From the €1.35bn National Development Plan funding earmarked for the provision of educational facilities to 2013, this is the first educational PPP development undertaken by the Irish Government.
The assignment was a unique opportunity for AAD with our design team colleagues to provide a world class facility, the scope of which includes a 400 seat auditorium, 100 seat theatre space, 46 tuition rooms, a recording studio with edit suites, a dance studio with classrooms, lecture facilities and library.
At the heart of the building is the Curtis Auditorium; here the brief was to provide a flexible resource suitable for activities ranging from a small ensemble rehearsal through to performances to a 500-seat audience, whilst providing an excellent room acoustic environment for all.
In conjunction with project architects Murray O'Laoire, AAD designed the hall including variable acoustic elements, the highlight of which is a movable ceiling that can be raised or lowered through a range of some 4m in order to vary its volume by up 40%; other features include sound diffusing panels and variable wall panels delivering the flexible acoustic element to the client's brief.
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