Client: OPW
DBFL were appointed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to review and assess the integrity of the existing structure of the National Concert Hall and associated ancillary buildings within the campus. The National Concert Hall is to undergo extensive refurbishment works including upgrade works to the 1865 Benjamin Guinness Building, the RM Butler Building, the Pathology Building, and the addition of a new National Children’s Science Centre (NCSC) which will be housed in the North Butler Wing and the Real Tennis Building.
It is intended that, once the works are complete, the complex achieves a design working category of 4 in accordance with the Eurocodes, therefore the buildings need to be able to be used for their intended purpose, with anticipated maintenance but without major repair work, for approximately 50 years. All the buildings on the campus are protected structures and are historically sensitive.
DBFL is providing civil, structural and transportation engineering services to the OPW on the entir National Concert Hall Redevelopment Programme.
This project initially involves the development of the new National Children’s Science Centre (NCSC), a four-storey over basement extension overlooking the Iveagh Gardens. The NCSC will house a 15m dome planetarium along with exhibition and workshop areas.
The Redevelopment Programme will also involve the enhancement of the main National Concert Hall auditorium, with a new rehearsal space for the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as the design of a 500-seater Recital Performance Space.
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