Client: University College Dublin - Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind
University College Dublin - Dublin
Project Info
!melk served as Co-Masterplanner and Landscape Architect to deliver a design concept for the future University College Dublin campus expansion and master plan. Lacking clarity and cohesion, the old campus was expanding and thus required a careful strategy to synthesize all the various project components and areas. This involved a re-working of the entire site’s organization as well as a redefined overall identity for the place.
The Master Plan – highly driven by strong landscape gestures - was organized around connectivity and open space planning: the landscape and public paths are a network of interlacing patterns; curvilinear paths and green space create a rich new landscape of extensive woodlands and three-dimensional gardens that set the placement for discreet building complexes. !melk’s design carefully locates each building to feature a central courtyard that is reflective of the buildings’ distinct architectural character.
In order to create direct routes of travel throughout the campus, the arrival plaza acts as a nexus from where multiple routes of travel extend into the Entrance Precinct, connecting new facilities, and interlacing with the existing historic campus fabric.
From a biodiversity standpoint the site’s natural resources have been greatly enhanced by expanding the overall tree canopy coverage and defining new trails throughout the woodlands. Special attention is given to the placement and orientation of the proposed buildings and facilities, and the locations of pathways and roads maintain a sensitivity to the existing woodland.
!melk served as Co-Masterplanner and Landscape Architect to deliver a design concept for the future University College Dublin campus expansion and master plan. Lacking clarity and cohesion, the old campus was expanding and thus required a careful strategy to synthesize all the various project components and areas. This involved a re-working of the entire site’s organization as well as a redefined overall identity for the place.
The Master Plan – highly driven by strong landscape gestures - was organized around connectivity and open space planning: the landscape and public paths are a network of interlacing patterns; curvilinear paths and green space create a rich new landscape of extensive woodlands and three-dimensional gardens that set the placement for discreet building complexes. !melk’s design carefully locates each building to feature a central courtyard that is reflective of the buildings’ distinct architectural character.
In order to create direct routes of travel throughout the campus, the arrival plaza acts as a nexus from where multiple routes of travel extend into the Entrance Precinct, connecting new facilities, and interlacing with the existing historic campus fabric.
From a biodiversity standpoint the site’s natural resources have been greatly enhanced by expanding the overall tree canopy coverage and defining new trails throughout the woodlands. Special attention is given to the placement and orientation of the proposed buildings and facilities, and the locations of pathways and roads maintain a sensitivity to the existing woodland.