St Nicholas NS Dundalk

Client:
Dept of Education and Skills

Completed:
2023
Location:
Dundalk, Co. Louth

Budget:
€2.735m

This project delivers an intervention that increases this urban school's capacity and facilitates contemporary pedagogy. One of the key design moves was to extend the building down from the hill it sits on to form a new relationship with the street. We replaced defensive boundary treatments with a façade full of active classrooms and administrative areas to enliven the locality. The design elevates the children to a higher level of awareness of their context and surrounding geography which broadens their horizon. Collaboration and learning is promoted internally and externally through a visually open and interconnected architecture that even includes a roof top play and learning space.


Ireland

Mill House, Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 XTF7


For all enquiries:

info@vandijkarchitects.com

+353 (0)42 935 4466

United Kingdom

Scottish Provident Building, 7 Donegall Square West, Belfast, BT1 6JH


Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

VDI KSA, Unit J Auto Moto Business Park King Faisal Road, Ar Rakah Al Khobar

Poland

VDI Poland Sp. z o.o. No. 41A/6 Swieradowska Street, 50-559 Wroclaw


United Arab Emirates

VDI Project Management Ltd. HDS Business Centre 3204 (Cluster M) Jumeirah Lakes Towers Duba


Ireland

Mill House, Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 XTF7


For all enquiries:

info@vandijkarchitects.com

+353 (0)42 935 4466

United Kingdom

Scottish Provident Building, 7 Donegall Square West, Belfast, BT1 6JH


Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

VDI KSA, Unit J Auto Moto Business Park King Faisal Road, Ar Rakah Al Khobar

Poland

VDI Poland Sp. z o.o. No. 41A/6 Swieradowska Street, 50-559 Wroclaw


United Arab Emirates

VDI Project Management Ltd. HDS Business Centre 3204 (Cluster M) Jumeirah Lakes Towers Duba