On 29 May 2018, an agreement was signed for the design and execution of the investment project entitled “Extension of the building of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the University of Gdańsk in Gdańsk for the needs of practical studies”. As part of the project, a new building of the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Gdańsk will be constructed. The contractor selected in the public tender was DORACO Construction Corporation. The University of Gdańsk received funding for the project under the Regional Operational Programme of Pomorskie Voivodeship for the years 2014 – 2020.
On the part of the University of Gdańsk, the agreement was signed by the Rector of the University of Gdańsk Prof. Jerzy Piotr Gwizdała, while on the part of the Contractor – President of the Management Board Andżelika Cieślowska and Vice President of the Management Board Karol Zduńczyk.
In the framework of the project entitled “Expansion of the building of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of the University of Gdańsk in Gdańsk for the purpose of practical studies” the construction of a new building of the Institute of Computer Science, along with its equipment, is planned. It will be designed primarily for students of computer science with a practical profile. It will be a five-storey building (one underground storey and four overground storeys) with
a net area of about 3,912 m2 and a cubic capacity of 22,678 m3. The facility will be connected with the existing building of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science by a link at the second and third storeys level. The building will include seminar and computer rooms, auditoriums, didactic and research offices as well as office and amenity rooms. The building will be adapted to the needs of the disabled.
The project will take 16 months to complete.
*visualisation of the site: courtesy of University of Gdańsk