Scientists will have a new university center in Ústí in 2019

Ústí nad Labem - The Center for Natural Science Studies could be built in Ústí nad Labem in 2019. The J. E. Purkyně University (UJEP) will now commission a project from the winner of the architectural competition. The construction will cost 560 million crowns. Jana Šiková, the university's spokesperson, said this today.
    The Faculty of Science will move into the new building in the university campus. "The building will also be significant for other faculties that will use the laboratories," the spokesperson stated. The spaces previously occupied by the scientists will subsequently be taken over by future teachers.
    According to the winning design by the company Pelčák and partners, represented by architect Petr Pelčák, the building will have a usable area of 15,339 square meters. The university raised demands for the parameters of the building already when announcing the competition. These include a parking lot.
    The university expects that construction could begin in mid-2017. The building will be constructed on the site of the original hospital pavilion A. The former maternity hospital building was demolished despite protests from some historians and architects. At that time, the university argued that the layout of the building did not meet the needs of teaching and the development of science and research. It promised to hold a competition for the new building.
    A total of 22 candidates applied for the competition. In the autumn, the university will present all proposals to the public at an exhibition.
    The costs for the project work are estimated at around 23 million crowns, while the demolition of the hospital cost almost 17 million crowns. The entire investment is covered by the Ministry of Education.