Site (c. 0.99ha) at the Rotunda Hospital Campus, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development comprises a 4-storey over basement maternity hospital building extension (Critical Care Wing, c. 9,946 sq m gross floor area) including: 80no. additional hospital bedrooms, new theatre and ancillary facilities, a new link corridor (Level 02) and connections with the existing Entrance Building and Main Hospital Building (protected structure); and, all ancillary demolition, site development, conservation, and landscaping and boundary works on campus, including: - • Associated refurbishment works within the existing Entrance Building. • Refurbishment of the existing ward space on Level 02 within the Plunkett Cairns Wing, Medical Residence Building and Main Hospital Building (Protected Structures). • Plant at basement of the proposed new Critical Care Wing. • Chimney flues, plant and associated screening at roof level of the proposed new Critical Care Wing and at roof level of the existing Entrance Building. • Demolition of existing single-storey Outpatient department (c.1,174 sq m GFA), vehicular ramps and tunnel; • existing plant structures, including single-storey plant/waste store, low voltage switch room and defunct water tank, in the central garden area. • Construction of a new single-storey bicycle store to provide an additional 98no. bicycle spaces at surface level. • Replacement of the existing vehicular access ramps with two new realigned vehicular access ramps to the existing lower-level surface car parks. • Reconfiguration of the existing lower-level surface car parks, including removal of 67no. existing car parking spaces. • Relocation of the existing waste compactors, from north of the original hospital building (protected structure), to new location in the reconfigured lower-level surface car park area with associated landscape screening. • Relocation of the existing medical waste store to an external storage area, under the proposed new access ramp with associated removal of an existing caged clinical waste store. • Construction of a screened generator and medical gases compound within the northern portion of the site. • Hard & soft landscaping elements to the perimeter of the proposed building and carparks including the creation of a lightwell behind the existing boundary railings. • Minor reconfiguration, removal (c.10m) and making good of the protected boundary railings along the western perimeter of the site. • Replacement of the existing pedestrian and vehicular entrance gates at the northwest perimeter of the site.