Dental Building, University College Cork, Cork
RA+U has successfully achieved planning permission for the new Dental Building at University College Cork. The College is one of Ireland’s leading research Universities and has established a national reputation for delivery of education, healthcare and research & development facilities. The College looks to build on this reputation with the state of the art Dental Building, located in the Cork Science and Innovation Park at Curaheen, Bishopstown Co. Cork, also by RA+U.
UCC is one of Ireland’s leading research Universities and has established a national reputation for delivery of education, healthcare and research & development facilities.. The proposed Dental Building with associated healthcare, education, research & innovation facilities will be located in a prominent corner of the Cork Science and Innovation Park.
It will be one of the first major buildings of the master plan, forming a gateway to this new research and innovation healthcare campus. The building is designed to provide dental health services for the public with clinical teaching spaces for dental students along with education, research and innovation spaces.
At the core of the design is the ambition that the building will provide a welcoming and comfortable experience for patients, a creative learning environment for students, a positive working environment for dentists, clinicians and academics and also be an exemplar high quality piece of iconic architecture for the UCC Science and Innovation Park precinct.
