AAI Site Visit: New Children's Hospital (PPE Required)

Full PPE is required for this event Boots, Hard Hat, Hi-viz, Glasses, Gloves.

Please note entry will not be permitted without PPE.

Meeting Point : Site Entrance Turnstile beside Rialto Luas platform, St. James, Dublin 8

Description:

Located at the west end of the St. James Hospital campus in Dublin, the New Children’s Hospital (NCH) when completed will be Ireland’s largest ever healthcare project, amalgamating the three existing children’s hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght. The brief set by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB), was to create “one of the finest children’s hospitals in the world”. In meeting this challenge, our design delivers state-of-the-art clinical functionality, the highest quality spaces for patients, families and staff, optimisation of adjacencies and flows between departments and creation of an efficient, safe and therapeutic environment, all organised around a simple design vision that was easy to understand but flexible enough to accommodate the contributions of multiple stakeholders while retaining its original clarity.

The project has been a collaboration between BDP / OCMA, BAM, NPHDB.

Architect's Statement:

BDP is a continuous collective of architects, engineers, designers and urbanists. We design at every scale from city masterplans, neighbourhoods, parks, streets and buildings to specialist, bespoke light and acoustic installations. Based in Blackhall Place, BDP Dublin studio was founded in 1991 and has developed a reputation for the design of award winning high quality sustainable buildings.