TU Dublin Foundation Donor Report 2018

Grangegorman
Campus
Development
TU Dublin, in conjunction with the Grangegorman Development Agency, Health
Service Executive and Dublin City Council, is developing a new city centre campus
at Grangegorman in Dublin’s north west inner city. The campus will bring together
the University’s core and supporting activities in the city centre in a single vibrant
environment, integrating with the strategic development of Dublin City and providing a
range of facilities for students and staff, for industry and the wider community. Ultimately,
TU Dublin will have three campuses, Blanchardstown, Grangegorman and Tallaght.
In April 2018, construction began on the Central and East Quad at Grangegorman.
This continues at a pace with buildings due for occupation by 10,000 students and
600 staff in September 2020.
Central Quad
With a vast floor area of 35,000m 2 , the
Central Quad is the most significant building
at Grangegorman and will become the new
home to the College of Sciences and Health, as
well as the Schools of Culinary Arts and Food
Technology, Hospitality Management and Tourism
and Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
representing the following disciplines:
• Biological Sciences
• Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Computing
• Food Science and Environmental Health
• Physics and Clinical & Optometric Sciences,
including the National Optometry Centre
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Culinary Arts and Food Technology
• Hospitality Management and Tourism
at the forefront of scientific discovery.
The building has been designed as a
quadrangle with a central courtyard. The
entrance to the building at the central atrium
brings you to a double height space with a light
slot that reaches the roof level. This bright and
colourful space houses a café and a variety
of breakout spaces. Emphasis on facilitating
informal learning will carry through all floors
with substantial breakout areas on every level
where students can gather in small groups.
Large lecture spaces, including a 250-seater
main theatre, are clustered on the ground floor
facilitating conferences and public events.
Training restaurants and hospitality facilities
are also located on the ground floor, directly
fronting onto St Brendan’s Way so that students
and visitors can enjoy a range of dining options.
Highly specialised laboratories and learning
centres will provide a world-class education
environment, attracting the best and brightest
students to TU Dublin and position researchers