Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown
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Development plan for a greenfield campus on the outskirts of Dublin that responds to the surrounding landscape
As you approach at the base of the hill site, ABK's masterplan has taken the higher, flatter part with views to the Wicklow Hills, the finger-ends of the teaching blocks beckoning towards you.
From here the impression changes radically, from the angular teaching blocks to the sculptural object that is the prosaically named multi-purpose building, with its dramatically sweeping roof. It acts both as gateway, a central axis runs straight through it, and as one of the elements enclosing the central courtyard, the locus of the campus.
The building's sweep in plan is echoed by the sweep of the existing and planned teaching blocks, themselves linked by a curved first floor walkway.
Stepping out into the courtyard, the sense of enclosure is made more pronounced by windscreen glazing beneath the raised walkway that links the academic buildings.
Data
- Begun: Feb 2001
- Completed: Nov 2002
- Floor area: 16,016m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £30.4M
- Tender date: Oct 2000
- Address: Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland
Professional Team
- Architect: ABK Architects
- Project architects: Peter Ahrends, Sarah Ashley
- Client: Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
- Structural engineer: O'Connor Sutton Cronin
- Services engineer: MacArdle McSweeney Associates
- Quantity surveyor: Davis Langdon
- Landscape architect: Landesign
- Project supervisor: Bruce Shaw Partnership
- Acoustics: Sandy Brown Associates
- Main contractor: Clear & Doyle Contracting
Suppliers
- Cladding: Architectural Aluminium
- Roofing: Gerald F May
- Electrical: Kirby
- Mechanical: Mercury Engineering
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