering i Skara 1775. Ansvaret har tidigare varit fördelat mellan ett antal institutioner inom SLU, men är sedan 2007 samlat inom en enhet, Universitetsdjursjukhuset (UDS). Under samma tak och inom samma organisation finns således all sjukvård för såväl hund, katt, övriga smådjur som häst. I UDS verksamhet ingår dessutom en ambulatorisk klinik som med specialutrustade bilar besöker stall och gårdar och tar hand om hästar och lantbrukets djur liksom ett kliniskt kemiskt laboratorium. I juni 2014 flyttade UDS till sina nya lokaler i VHC. Det nya djursjukhuset är på 18 500 kvm och erbjuder den senaste tekniken och möjligheter att bedriva djursjukvård av
The National Livestock Research Centre at Lövsta outside Uppsala was opened in 2012. The research farm is an important complement to VHC with stables for dairy cows, pigs and poultry as well as a full-scale biogas plant.
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högsta klass. Bland annat togs en ny magnet resonanstomografiutrustning i bruk, vilket har medfört nya möjligheter till avancerad bilddiagnostik. Resurserna är dimensionerade för att kunna ta emot 24 000 smådjur och 7 000 hästar per år. Universitetsdjursjukhuset med sin verksamhet dygnet runt ger tillsammans med VH-fakultetens övningslaboratorier förutsättningar för högklassig klinisk forskning och undervisning. Framtidens veterinärer och djursjukskötare får här de kunskaper och färdigheter som krävs för att de ska kunna möta arbetslivets krav på klinisk sjukvård efter avslutade studier. Många vägar korsas Att samla så många olika verksamheter i en och samma anläggning ställer speciella krav på utformningen av byggnadens olika delar och hur människor och djur kan röra sig. I VHC finns såväl studenter, anställda och djurägare som friska, sjuka och döda djur. Ur säkerhetssynpunkt och för att undvika smittspridning har man därför fått lägga ner ett betydande arbete på att göra undervisningslokaler, laboratorier, kliniker, stallar och övriga lokaler tillgängliga just för de som behöver vistas där. Detta har varit en utmaning eftersom ingen ska behöva känna sig utestängd, men samtidigt av säkerhetsskäl nödvändigt i en modern forsknings- och undervisningsmiljö där både smittämnen och potentiellt oberäkneliga djur hanteras.
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Art and decoration
“All the world’s animals” – VHC’s public art vhc possesses a significant collection of art. Several artworks were brought from previous premises in Stockholm, Ultuna and Wiad. These pieces have been installed at appropriate locations in the new building and complemented with contemporary artworks. This mixture of old and new art reflects the history of the VHC. One of the most notable works is a large marquetry made by Gunnar Torhamn that was originally located in the auditorium of the Royal Veterinary College in Stockholm. It is carried out in naturalistic style and depicts the historical development of veterinary medicine from Babylon and Pharaonic Egypt through Hippocrates, to laboratory diagnostics and contemporary modernity, the X-ray. This historical work of art, both from the perspective of its subject and VHC history, is now located in one of the lecture halls. New public buildings in Sweden are granted a unique artistic interior decoration, funded and organized by the National Public Art Agency, and VHC has benefited from this opportunity. The agency primarily engages active artists to decorate the interior of public buildings and environments, often in the form of so-called building-related art that becomes an integral part of the building. In the case of VHC this process was led by Public Art Agency curator Peter Hagdahl,
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who worked closely with a group of representatives of future VHC occupants. After evaluating various proposals for artistic decoration, the group gave the task to the artist Christoffer Paues, whose sketches for the work ”All the world’s animals” won the group’s approval. Born in Stockholm in 1975, Christoffer Paues studied at the Royal Institute of Art. His art combines painting, sculpture, text and moving images. Paues’ “All the world’s animals” greets visitors in the entrance hall of VHC, which is open to the public. The work consists of large longitudinal glass paintings, a group of sculptures and two video screens that combine to form a visual whole. The sculp-
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ture consists of a ”viewer,” or curio cabinet, with rounded glass walls. Inside these walls, one can find mythological and real animals as well as imaginary animals in dreamlike situa tions. The cabinet is located centrally in the entrance hall. At its base, seating provides the opportunity to view the enclosed scenes more closely, especially for visiting children. Some of the glass paintings form walls against laboratory and lecture halls, and can therefore be viewed from both outside and inside, thus providing different perspectives and visual impressions depending on how the light falls. Paues’ work has been highly appreciated by the staff, students and visitors to the VHC. The curator Peter Hagdahl gives the following description of the work: ”In “All the world’s animals” ... we meet galloping horses, flying cranes, playing dogs, pecking chickens, swimming fish and jellyfish. The work of art is a con temporary visual fable. But unlike the clear narrative of the traditional fable, in which humanized animals give us a moral message, the dynamics of Paues’ works collide with incompatible and improbable beings and worlds. Christoffer Paues is also inspired by art history’s animal depictions. In his work of art the unexpected and the improbable meet the abstract and the figurative, the recognizable and the unknown. ... The piece is a fantasy, a poetic expression of a nature that is in constant change, movement and unpredictability.”
