The Mater Hospital - The Rock Wing, Dublin

Designed and delivered on budget in two years under emergency legislation during the Covid pandemic

The Rock Wing - night shot
The Rock Wing - external
The Rock Wing - corridor
The Rock Wing - Reception

The Rock Wing at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital allows for an additional 5,000 patients annually 

Client The Mater Hospital
Duration2 years
Size/Area13,500M2
Value€103M
ArchitectScott Tallon Walker Architects

The new wing comprises 98 new beds, including 16 new intensive care unit beds and a new home for the National Isolation Unit, which is based at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. 

In the early part of the response to Covid-19, the lack of beds - particularly within intensive care facilities and appropriate single bedded rooms - was identified as an issue facing many acute hospitals. 

The vision for this project from the outset was to deliver additional capacity of beds and specifically ICU beds into the public system as quickly as possible. This building was to be designed as an infections disease hospital, capable of operating independently from the main hospital, and the facility to lock down wards to prevent the spread of highly infectious diseases.