The Bubeneč dormitory is located on the border of the Prague districts of Dejvice and Bubeneč, near the Dejvice Campus. From the original layout of mostly triple rooms and shared sanitary facilities on the first floor, it has been transformed into a modern "en-suite" dormitory, offering students accommodation mostly in double rooms with sanitary facilities for two rooms each.
Originally the college had 534 beds in triple rooms. "By reducing the number of beds, greater comfort of the accommodated students is achieved," said Vojtěch Petráček, Rector of CTU. "In the future, the CTU plans to modernise other accommodation facilities, and gradually also blocks of the Strahov dormitories," added Rector Petráček.
The Bubeneč dormitory now has 86 accommodation suites each with two 2+2 double rooms (rooms with a shared hallway, dining area with a fridge and private bathroom). Privacy is also provided by new dividers between the beds. The dormitory will also offer two accommodation cells for people with reduced mobility - each cell has a room for an immobile person, a room for an assistant and a hallway.
Guests have access to a shared kitchen, where they can use two combination cookers and a microwave. The kitchens also include dining tables and chairs for sitting down for meals.
The dormitory has rooms for secure storage of bicycles or luggage, a laundry room and a drying room with locking cubicles. There is, of course, a study room, but there is also a floodlit outdoor artificial turf pitch, a gym and a garden barbecue with stylish seating and the possibility of a canopy in case of bad weather. Students will also be able to sit on the roof terrace.
The student club is designed as a two-storey space with its own bar and sanitary facilities. The student self-government, academic network conncetion and leisure activities are taken care of by the CTU Student Union club called Buben (Drum), which will get new premises for its activities. During the reconstruction, comments directly from students, interpreted by the CTU Student Union, were taken into account.
The reconstruction itself was carried out mainly during the period of covid, although it was extended by a year compared to the original plan; it was also necessary to reinforce the ceilings because problems with the building's structure were discovered during the reconstruction. The building was constructed in 1955.
The total amount of the reconstruction and equipment is around CZK 190 million, 40% of which was invested by the CTU in Prague and 60% by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.