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Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development

Dublin, Ireland

The Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development in Dublin features a 2,000-seat performing arts centre which is integrated into a commercial area via two office blocks that include 375,000-square-foot of leasable office and retail space. This is located at the heart of the Grand Canal Harbour development and creates a focal point for Grand Canal Square.

The 117,000-square-foot Grand Canal Square Theatre is at the heart of the Grand Canal Harbour development. The building is based on the concept of stages — the stage of the theatre itself, the stage of the piazza, and the stage of the theatre lobby above the piazza, illuminated at night. The theatre becomes the main façade of a large public piazza that has a five star hotel and residences on one side and an office building on the other. The piazza acts as a grand outdoor lobby for the theatre. With the dramatic theatre elevation as a backdrop and platforms for viewing, the piazza itself becomes a stage for civic gathering.

With their twin facades, glazed courtyards and landscaped roofs, the two office blocks which make up the Commercial Development provide sustainable, state of the art work environments. By designing multi-story glazed atriums, the commercial buildings integrate with the adjacent retail, residential, cultural and public space components.


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Grand Canal Square Theatre and Commercial Development

Commission: 2004
Completion: 2010
Client:
Ramford Limited, Chartered Land


Building Address:
Grand Canal Square
Dublin 2
Ireland


Technical Details:
Building Area (Mixed Use):
South Office Block:
21,092 sq.m (226,992 sq.ft)

Theatre:
13,768 sq.m (148,171 sq.ft)
2,000+ Seating

North Office Block:
33,320 sq.m (358,590 sq.ft)

Structure:
Theatre Volume – Stainless steel rain screen cladding panels on reinforced concrete and steel structure with strips of high performance glazing.

Theatre Glass Curtain – High performance glazing with exposed polyester powder coated pre-fabricated steel box sections.

Commercial Buildings – Low-iron unitized twin skin glazing system with geometric ceramic frit patterns with solar / glare perforated venetian blinds and capped unitized curtain walling with fixed blade louvers.


Credits:
Architect of Record:
McCauley Daye O'Connell, Architects

Quantity Surveyor:
Davis Langdon PKS

Joint Venture Partner:
Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG

Executive Architects (Commercial):
MCauley Daye O'Connell Architects

Project Management:
Lafferty Project Management

Structural Engineer:
ARUP Consulting Engineers, Dublin

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer:
ARUP Consulting Engineers, Dublin

Acoustic Consultant:
Arup Acoustics

Venue Consultants:
ARUP Venue Consulting

Theatre Constultant:
Arts Team (part of RHWL Architects)

Architectural Lighting Designer:
Pritchard Themis

Fire Protection Consultant:
Michael Slattery Associates

Facade Consultants:
Billings Design Associates

Cladding Consultants:
Offices and Theater BOH Facade: Permasteelisa Group

Steel/Glass:
Permasteelisa Central Europe

Health and Safety:
Bruce Shaw Partnership

Contractor:
John Sisk & Son Ltd.

Facade Sub-Contractor:
Permasteelisa Central Europe (Theatre)
Permasteelisa S.p.A (Commercial Buildings)

Photo Credits:
©SDL: Image 2
©Ros Kavanagh: Images 1, 3, 5, 7,8, 10-13, 15
©Jarek Matla: Images 4, 6, 9, 14, 16

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