Umeå Arts Campus
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Umeå Arts Campus is the name of a former industry area that currently (2009–2012) is being rebuilt to house several of the arts educations at Umeå University
. The arts campus will be an education center for architecture, design and artwork.
Famous departments at the Umeå Arts Campus include Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå Institute of Design
, Umeå School of Architecture
, the experimental platform for "humanities and new media", HUMlab
, and the modern art museum, Bildmuseet.
In the autumn fall of 2008, the Baltic Group Foundation announced that it will grant Umeå Arts Campus 36,6 million Swedish kronor. In December the same year, the Umeå University board of directors decided to grant a total of 350 million Swedish kronor during a six-year-period to building development of the arts campus.
First established in the area was the Academy of Fine Arts, which started 1987 in a rebuilt wooden factory from the early 20th century, followed in 1989 by the Institute of Design, housed in a former transformator station. The first mayor new contribution to the arts campus is the new School of Architecture – by Henning Larsen Architects
– that opened fall 2010. New buildings for the art academy, Bildmuseet and HUMlab is under construction, scheduled for opening during the first half of 2012.
Umeå University
Umeå University is a university in Umeå in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders....
. The arts campus will be an education center for architecture, design and artwork.
Famous departments at the Umeå Arts Campus include Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå Institute of Design
Umeå Institute of Design
The Umeå Institute of Design, UID, is an institute within Umeå University. UID opened in 1989 and is designed and equipped solely for the teaching of industrial design, transportation design, and interaction design...
, Umeå School of Architecture
Umeå School of Architecture
Umeå School of Architecture was founded in 2009 as the fourth academic school i Sweden to provide a professional degree in architecture. It is part of Umeå University...
, the experimental platform for "humanities and new media", HUMlab
HUMlab
HUMlab is an interdisciplinary digital lab at Umeå University in the north east of Sweden. Its organization was founded in 1997 and it opened as a functioning digital space in 2000. It has been the venue for numerous conferences, workshops and seminars dealing with issues surrounding digital media,...
, and the modern art museum, Bildmuseet.
In the autumn fall of 2008, the Baltic Group Foundation announced that it will grant Umeå Arts Campus 36,6 million Swedish kronor. In December the same year, the Umeå University board of directors decided to grant a total of 350 million Swedish kronor during a six-year-period to building development of the arts campus.
First established in the area was the Academy of Fine Arts, which started 1987 in a rebuilt wooden factory from the early 20th century, followed in 1989 by the Institute of Design, housed in a former transformator station. The first mayor new contribution to the arts campus is the new School of Architecture – by Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects
Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1959 by noted Danish architect and namesake Henning Larsen, it has around 150 employees...
– that opened fall 2010. New buildings for the art academy, Bildmuseet and HUMlab is under construction, scheduled for opening during the first half of 2012.
External links
- Umeå Arts Campus at Umeå University visited 8 December 2010