A Cluster Building

Årstadveien 17 brings together different academic enviroments, staff, and students. The building is designed to encourage us to use the social zones and common areas, and to provide students with excellent facilities for active, collaborative learning. Everyone who uses the building must do their part to ensure a good study and workday in this fantastic facility!

See a presentation for new students about opportunites and guidelines in Årstadveien 17 here.

Access and Security

Outside opening hours, access to the building requiers and access card. To avoid triggering the alarm after 22:00, the card must be activated on the reader at the entrance.

Fire Safety

In case of a fire alarm: evacuate vis the nearest emergency exit and gather on the sidewalk facing Årstadveien. You may also call UiB Secuirty +47 55 58 80 81 (avalible 24/7).

See also: Sikresiden.no – Emergency info online

For students

We want to create a «sticky campus» across student groups – so you are welcome to use both the building and the garden!

Meeting Room Booking for students

Students may book avalible meeting rooms for up to 2 hours at a time as a «walk-up meeting.» this is done via the screen located by the door of each room. In addition, there are many places in the building´s common areas that can be used. Meeting rooms are intended for student group work. The larger rooms are suitble for videoconferences, and all rooms allow you to connect your PC to a shared screen.

If you want to work individually, please use the reading room spaces at you faculty or the shared common areas. We therfore ask students not to use meeting rooms for individual work.
UiB students can find information about booking reading spaces here:

Kitchen Areas

On the ground floor, there is a dedicated kitchenette for students.
From 11:30 ro 12:30, the kitchen areas on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors are reserved for staff working in the building. Students may use the facilites, but cups and plates should be placed in the dishwasher on the same floor where you got it. This prevents a buildup of dishes on the ground and 1st floors.
Refigerators and coffee machines are reserved for staff.

Students are welcome to use all common areas, but we kindly ask everyone to keep the spaces clean and tidy, just like staff. We all share the responsibility for loading/unloading the dishwashers, turning them on and off, removing food waste from meeting and teaching rooms, and wiping down dirty tables.

Rest Rooms

Students can contact their institue´s study administration to get access to a rest room, located on the ground floor by the teaching room «Midgard».

Booking Meeting Rooms and Teaching Rooms

For Staff Outside UiB
Organizations other than UiB with offices in Årstadveien 17 must book shared meeting rooms via Outlook by adding the room as if iy were a partisipant, not as a «room». This is due to technical limitations. The rooms name should also    bbbbe copied into the «Location» feild so all participants know where the meeting takes place.
UiB has a website where you can see ndars of the different rooms: Alrek romkalender

For UiB Staff
UiB staff can book meeting rooms directly in Outlook using the room search function or by entering the room in the «Location» field. Teaching rooms are booked in TP once the timetable has been set.

For Others Without Offices in Årstadveien 17 
External users who do not rent offices in the building may rent teaching rooms via UiB´s Estate Division.
More information about the booking process, prices, and conditions is avalible on UiBs website.

Events organized by Alrek Health Clusters (research groups, Alrek projects, or joint partners events aligned with Alreks vision) may contact the Cluster manager at post@alrerkhelseklynge.no to ask about availbale rooms.

Rest Room (1st Floor, for Staff) 
Staff may use the rest room on the 1st floor. Walk towards the medical center, and you will find the room to the left, next to the IT assistants office. If the door is locked, the room is occupied. Otherwise, feeø free to enter – reservations are made on the small screen next to the door. The room may also be used for prayer or breastfeeding. Instructions are posted on the door.

Calender Sharing
UiB offers a self-service solution for calendar sharing at  http://kalenderdeling.uib.no.
For external tenants, their own IT department must enable sharing («free/busy» information) witj other organizations to make meeting scheduling easier.

