Dublin, Ireland
2018
Completed in September 2025 and officially opened in Spring 2026 at 118 St. Stephen’s Green, Project Connect represents the next phase of RCSI’s aim to provide vital infrastructure for pioneering health sciences research and innovation, as well as creating a space for local community engagement.
A key design element of the building is its physical link to RCSI’s presence at 26 York Street, significantly opening up RCSI’s education space for the estimated 3,000 students and staff who visit the campus daily for study, work and extracurricular activities.
The development is home to the new RCSI School of Population Health, the RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management, and a 50-square metre virtual reality surgical training space for the National Surgical Training Centre.
Another key purpose of the project is to enhance RCSI’s research and innovation activities, providing up to three floors of state-of-the-art laboratory, write-up and support facilities for existing and new research programmes and initiatives.
It includes a new civic engagement space for public events and exhibitions, aligning with RCSI’s goal of enabling people to live long and healthy lives.
The building has been designed to operate without the use of fossil fuels and is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. The RCSI have engaged in considerable development of SMART building systems and applications that are being incorporated into the design of Project Connect.
