Dept. of Education - Primary School
Location: Harcourt Terrace, Dublin
Status: Design Competition in collaboration with Brian Sheehy
The Competition was to design a school for a site at Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2. The site comprises the former Garda Station and Irish Film Censor Building, overlooking the Grand Canal. The brief was for a 24 classroom primary school, with Special Needs Classes, with a total floor size of approximately 4,500 square metres.
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The design proposal, with a tripartite building form, is an assembly of a terrace building complementing the fabric of the existing Harcourt Terrace in massing and expression, a larger canal building, and a sports pavilion, creating an enclosed courtyard. The profiled roofscape is functional in that it collects rainwater for use in the school and harnesses the sun's energy for power.
Axonometric Aerial View
Axonometric view
Site Plan
Internal View 01
Internal Views 02 l 03 l 04
Context View l Street Elevation