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.
3. UCD Sutherland School of Law
• Baseline – an old building
dating in parts from 13th
century
• Previously a nursing home
• On periphery of campus
4. 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
5. Process
• Pedagogy & architecture
research review
• Started with the design process
• Close collaboration with
architects, project managers,
buildings office etc