ENTRANCE PRECINCT MASTERPLAN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD)
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. 2020
Description +
PROGRAM: masterplan
CLIENT: University College Dublin
STATUS: In Design
First Place in Competition, 2018
Our design for the Entrance Precinct Masterplan and Creative Centre for Design focus on Place and Space, the notion that Architecture arises not out of a vocabulary imported from elsewhere, but from this special Place and culture, projected toward the future with original, inspiring Spaces for the highest level of education for generations to come. The Entrance Precinct Masterplan is designed with five concepts in mind:
Seven Quadrangles of open, green space
“H”-Plan Circulation of covered walkways, that double as near-net zero infrastructure
Campus Porosity and Social Space through portal pass-throughs and amenity programs
History Connected relation to historic houses, gardens, specimen trees and woods
Flexible Phasing + Use by vertical Forums connecting all levels as ‘social condensers’
Ecological Innovation +
– Water retention ponds
– Natural lighting
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- University College Dublin, Future Campus Competition
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architect
- Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl (design architect, principal)
Chris McVoy (partner in charge)
Filipe Taboada (project architect, associate)
Ruoyu Wei (project architect)
Alessandra Catherine Calaguire, Michael Haddy, Seo Hee Lee, Jacobo Mingorance Arranz, Yiqing Zhao (project team)
associate architect
- Kavanagh Tuite Architects
Brian Kavanagh (principal in charge)
Fergal Ryan (project team)
structural engineer
- Arup
landscape architect / urban designer
- HarrisonStevens
climate engineer
- Transsolar
analyst
- Brightspot Strategy
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