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This is an edited version of a presentation given by T John O'Dowd (UCD Sutherland School of Law) to the 2013 Irish Law Teachers Association Conference at the Stormont Hotel, Belfast on the design process for the UCD Sutherland School of Law, Dublin which opened in October 2013.
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An Scoil Dlí Sutherland UCDUCD Sutherland School of Law
UCD Sutherland School of Law
UCD’s new law school building
Roebuck Castle
UCD Sutherland School of Law
• Baseline – an old building dating in parts from 13th century
• Previously a nursing home• On periphery of campus
Genesis of the new school
• Leadership gift – Peter Sutherland
• Project: circa 5,000 m2 new building for 1,500 students & 60 staff
• Principles – flexibility, light, sociability
Process
• Pedagogy & architecture research review
• Started with the design process• Close collaboration with
architects, project managers, buildings office etc
© Moloney O’Beirne Architects
© Moloney O’Beirne Architects
© Moloney O’Beirne Architects
© Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Searching for inspiration
• Reference sites (Northumbria, LSE, LMU, Sydney, UNSW & NUS Singapore)
• “Bricks and Bytes” (10-12 March 2010, Philadelphia)
Auditorium, UNSW Law
Lyons Architects
PhD rooms, UNSW Law
Lyons Architects
Service Counter, Sydney Law
FJMT Architects
Service Counter, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
“Social hub” bridge,
Sydney Law
FJMT Architects
Moot Court, Sydney Law
FJMT Architects
Some key concepts
• Offices and teaching spaces in two distinct blocks linked by an atrium
Mitchell + Associates (landscaping) Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Gardiner Atrium, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Upper Break-out Space, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Upper Break-out Space, Sutherland (reverse view)
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts
• Atrium café and south-facing plaza
Café Area, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Café Area, Sutherland (wide view)
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts
• Flexible spaces
A & L Goodbody Lecture Theatre, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Ceremonial moot bench, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts
• Moot courtroom co-located with clinical boardroom – Clinical Legal Education Centre
Working Moot Court: Arthur Cox Clinical Legal Education Centre, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Observation corridor
• A preparation room• Two practice rooms• An observation corridor
Moloney O’Beirne
Architects
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts
• Swivel seating in 200-seat lecture theatre – easy switch to 50 x 4
Mason, Hayes & Curran Theatre, Sutherland
Moloney O’Beirne Architects
Moloney O’Beirne
Architects
Mark O’Neill (KSN Project Management), John O’Dowd (UCD Law), Barry Doyle (Moloney O’Beirne), Enda Conaty (UCD Buildings), Imelda Maher (UCD Law)
