Poland Warsaw Uni building underway

The building, with an area of 19,200 sqm, will be constructed on a site located between ul. Bednarska, ul. Dobra, ul. Nowy Zjazd and Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie. It will be located next to the Wisłostrada underpass and 300 metres from the pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Vistula river.

The new building is one of the university's largest investments. Its construction will create favourable conditions for work and study for employees, students and doctoral students of the university. The creation of modern teaching and research spaces where innovative technologies can be used will contribute to the development of interdisciplinary research and education.
Professor Alojzy Z. Nowak, rector of the University of Warsaw

In addition to lecture and seminar halls, the building will house, among other things, teaching and research facilities, such as TV, radio and photographic studios, as well as a Media Studies Laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art specialist equipment, computer labs, conference rooms, social, administrative and service rooms. The reading room, arranged as an open space, will provide space for collaborative and individual work.

The central meeting place in the building will be a three-storey agora - a hall that will connect all the parts of the building designed around it.

The multi-level internal agora and other common elements in the building will help to strengthen the openness of the university and the integration of the academic community. They will also enable a more flexible use of space, adapted to the changing needs of the university.
Professor Ewa Krogulec, UW Vice-Chancellor for Development

The building will include facilities for people with mobility, hearing and visual impairments, such as induction loops and barrier-free entrances, as well as environmentally friendly solutions based, among other things, on renewable energy sources. The edifice will have three floors above ground (with a fourth partial storey) and one underground storey, where there will be a car park with chargers for electric cars. A garden is planned for the roof of the building. There will also be vegetation on the patios and recreational terraces, among others.

Construction of the edifice will start at the end of November. It is scheduled for completion in Q2 2027. The contract signed by the university's authorities with Karmar, the general contractor for the investment, concerns the execution of construction and assembly works. Its value is almost PLN 205 mln. The design of the building was made by the BBGK Architekci studio.