TU Dublin Foundation Report 2020
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04<br />
Revealing Grangegorman’s<br />
Infinite Possibilities<br />
<strong>2020</strong> has been a challenging year for all. However, despite<br />
construction delays, many of the University’s new and refurbished<br />
buildings in Grangegorman are ready to welcome 10,000 students<br />
to our city centre campus in September 2021. The largest investment<br />
in Higher Education in over a century, Grangegorman will unify the<br />
majority of our city centre activities on one vibrant campus.<br />
Lower House<br />
Opened in 1815, the Lower House was designed<br />
by Francis Johnson, whose other work includes<br />
the GPO. The building was part of the original<br />
Richmond Asylum, accommodating its first<br />
patients in 1814, and later became part of St.<br />
Brendan’s Hospital.<br />
East Quad<br />
The new cultural hub of Grangegorman is the East Quad. It was<br />
completed in <strong>2020</strong> and is now home to students of Music, Drama,<br />
Creative Arts, Media, Law, and Social Sciences. It can be easily<br />
accessed via the Broadstone Gate – a new public plaza connecting<br />
the Green Line Luas to the University.<br />
FKP Architects led the multi-disciplinary design<br />
team on this beautiful restoration project. The<br />
Lower House is completed with a landscaped<br />
walkway linking the Lower House to the East<br />
Quad. It features a large catering facility and<br />
coffee shop, Students Union area and facilities,<br />
along with a dance studio and indoor sports<br />
centre. There are also several music rooms for<br />
<strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Conservatoire students.<br />
On approaching the East Quad, a striking brass cladding designed<br />
by AHR architects catches the eye, wrapping around the building’s<br />
400-seater concert hall which will host <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Dublin</strong> Conservatoire<br />
performances. The brass finish recalls the Conservatoire’s long<br />
legacy of musical education in brass instruments dating back 130<br />
years. In addition to the Concert Hall, the East Quad features an<br />
80-seat Black Box Theatre and 80-seat Recital Hall. The fluid layout<br />
also supports the artistic practice of students and staff across all<br />
creative practices, encouraging synergy and collaboration between<br />
students of many disciplines.
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