Reporting Faults or Requests

• Building issues contact: Contact us | Estate and Facilities Management division | UiB
• IT equipment in teaching rooms contact:IT division | University of Bergen or call +47 90 53 90 05

Culture, routines, or coexistence in the building: Contact your House Council representative for Årstadveien 17. Representatives may change, so check with your faculty administration. Students can report through their student councils, who will pass the issue along to the relevant institute

Booking the Cafeteria

The cafeteria is well suited for breakfast meetings and other open gatherings. To avoid double bookings, event plans should be shared with your facultys House Council representative and the cluster leader: post@alrekhelseklynge.no. The cafeteria manager at Sammen must aøsp be consulted.

If you wish to use the canteen for events in the afternoon or evening, rental prices and guidelines can be found on UiBs website

Catering

If food or drinks are to be served during a canteen event, catering must be ordered from Sammen, which  operates the cafeteria in Alrek. The order should be placed at least one week before the meeting/event. Sammens webiste also shows the weekly hot meal menu.

Important: Trolleys and coffee containers must be returend to the  cafeteria after use, and surfaces must be cleaned after dining outside the cafeteria area.

Tips for Events in the cafereria in Årstadveien 17

Equipment

• Familiarize yourself with the equipment stored in the green cabinet in advance
• Test microphones and equipment the day before – make sure they are charging.
• IT assistants have the key to the cabinet contaning microphones and control panel.
• Note theIT assistants phone number: +47 905 39 005 – they are often helpful, even though this is not a teaching room.

Powepoint 

• Connect a PC to the projector/screen via HDMI cable at the front, or connect at the back of the room. If connecting at the back, you will need a remote klicker (or someone to advance the slides).
• Presenters will stand in the projector light at the front – consider using a dark background on your slides.

Sound 

• PC sound plays through the speakers at the front, while microphone sound comes from the ceiling speakers.
• Sometimes cable to the front speakers are disconnected – check this if playing a film or sound clip.
• Do not point microphones directy toward the room speakers to avoid feedback.
• Ask the cafeteria to lower or switch off background music if needed.

Lighting 

• Light can be dimmed using switches on the back left wall (when facing the cafeteria).
• There are several lighting zones – try them out to find the right setting.

University of Bergen

• Department of Clinical Psychology – Faculty of Psychology
• Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL) – Faculty of Psychology
• Department of Biological and Medical Psychology – Faculty of Psychology
• University Psychology Clinic, four sections – Faculty of Psychology
• Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) – Faculty of Medicine

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)

• Center for Care Research, Western Norway – including the E-Health Arena HVL, Faculty of Health and Spcial Sciences

NORCE

• General Practice Research Unit
• Norwegian Center for Emergency Primary Health Care

Bergen Municipality – Agency for Health and Care Services

• Alerk Medical Center
• Smart Care
• Knowledge Municipality Health and Care West
• Development Center for Nursing Homes and Home Care Services in Vestland (Hordaland) 

Haukeland University Hospital, Helse Bergen

• Norwegian Pandemic Register – Helse Bergen

SKIL – Center for Quality in General Practice

•  Welcome – SKIL – Center for Quality in General

Årstadveien 17 includes office spaces, teaching facilities, and specially adapted rooms such as treatment rooms, doctor offices, a podcast studio, and care technology lab with a demonstration room for welfare technology. The building also offers modern common areas and meeting places designed to foster professional collaboration.

The Alrek Health Cluster building at Årstadveien 17 was constructed by the University of Bergen, which owns the building. It was completed in the summer of 2020 and became a key part of the knowledge cluster initiative in health, now known as the Alrek Health Cluster. The building houses som of the clusters central environments.

Curious about why the health cluster is named Alrek? Here you can read a summary prepared in 2018 by  Gunnstein Akselberg, Professor Emeritus of Nordic Languages

The beautiful garden at Årstadveien 17 is open to everyone, both inside and outside the building. We have planted five plum trees, and we hope you will enjoy harvesting the fruit when the plums are ripe. Spring and autumn workdays are organized, where staff and neighbors are welcome to help care of the trees and learn more about fruit tree maintenace.

The plum tree project is a part of KORO´s art program in and around the building, created by the atrist Amber Ambett, and the trees even have their own website. Learn more about the plum trees at Alrek (here), or find them on Instagram by searching for «Plum Trees at Alrek».