Classrooms, study spaces and simulation centers ready for the next academic year
di Francesco Unali
07 February 2022 - Three large cranes are marking the panorama of Trigoria: they are those of the building site "Cube", new teaching building intended to make theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. The “Cultural Box” which is about to rise beyond the bridge, in front of the Prabb and in via Álvaro del Portillo is growing as far as the eye can see: ready for the 2022/23 academic year, will be an innovative space to offer new study rooms, simulation center and many growth opportunities for tomorrow's professionals most sought after by the labor market such as doctors, health workers, biomedical engineers, industrialists, chemists for sustainable development and artificial intelligence scholars together with nutrition experts, supply chain managers and food technologists.
The works, which began in June 2021, saw the the foundation stone was laid on 27 October a solemn moment in the history of UCBM and an opportunity to take stock of the future of UCBM which is fast approaching its 30 years of life. Under the tensile structure set up for the occasion were the founders of the university, many supporters and many doctors, nurses and administrators who make the University and Polyclinic a dynamic and constantly evolving reality every day. They were present at the laying of the first stone Gianni Letta, President of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti and achievement Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti, who spoke with a video message, together with representatives of local institutions, including the President of the IX EUR Municipality, Titti Di Salvo, and the President of the RomaNatura Regional Body, Maurizio Gubbiotti.
The 10.000 square meter building is part of a project that contemplates 38.000 new square meters of public greenery to reconnect the Trigoria area with the largest protected area in Rome. The "CuBo" will offer students, teachers and researchers highly sustainable features: it will be a "Nearly Zero Energy" NZEB-classifiable building (Nearly Zero Energy Building) e certifiable in class A2. It will have a very low environmental impact since it will not use combustion heat production systems and will reach Scope 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for environmental sustainability for energy neutrality (Carbon Neutral - Carbon Zero) with respect to CO2 emissions. The heat will be supplied by the trigenerator of the University Hospital while the cold will be produced by refrigeration systems capable of reducing energy consumption by 50 percent. The construction of the "CuBo" is part of the expansion project of UCBM, "PiùCampus" development plan to 2045 (conceived by CBM SpA), which will gradually lead to the doubling of the university structures dedicated to teaching, research, medical assistance and cultural diffusion.
