Tún architecture + design located in Dublin has won a competition to design a new primary school.

The Irish firm designed a school for a site at Harcourt Terrace in Dublin.

The site comprises the former Garda Station and Irish Film Censor Building, overlooking the Grand Canal. The brief was for a 24 classroom primary school, with Special Needs Classes, with a total floor size of approximately 4,500 square metres.


The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O'Sullivan, TD, said: "The aim of this competition was to focus on creating innovative places of learning, fit for the students of today and tomorrow. I am very pleased with the standard of entries and wish to congratulate Tún architecture + design for their winning elegant design. Tún architecture + design are a young Dublin based practice who bring a fresh approach with simple yet refined ideas to school design. Their team included Engineers Waterman and Moylan Consulting and Quantity Surveyors Nolan Construction Consultants.

"I am delighted to announce that my Department also intends to award the commission to the winning Design Team to develop their design and construct the school on the Harcourt Terrace site."

Construction work is expected to begin in 2017.

(CD/LM)