Gee, I really want to access this one. . .

Huh? ? ? ?

Bring hard hat, site boots and his visibility vest.

Some light demolision work? 🙂

Naw, my best guess is that the guys in the AAI are still grappling with information technology, as we all still are to some degree or another. I just am glad of the service the AAI now provide online. Thumbs up guys.

Well I am a big fan of Trinity in general, and how it fits in with the city really well in parts, or not so well in others. I think O’Donnell and Tuomey have some master plan up around the Beckett.

What I would be interested in inexperiencing though, is the underground walking link between the Berkley and the new building. You can normally only look down through the sky lights and see the people underneath moving about.

Before anyone really makes a full judgement on this building though, it is essential to see it from the cricket pavilion and that general direction at nightime – as it really does form a definite edge or boundary to what was once a less defined edge to the cricket grounds.

Anyone remember that old lump of timber sculpture that used to be there? Ahhhh, the days…. 🙂

Originally posted by ro_G

nowt special to be honest

Not the underneath bit, but the fact alone, that the overhead bit can become a real public area, instead of just being a flat roof area.

I don’t know why UCD campus hasn’t adopted more semi-subterranean links to unify buildings together, while still allowing more people to walk around ontop.

Michael Warren eh? I lilke the one iln Kilmainham and a couple he did in South America, but I must look out for the new position of that one.

I think you would like Louis Kahn then, there is a book called Unbuilt Master works or something about Kahn, where they digitally re-created alot of his big projects that were never actually built.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000427

http://www.cgarchitect.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000455

using Lightscape Radiosity rendering technology.

I must keep an eye out for it, didn’t know he had one there too. Is it wood?

didn’t I see some new competition for a pier out there during the summer too? One of the newspapers had shots.

Yeah, I new there were some chart toppers in there. 🙂

Something which I never experienced going to college myself, in Bolton Street, was that whole notion of exterior spaces separating things like Libraries, canteens, laboratories, sports facilities, bars, bike parking, churches, residences etc.

I mean, the outdoors rooms in Trinity actually perform the same function as corridors and foyers, in a normal one-block institution like Bolton Street. It is interesting, because given the climate here in Ireland, everyone thinks that outdoors is bad – outdoors is wet, outdoors is dangerous, dark and un-inviting.

But O’Donnell and Tuomey even built a house in Athlone, where the corridor became an outdoor space literally and Trinity sort of works the same. I find UCD campus on the other hand, doesn’t have the same density yet – but given a couple of masterplans, thesis projects and inventness of architects – will some day I have no doubt.

I am always conscious when looking at visualisations and photos of American campuses or business parks, by the acres of space around buildings. I think that, in turn draws the focus of the American architect to interior spaces a lot more than in Europe.

I mean, because in America, you really need to be a fit, jogging, outdoor, treker, lumberjack type to hack walking from building to builing – not the short skirted type wearing brown seude botties in Trinity college – I think in American facilities they probably have grander interiors – so you don’t have to brave the outdoors as much.

Same in Finland, there is practically forests growing between various buildings. Dunno if that could ever work in Belfield somehow – especially given the very dodgy nature of transport services. It is a real pity the LUAS did not pick up a university or two.

What Luas did pick up though, was this huge, highly secured mega-techno park, banking, enterprise wonder world that is called the Sandyford Industrial Estate.

I was walking around there last autumn photographing some of the nice new buildings out there, walking along a public road/thoroughfare, not far from Leopardstown race course – minding my own business – I think I was looking at a FKL building, or what looked like something FKL would do, when suddenly these heavies ambushed me ‘MTV Jackass style’ out of nowhere, and asked me my life story!

Come’on guys! Is that Berties is building with all of our hard earned Euros. I once had a bicycle stolen in Trinity, but I was never ambushed.

UCD campus is not as bad as that – I like the way that sports field are sort of integrated into the ‘campus’, the ‘environment’. Because they are specifically public in nature – But Sandyford industrial estate just freaks me out. And it gets a f*** 1 Billion LUAS right up to its doorstep? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

I dunno, DCU as well, but perhaps someone else has an opinion.

No, but given big business gets so much better service in this country in general. . . . why was all UCD moved to Belfield to begin with?

Okay, a valid argument back then I guess.

Meet at podium of the Berkeley Library @ 10:45 – 11.00 on 24th January. Bring hard hat, site boots and his visibility vest. Do not enter the building until representative from McCullough Mulvin has arrived.

Still confused. ?????

Is that gear necessary now, for some insurance reason or something?

But what still doesn’t make sense, is that fact, that no construction site is where the site visit it. I have no probs bringing that stuff, but really, if it isn’t needed. . . why carry it around town!

One would look pretty silly.

I know, that in Trinity they appreciate eccentric bunches of flourescent clad architect types walking around, like some kind of fashion week statement or something.

what about black polonecks and flourescent outerwear? 🙂

One could do something really Sci-Fi and Blade Runner looking.

No, I was dragged out to UCD for an open day about doing an Arts degree at nightime – I guess sometimes, relationships require a certain level of commitment eh? 🙂