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UCD Sutherland School of Law
 UCD’s new law school building

UCD Sutherland School of Law

An Scoil Dlí Sutherland UCD
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
© MoloneyO’Beirne
Architects
© MoloneyO’Beirne
Architects
© MoloneyO’Beirne
Architects
© MoloneyO’Beirne
Architects
Searching for inspiration
• Reference sites
(Northumbria, LSE, LMU, Sydne
y, 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

MoloneyO’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)

MoloneyO’Beirne
Architects
Gardiner Atrium, Sutherland

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Upper Break-out Space, Sutherland

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Upper Break-out Space, Sutherland
(reverse view)

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts

• Atrium café and south-facing
plaza
Café Area, Sutherland

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Café Area, Sutherland (wide view)

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts

• Flexible spaces
A & L Goodbody Lecture
Theatre, Sutherland

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Ceremonial moot bench, Sutherland

MoloneyO’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

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Observation corridor

• A preparation room
• Two practice rooms
• An observation corridor
MoloneyO’Beir
ne Architects
MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
Some key concepts

• Swivel seating in 200-seat
lecture theatre – easy switch to
50 x 4
Mason, Ha
yes &
Curran
Theatre, S
utherland

MoloneyO’Beirne Architects
MoloneyO’Beir
ne Architects
Mark O’Neill (KSN Project Management), John O’Dowd (UCD Law), Barry Doyle
(MoloneyO’Beirne), EndaConaty (UCD Buildings), Imelda Maher (UCD Law)

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