Albertov Minicampus












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            In mid-2006 a team from Charles University in Prague launched preparatory work on the Albe

            project. The project involves three of the University’s faculties – the Faculty of Science
            Mathematics and Physics, and the First Faculty of Medicine. Negotiations between represent
            faculties, coordinated by the Rectorate, culminated in April 2008 with the release of a dr

            proposing the addition of two new buildings to the University’s Albertov complex – a Bioce
            for the Study of Global Change. The project will link together different research centres,
            basis for Master’s and PhD studies. At the core of this complex there will be large shared

            a number of smaller laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technologies.


            The impact study also addresses the affected sites, including existing buildings; it conta
            protection and zoning plan assessment, plans for traffic management and utility networks, 
            for the volumes of both buildings based on the space requirements of the respective facult

            development and the impact study for the Minicampus received a favourable assessment from 
            Culture, Heritage and Tourism at Prague’s City Authority.


            animation of the Albertov campus [ URL "http://www.cuni.cz/files/kampus/Kampus_Albertov_09

            Albertov campus impact study [ URL "UKEN-85-version1-KampusR01.pdf"]


            The Biocentre will be designed as:
            1.a Centre of Excellence in the field of natural and medical sciences;

            2.a Core Facility (a centre managing the University’s most sophisticated equipment and tec
              providing access to state-of-the-art advanced analytical technologies and serving all st
              only the founding faculties).


            Research at the Biocentre will be focused on the study of living systems from the perspect
            health, new biotechnologies and biodiversity protection.


            The planned floor area is 34,000 m2; the enclosed space will be 139,000 m3. The rough cost
            2.2 bn (with construction costs of CZK 1.5 bn). The estimated duration of the project is 6

            which construction work will take 24 months).

            The Centre for the Study of Global Change will be based on existing teams at the Faculty o

            the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics working in a range of environmental, biological, cl
            geochemical, geobiological, geophysical and geographical fields. The main focus of the Cen
            on the study of global change in relevant palaeological, palaeographical, evolutionary and

            contexts.

            The planned floor area of the premises is 27,000 m2; the enclosed space will be 104,000 m3

            estimate is CZK 1.3 bn (construction cost CZK 1.1 bn). The estimated duration of the proje
            (of which construction work will take 24 months).


            The impact study addresses the possibilities of the site with a view to the feasibility of
            develop the two University research centres (including sufficient reserve capacity). Due t
            of the foundation systems (caused by groundwater levels at the site), various options are 

            examined with respect to the number of underground floor levels in both buildings and the 
            Albertov complex and adjacent transport infrastructure routes.