In February 2024 opened the most sustainable building in the country, the Corvinus Gellért Campus. The aim of the development is to provide the University a future-oriented new campus with inspiring and innovative spaces that will be outstanding in the country. Important new features include a reading space for quiet contemplation and a data experience lab, a creative space for data visualisation for students and faculty interested in data science.The Campus will also provide a number of community spaces and sporting facilities that have been missing from the university’s life. In the dormitory 180 students can live in rooms with panorama view.The building is owned by the Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Foundation, which runs the University. The facilities are therefore provided by the Foundation, and the vision for the content of the development has been developed in partnership with the University.
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After three years of work, the Corvinus Gellért Campus officially opened its doors on 22 February. In addition to the symbolic handing over of keys, we prepared numerous student and staff member programmes. The many community programmes have proven that the community spaces of the campus are needed and can forge a community.
update to the popular MyCorvinus app. From now on, our new building, the Gellért Campus, will be displayed on the “Map” tab and, of course, it is available without logging in! This update will make it easier for all of us to find our way around the new Campus. The detailed map helps us to navigate inside the building, including the exact location of lecture halls, offices and other facilities.
It is a big milestone in the life of the University that on 12 February classes started on the Gellért Campus, so some students have already started their classes there. We would like to draw your attention to some practical information about using the campus.
As the countdown clock on the Gellért Campus website shows, there are less than 2 months left until the new campus is ready for opening. Now we bring you some pictures of the current state.
The applications for Corvinus Gellért Campus dormitory starting in January, now is your chance to apply for a tour and ask questions before you move in.
What role did sustainability play in the construction of the Corvinus Gellért Campus? What is LEED Gold certification and how common is it in Hungary? How will the new campus be sustainable? We talked about these questions with Krisztina Somfai, Project Manager of the maintainer foundation and Barnabás Herényi, Sustainability Team Leader of Óbuda Group.
Classes of PPE and Data Science programmes will definitely be held at the Corvinus Gellért Campus from February. This was the first time they had a chance to look at what the new campus will look like.
The new Campus will not have a traditional library, but will offer reading rooms for quiet reflection, as well as individual and group study spaces. In addition, an important new feature of the Campus will be the “Data Space”, a creative hub for data analysis and data visualisation for students, lecturers and researchers interested in data science.
On the Campus, learning spaces are rearrangeable, flexible, transparent – all designed to allow you to create together. The quality of the teaching technology in the majority of the rooms is such that there will be no disruption if you join the classes online. There will be a Makerspace, where you can collaboratively create physical objects, and the Data Space, where you can work on all things data in a world-class working environment.
Students from the bachelor study programmes in Philosophy, Politics, Economy (PPE) and Data Science in Business, as well as students from some master-level study programmes, will study on the Campus every day, and some of the postgraduate programmes will also be held here. In addition, a significant part of the courses of the University’s talent management programme, which is currently being developed, will also be held on the Campus. The decisive criterion for the selection of the study programmes was the extent to which the educational programme could make use of the infrastructure.
Yes, several kinds! The acoustic wall cladding made of recycled material that will be used in the learning spaces and the Litracon glass concrete counter in the entrance hall, a unique Hungarian innovation, are exciting.
The Campus is and will be built and operated according to LEED Gold sustainability certification criteria, which is unique in Hungarian higher education. The building will also have an AA+ energy performance certificate. In practice, this means that the building’s energy system is based on solar panels and geothermal heat pumps, is extremely well insulated, but also takes into account issues such as ensuring that light pollution is not higher than necessary.
The development consists of two parts: The content design is the responsibility of the University’s Inner World Project for the development of the Ménesi Campus. The members of the Project are appointed by the Presidential Committee. It involves the people who will occupy the Campus: students, lecturers and researchers, and colleagues responsible for some of the University’s strategic and operational tasks. The Project is also supported by a team of external experts. While the architectural development will turn into reality what the Inner World Project has envisioned . Students are full members of this group, so their views are taken into account in the design process.
The building is located at 5 Ménesi út. The renovation will be completed in the spring semester of 2024. The new Campus also boasts a number of new features. In addition to the expansion of community spaces and dormitory services, the building will also offer opportunities to strengthen corporate relations, participate in international research and provide space for small group project work. The co-operative learning spaces will allow around 680 students to work simultaneously, and will also have a lecture theatre for around 300 students. The new Campus will be open to all students of the University.
The community planning process involved those who will occupy the Campus in the future: students, lecturers and researchers, and colleagues responsible for some of the University’s strategic and operational tasks. An intensive series of workshops supported by external experts over six months resulted in a comprehensive campus vision and a professional programme, which formed the basis for the architectural development.
The dormitory will have double and triple rooms with private bathrooms.
Of course, the Campus building is open to all university citizens!
The Campus will have a number of community spaces for students to use: for example, the lounge and garden for relaxing and unwinding, the project spaces for group work, or the reading room for in-depth study will all be available for students.
Yes, sustainability was one of the most important aspects in the design of the Campus, so the role of the park surrounding the building was very important in the design.
A key consideration in the design of the Sports Centre was to provide as much variety of sporting opportunities for as many students as possible, with a climbing wall in the pool body, a gym, exercise studios and an indoor sports court.
The building complex is located on the side of Gellért Hill, on a plot of land bordered by Ménesi út, Kelenhegyi köz and Mányoki út. The renovation will be completed in the spring semester of 2024.
The Campus will feature multifunctional, collaborative learning spaces, project and incubation spaces, a data science creative space called Data Space, a Makerspace, four floors of community-oriented dormitories, a sports centre and a park.
The total Campus area (excluding the surrounding park) is about half of building E on Fővám tér. The co-operative learning spaces will allow around 680 students to work simultaneously, and will also have a lecture theatre for around 300 students. The reading room will accommodate 50 students at a time, and the Data Space 40 students. The dormitory will have rooms with 2 and 3 beds and will accommodate 180 students.
The Campus is owned by the Maecenas Universitatis Corvini Foundation, which managed the development of the campus for the University. The concept underlying the development was created by the University through community planning.
The Campus is a 5-minute walk from Gárdonyi tér and a 7-minute walk from Móricz Zsigmond körtér, where several means of public transport (tram 47/49, metro 4 from Fővám tér) are available.
There will be a minimum number of parking spaces on the Campus, with car parking available in the surrounding streets or in a car park 5 minutes’ walk from the Campus.
In addition to traditional classroom-based educational functions, a space for creative collaborations, dedicated research and innovative projects with corporate partners will be provided. The Campus will also include a number of community spaces and sports facilities.
It takes about 15-20 minutes by public transport from the buildings located in Pest, 25 minutes on foot and 10 minutes by bike. The timetables are designed to take into account the time needed to travel between the two buildings, and the ambition is for the Campus to be a “one-day” event.
The building will house a canteen and catering facilities offering soup, sandwiches, salads. In addition, several coffee points will be available.
The higher “crown”, which defines the upper level of Tower K, the lamp installation in the entrance hall, inspired by the exchange rate diagrams, and the network control panel characteristic of the seventies in the Data Space.
