The new Engineering/Psychology building...

BlastedGlute

I was down there today with some friends doing a photo shoot for something completely unrelated but that's one hell of a building. I was more impressed when I heard about it's carbon footprint status. I'm to understand it will have a lot of solar generated energy to keep it running?

Anyway I got a nice photo for anyone interested:

Thanks for looking!

Croppy Bhoy

The glass side of it looks fantastic, and looking at it from the Quint bridge it's very impressive. From the Moyola/Cairnes side it looks like a huge f***ing caravan or garage or something. Some of the way through building it they had that side covered in what looked like a wood finish.. looked much better than the metal they ended up with.

natman2007

I agree the "wood" finish was far more impressive, instead we have the same old boring "grey+glass" that is the standard for all new campus buildings. Lets hope they do something nice with the "hole" outside Arts Mill /library .

Croppy Bhoy

What do you think happened to it? Did they change their mind or was it one of the early 'layers' or something?

It's odd that nearly every building on campus is a completely different design. Still, these days I guess it's a feat even to get a building finished *cough*McNamara

snubbleste

I think it looks horrible. Bring back the poor trees and the pitch that was there.

apoeiguq3094y

Its the Engineering building. Psychology are just squatting. Typical NUIG approach, just throw an entire department into a bit of a building as temporary solution. With the other buildings on hold I can see anyone and everyone getting free reign in there.

Croppy Bhoy

What's the script with those prefab type buildings that are in between the Engineering building and the current construction yard? They're buildings for some of the Arts subjects aren't they? Are they staying there?

yer man!

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

What do you think happened to it? Did they change their mind or was it one of the early 'layers' or something?

It was a layer, it's under the metal finish.

yer man!

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

What's the script with those prefab type buildings that are in between the Engineering building and the current construction yard? They're buildings for some of the Arts subjects aren't they? Are they staying there?

A new car park where they are would be nice.... just saying....

Dman001

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

What's the script with those prefab type buildings that are in between the Engineering building and the current construction yard? They're buildings for some of the Arts subjects aren't they? Are they staying there?

I think that was the Psychology "Building". It has since being dismantled, so I'm assuming the front of the building will be a car park.

Croppy Bhoy

yer man! wrote: »

A new car park where they are would be nice.... just saying....

I can't believe they didn't think to put a carpark underneath the Engineering building, seeing as there was scarce amount of space even before they turned most of the campus into a building yard.

LAVADUDE

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

I can't believe they didn't think to put a carpark underneath the Engineering building, seeing as there was scarce amount of space even before they turned most of the campus into a building yard.

I think it could be something to do with flooding, that they wouldn't put an underground car park near a river, but that said does anyone know if the car park used by the construction staff next to Corrib Village is going to be made permanent?

WesternNight

apoeiguq3094y wrote: »

Its the Engineering building. Psychology are just squatting. Typical NUIG approach, just throw an entire department into a bit of a building as temporary solution. With the other buildings on hold I can see anyone and everyone getting free reign in there.

The entire Psychology department isn't going into the Engineering building, just those who were in Cois Abhainn. Seemingly the Psych department will be moving into the Arts Millennium extension that's supposedly going to be up late 2012/early 2013. But it's nice that we're so welcome among the engineers in the meantime

apoeiguq3094y

WesternNight wrote: »

The entire Psychology department isn't going into the Engineering building, just those who were in Cois Abhainn. Seemingly the Psych department will be moving into the Arts Millennium extension that's supposedly going to be up late 2012/early 2013. But it's nice that we're so welcome among the engineers in the meantime

Well it's annoying when the engineers have spent so long in exile down on "the Island" and instead of getting to revel in our nice new shiny building somebody else gets to have that "new building" smell:mad:.

There's also the fact that the engineers are 3 months late moving up because the money used to buy our desks had to be spent on moving psychology. Not their fault maybe.

Seen as psychology are so welcoming, I will be expecting cake and balloons on my arrival:D. We're moving in on the 6th June (ominous coincidence?).

WesternNight

apoeiguq3094y wrote: »

Well it's annoying when the engineers have spent so long in exile down on "the Island" and instead of getting to revel in our nice new shiny building somebody else gets to have that "new building" smell:mad:.

There's also the fact that the engineers are 3 months late moving up because the money used to buy our desks had to be spent on moving psychology. Not their fault maybe.

Seen as psychology are so welcoming, I will be expecting cake and balloons on my arrival:D. We're moving in on the 6th June (ominous coincidence?).

