0272 - Beyond Compliance with Liam Brady and Thomas Hamill

0272 - Beyond Compliance with Liam Brady and Thomas Hamill

May 11, 2026 · 48 min · Season 13 · Episode 272

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The episode discusses modern campus design and accessibility features with Liam Brady and Thomas Hamill from UCD Estate Services.

Hosted by Sean Lynch and Akshara Jonna.  In this episode, the Design Thinking class talk with Liam Brady and Thomas Hamill from the UCD Estate Services team about the complexities of modern campus design, focusing on accessibility features that go "beyond compliance" and how these lessons are applied to the wider campus day-to-day. We take a look inside the design process for the new O’Connor Centre for Learning on UCD’s Belfield campus, from the preliminary brief to the final commissioning. ·       On to the subject for today, the new O’Connor Centre for Learning. Can you walk us through the story of this building ‘as a project’, the  "Before, During, After" ? ·       Would you say that buildings like the Moore Centre (where we are right now) and the O’Connor are high-tech buildings? In what way? How? ·        Going Beyond Part M:  You’ve talked about how building regulations (Part M) provide a baseline for accessibility. How did you move from simple compliance to a design that truly fosters "belonging" for all users…

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