DS Babilon
Babilon is located in the Ochota district of Warsaw on the Kopińska street. It’s the second biggest dormitory of WUT. It has more than 800 places to live. In this dormitory live students from faculties of: Administration and Social Sciences, Geodesy and Cartography, Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering. Babilon ensures an easy commute to the Main Campus in about 15 minutes by tram or bus.
Adress:
ulica Kopińska 12/16, 02-321 Warszawa
Phone Numbers:
Lodge: 22 234 4000
Administration: 22 234 4003
Administration
Administration’s office working hours:
Monday-Friday: 8am-4pm but we always tell till it is till 3.30pm so that there’s no situation in which someone is not served.
Location of administration:
Administration is located in room 230, 2nd floor.
Administrative staff:
e-mail: babilon.ds@pw.edu.pl
Kinga Luzar
tel. wew.: (22) 234 + wew: 4003
Building Administrator - Rafał Byczot
room 129, rafal.byczot@pw.edu.pl, 22 234 4101
Social Media:
Grupa FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/600885539976797
Fanpage FB: https://www.facebook.com/DS-Babilon-PW-123740464372984
Dormitory Council of Residents:
Chairman - Agata Jakubiak
Members
- Patryk Rakoczy
- Bartłomiej Świada
- Paweł Krzewiński
- Karolina Leszczyńska
- Jan Żuk
- Grigorii Chernyshov
- Oskar Rakoczy
- Julia Skwarek
- Łukasz Spiżewski
- Damian Koperski
- Wojciech Iwanow
- Wojciech Szłapacki
How to contact with Dormitory Council of Residents (RM)?
Send a message to the dormitory’s profile, private on Facebook (to a member of council), post a message on the Facebook’s group or in person.
How the process of moving in and out looks like?
Moving in: Pay a visit in Administration Office -> Fill the documents -> Recieve the keys and optional equipment
Moving out: Clean Your room -> Return of keys and equipment -> Pay a visit in Administration Office
Types and description of rooms:
They’re segmental. Most of them are made of hall (with sink and fridge), bathroom and 2 rooms.
There are these types of rooms: single rooms, double rooms, 2+2, 3+0, 3+1, 3+2 and 3+3. The most common are 2+2. In each room there are: beds (single or bunk bed), closet, bookshelves, desks, chairs and sometimes a table. Single rooms are about 7-10 m2. Double rooms are about 12-15m2. 3-person rooms are about 20m2.
Kitchens’ description:
On each floor you can find 3 kitchens, in riser x12K, x35K and x49K (by the staircases). In x12K and x49K kitchens are 3 cookers, in x35K are 2 cookers. They are electrical or gas. There is also electrical ovens. In each kitchen there is cupboard with sink, trash cans and a kitchen countertop. All of the kitchens are monitored.
Bathrooms’ description:
They are in each segment – one bathroom is for 1-6 people, depending on the segment.
Laundry and drying room
Laundry room is on the 1st floor, by the main elevators. There are 4 wash machines and 2 dryers.
Laundry – 5zł
Dryer – 4zł
Most of the residents are hanging their laundry on the dryers standing in the corridors or in rooms.
Common Rooms and their supervisors:
TV Room (530) – Wojciech Iwanow, 518A
Billiard Room (430) – Grigorii Chernyshov, 322B
Games Room (429) – Paweł Krzewiński, 301
Banquet Room (18) – Karolina Leszczyńska, 316A
Ping-Pong (the table is behind the Banquet Room, rackets and balls are available at supervisor) -Grigorii Chernyshov, 322B
In order to book those rooms, you need to contact the supervisors. For the Banquet Room you must pay the caution – 400zł.
Silent Learning Room (1st floor, connecting corridor, by the old library) – key is on the reception
Storage – Arkadiusz Sadowski, 340B
Bike Room – Patryk Rakoczy, 340B
Parking – Wojciech Szłapacki, 445A
Parking and bike action are organized at the beginning of the academic year or later, as places become vacant.
Information about recycling, waste disposal
By the reception (go upstairs only by few steps), there’s garbage chamber for mixed waste. Trash containers for recycling are outside the Dormitory, on the internal area, called “studnia”.
What is best to take with you from home before arrival?
After discussion with your roommates (in order to avoid unnecessary doubling stuff): pots, dishes, cutlery, kettle, laundry dryer. You can also take (depending on your needs): microwave, toaster and iron.
What is unnecessary to take, because is provided by the dormitory or Residents’ Council?
While moving in (also later) from the repository you can take: blankets, quilt, cushions, bedding, internet cable. Bedding can be changed every 2 weeks (information about the change of bedding is being hanged around dorm). From the lodge you can borrow the vacuum.
Infrastructure around the dormitory:
Shops: 24h shop (named by students “Kej”), Kopińska Hall, Top Market, “Żabka”, Carrefour, a bit further “Biedronka”
Food: Biesiadowo Pizzeria, Viet-Thai Bar – we recommend this especially, it’s very tasty and cheap, more places with food are also nearby
Additional infrastructure: parcel locker, petrol station,ATM , public bikes station, hospital
Communiaction: stations Hala Kopińska and Wawelska
Trams: 1,7,9,14,15 and 25
Buses: 157, 182, 187, 517, 523
Night buses: N35 and N85
To the main campus: 14,15,182,187 and 523 (about 10 min)
To the southern campus it’s about 20-25 minutes.
By feet to both campuses it’s about half an hour and by bike it’s 20 min.
How to report the technical faults?
To report a technical fault, we write it up in the appropriate notebook in the lodge. Common faults are repaired on the fly. Problematic ones are solved as fast as it’s possible to.
How to receive guests during the day and after 11pm?
Normally 1 resident can have 5 visitors for during a day and 1 for the night. In order to receive guests, it’s necessary to pick them up at the lodge and leave resident card there (the visitor gets visitor card). When the guest is leaving the resident card and visitor card is swapped. The extension of the stay (so called overnight stay permit) can be obtained from the Member of Dormitory Council of Residents. Filled and signed permit you must leave at lodge by the 11 pm.