Ha, maybe so :P

You won't even notice us, surely. We'll be squirrelled away in some pokey corner or other, out of sight out of mind and all that!

Dman001

What was supposed to be built beside the Arts Millennium and the Library before McNamara went bust, and just under the Concourse?

WesternNight

Dman001 wrote: »

What was supposed to be built beside the Arts Millennium and the Library before McNamara went bust, and just under the Concourse?

Social Sciences Research building, as far as I remember. Seemingly it's due to be up in 2012.. I'm slightly skeptical about that though.

yer man!

Why aren't the psychology students moved to the old engineering buildings? are they still going to be used?

TheCosmicFrog

It's some building alright. Did anyone look into the bottom floor workshop? You can look in through the glass on the Áras Moyola side. Cranes on the ceiling and everything. Serious place.

Also, is it just me, or does anyone else think the black color scheme is gorgeous? Not just the outside, but on the inside the doors and fittings are black. Haven't seen that before, but it looks great.

*flashback to the 1970s when designers thought "concourse brown" would be a timeless piece of architectural wonderment*

Croppy Bhoy

I'm also wondering what the script is with the work going on under the concourse. They appear to have made pretty much 0 progress since September.

leeroybrown

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

I can't believe they didn't think to put a carpark underneath the Engineering building, seeing as there was scarce amount of space even before they turned most of the campus into a building yard.

Underground car parks cost lots of money and none of the funding sources available to Universities will fund an expensive car park - only exterior finishing such as the surface car parking for a specific building. Also, as far as I know they're already using the available underground space for the plant, etc of the building.

leeroybrown

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

I'm also wondering what the script is with the work going on under the concourse. They appear to have made pretty much 0 progress since September.

McNamara construction. When they went into liquidation the sites they were working on ceased all activity. They'll resume eventually once college agrees with the liquidator to move the contracts elsewhere.

Croppy Bhoy

leeroybrown wrote: »

Underground car parks cost lots of money and none of the funding sources available to Universities will fund an expensive car park - only exterior finishing such as the surface car parking for a specific building. Also, as far as I know they're already using the available underground space for the plant, etc of the building.

Could the costs not have been covered by the revenue generated by the car-park in the years to come?

leeroybrown wrote: »

McNamara construction. When they went into liquidation the sites they were working on ceased all activity. They'll resume eventually once college agrees with the liquidator to move the contracts elsewhere.

I see. What exactly were they planning on doing there in the first place though?

AD61

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

I see. What exactly were they planning on doing there in the first place though?

Extension to the Bank of Ireland, I think.

apoeiguq3094y

yer man! wrote: »

Why aren't the psychology students moved to the old engineering buildings? are they still going to be used?

Well they are still full of engineers! Civil Eng buildling is to be taken over by someone else. Most of the buildings in Nun's Island are not fit for use / unsafe so its unlikely they will be used. The Hydrology buildings on Earls Island are mostly prefabs. The other buildings are all lab buildings, so would need a bag of cash to turn them into office spaces.

Also most of them are run down because this new building has been promised for years, so they stopped doing large maintenance projects as the new building was "coming soon".

Croppy Bhoy

AD61 wrote: »

Extension to the Bank of Ireland, I think.

Really? I've never seen that branch especially busy. Is it BOI or NUI who are overlooking that development then?

leeroybrown

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

Could the costs not have been covered by the revenue generated by the car-park in the years to come?

Try generating revenue from car-parks on campus. It'd either have the Unions refusing to comply or all the pay-for bits being imposed on students and the SU having to picket campus. It really wouldn't work.

Croppy Bhoy wrote: »

Really? I've never seen that branch especially busy. Is it BOI or NUI who are overlooking that development then?

It's a BoI extension alright. The bank have a long-ish term deal for the use of that space so they made a deal with college about upgrading it last time they renewed the contract a few years ago.

LAVADUDE

Any plans to build a dedicated women studies building?
Because thats exactly what we need in our time of financial crisis

apoeiguq3094y

LAVADUDE wrote: »

Any plans to build a dedicated women studies building?
Because thats exactly what we need in our time of financial crisis

LAVADUDE

apoeiguq3094y wrote: »

Sexist pig:D

Croppy Bhoy

LAVADUDE wrote: »

Any plans to build a dedicated women studies building?
Because thats exactly what we need in our time of financial crisis

We already have An Bialann