This open, two-stage architectural competition is for the design of a new sports hall located to the rear of Loreto Abbey Dalkey to comprise a Sports Hall, gym, performance stage and associated changing rooms and facilities.

Loreto Abbey Dalkey is a Catholic convent secondary school in Dalkey, south Co. Dublin. Located on a remarkably beautiful and very exposed site, overlooking the sea, it has a proud history dating back to 1843. Today 600+ girls, day students aged 12 to 18 from the local area and from a wide hinterland, attend the school. All students play sports; either formally on teams or through individual sports/PE classes and through their own individual interests.

The school wishes to put in place a Sports Hall (and performance space, budget permitting) to complement the existing school and its surroundings, for the use of the school community and to accommodate specific sporting groups from the wider Dalkey community who use the existing sports facilities in the school, outside of school hours.

Loreto Abbey Dalkey is situated on the coastline with dramatic views out over to Dalkey Island and the Irish Sea and south up towards Killiney and Dalkey Hills.

Competition Programme:

Stage 1

Competition Registration Opens: 20 July 2010
Withdrawal of Registration and refund of fee: 30 July 2010
Questions Deadline: 6 August 2010
Answers Circulated: 18 August 2010
Registration Deadline: 27 August 2010
Submission Deadline: 1 September 2010
Assessment: September 2010

Stage 2

Stage Two Opens: October 2010