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VHC as part of SLU’s new Campus Ultuna
Visions that pave the way for future endeavors the decision made in autumn 2006 to leave the Clinical Centre and build a new facility for the VH Faculty radically changed the conditions for the development of the university campus at Ultuna. SLU’s leadership had long ago concluded that the university’s premises in Uppsala were irrationally scattered in a fragmented and excessive group of buildings. In addition, many of the buildings were outdated and in technically poor condition. Strategic plan In 1998 a strategic plan for the efficient use of the premises at SLU proposed to leave the small and outdated buildings and instead utilise some of the larger buildings more efficiently. SLU’s economy, however, was strain ed for several years around the millennium shift, and no changes could be carried out. After a faculty reform in 2004, the economy improved and through mergers, larger and more viable institutions were created. The sister faculty in Uppsala, then called the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, sought to co-locate departments in related disciplines into clusters. At the turn of 2006–07 SLU made the crucial decision to leave the Genetics Centre on the outskirts of Ultuna, a modern but inappropriately located laboratory building for a cohesive campus, and build the BioCentre, a large and centrally
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located facility. The decisions to place the VH Faculty and the University Animal Hospital (UDS) closer to central Ultuna, as well as the construction of the BioCentre, the Soil-Water-Environment Centre and Ulls Hus, laid the foundation for a new Campus Ultuna, a campus that is more focused and cohesive with modern and efficient buildings. Vision for Campus Ultuna – concentration and proximity In order to plan the project together, in 2008 SLU and Akademiska Hus formed a group that presented a vision for the Ultuna campus. At the same time, the municipality drew up a detailed plan for the campus area and surroundings. The purpose of this strategic plan was to apply an integrated approach in order to obtain a well-functioning campus where cultural landscape values were also safeguard ed. The previously scattered campus would thus be replaced by concentrated settlements and a close environment for collaboration and exchange between disciplines. The guiding principle The main idea of the strategic plan was to create a simple and clear plan structure with four groups of buildings organised around the central street, Ulls Väg, and an inter secting green passage, Almas Allé. To the east is a landscape park with an older building stock that will be left by SLU when the new
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SLU buildings in 2000
Around 2000 the SLU buildings were scattered in a vast agricultural landscape. The open fields were used for experimental cultivation and grazing. The premises were too large, in poor condition, and dispersed among too many buildings. The 1970’s facilities had significant technical flaws.
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In 2015 SLU left virtually all the peripheral buildings and operations, and moved into modern and efficient facilities. SLU’s new campus is within a circle of a 300 m radius. Peripheral areas can be utilised for other purposes.
facilities in central locations are completed. The strategic plan noted that that the land scape park is one of the greatest assets of the campus and that changes in how the buildings are used must not prevent the area from continuing to be publicly available. In 2015 SLU’s central administration and management moved into Ulls Hus. This move marked the transformation of Campus Ultuna from sparse, scattered settlements in an open agricultural landscape into a con centrated campus that is almost complete after nearly ten years of intensive planning and construction. Virtually all of SLU’s ac-
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tivities in Uppsala are now located in new or renovated buildings with modern standards. Three of the four buildings detailed in the strategic plan have been occupied while the fourth, the northwestern, has room for future expansion. The main street, Ulls Väg, has been expanded with separate pedestrian and cycle paths and transformed into a green esplanade with a four-line oak alley and beech hedges. The campus as an innovative environment. Peripheral areas opened to new businesses. The concentration of SLU’s premises within a limited area creates opportunities to attract new businesses within or adjacent to the campus. Some of the buildings from which SLU has moved can be converted for other uses such as student and researcher housing. SLU and Akademiska Hus also hope to attract private and public enterprises, related to or having common areas of interest with the university, to establish a presence at Ultuna. The goal is to strengthen and develop the campus as a whole, and build an innov ative environment where research and the private sector come together and stimulate each other.
Three of the four groups of buildings outlined in the strategic plan have been occupied while the fourth, the northwestern block, has space for future expansion. The main street, Ulls Väg, has been expanded with separate pedestrian and cycle paths and turned into a green esplanade with a four-line oak alley and beech hedges.
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The future Higher education and research in veterinary medicine and animal science in Sweden has a history that spans nearly 250 years. In VHC these disciplines have found a common residence for the first time ever, creating a unique situation in our part of the world. The new Campus Ultuna, with VHC as one of its main components, forms an inspiring environment with a well-functioning infrastructure and excellent resources for research and information exchange. SLU and Akademiska Hus have opened up Ultuna to attract and gather activities and enterprises in the green sector. The goal of Campus Ultuna is to promote collaboration among the university, businesses and other organisations for the continued development of the campus as an innovative environment and a common centre of knowledge. There are great needs and a great potential for development in an increased exchange between the university, life science companies and other businesses especially in the biomedical, food and animal sciences fields. VHC, with its accumulated expert足ise, modern and flexible laboratory resources, and clinical activity of the highest standards, will play a key role in the future development of Campus Ultuna. The establishment of VHC and the co-location of diverse units in the new building have created conditions conducive to strong, interdisciplinary research approaches for the benefit of animals, the environment and man.
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Technical and practical information The VHC-building
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18 500 m2 with 336 rooms including nine operating theatres
Client: Akademiska Hus AB Architect of buildings, landscapes and interiors: Nyréns Arkitektkontor, Stockholm Contractor: Skanska AB, Stockholm Construction period: 2010–2014 Environmental certification: Silver level, according to the Swedish environmental classification system Miljöbyggnad.
VH Faculty (2014) About 500 employees, of which more than 400 in VHC 423 full-time equivalents (FTE) including Academic staff: Professors 58 Other teachers and researchers: 135 FTE PhD students and post-docs: 90 FTE Other employees: Administrative, laboratory and technical staff: 140 FTE Students: 1000 full-time students in seven academic programmes, six of which are at Ultuna Economy Turnover 666 million SEK, of which governmental core funding constitutes 443 million SEK Other facts About 170 registered PhD students 25–30 PhD dissertations per year More than 300 peer-reviewed international publications per year.
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Separate isolation wards, riding hall, locomotion/ lameness analysis, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, etc. Strategic parts of the animal hospital can be isolated in cases of suspected infection More than 150 employees (FTE), of which 50 veterinarians and 100 technical and administrative staff Veterinary services around the clock throughout the year – 20 000 dogs, cats and other small animals (capacity 24 000) – 5 000 horses (capacity 7 000) – 2 000 farm and stables visits Diagnostic support, per year – 7 500 diagnostic imaging examinations (X-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, etc.) – 35 000 clinical pathology samples from the entire Nordic region.
Norse mythology The names of many of the rooms of VHC are taken from Norse mythology. On the entry level are the lecture halls Audhumbla, Are and Ymer and computer labs Hugin and Munin. On level 3 rooms are named after horses and after wolves on level 4. On level 5 the meeting rooms are named after the sacred tree of life, Yggdrasil, and the goats Heidrun and Tanngrisner.
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