Portal - Trinity’s innovation space in Silicon Docks Discover how Trinity’s new innovation space, Portal, is driving collaboration and sustainability at the heart of Dublin’s Docklands Space for brilliant researchers and innovators across all disciplines to come together and do great things Trinity is recognised as one of the world’s leading research-intensive universities and our research continues to address issues of global, societal and economic importance. Trinity is creating a new gateway to access its world-renowned research, innovation and enterprise activities, called Portal. When it opens in the Spring of 2025, Portal will provide much-needed co-working and innovation space for Trinity researchers, founders, freelancers and innovation teams to work together at scale for the first time. It will create a home for Trinity campus companies. Portal marks the first phase of the regeneration of the 5.2 acre Trinity East campus. Two bonded warehouses are being refurbished to create an exciting space for 300 people and will include meeting rooms, events spaces and a café. The design, by Richard Murphy Architects from Edinburgh also includes a new public square that will enable Portal to host a vibrant programme of activities, such as talks, festivals, pitches, competitions and social gatherings. This mix has been carefully designed to optimise the broad innovation mission of Portal, provide a dynamic, integrated working space for members, entice visitors and generate exciting, unexpected outcomes. Trinity East is in Grand Canal Quay, at the heart of a thriving business district home to 25,000 jobs across leading multinationals, scale- ups and start-ups. This proximity will enable Trinity to develop corporate partnerships and research collaborations, and expand mentoring and talent development opportunities within our innovation and enterprise community. Portal is financed through a combination of government support, philanthropy and university investment with critical support from philanthropist Carol Grigor, a member of Trinity’s Provost’s Council and a generous donor to college. This strategic investment will stimulate innovation, driving growth and creativity for Dublin and Ireland. The Trinity East campus is being developed with a strong sustainability focus, both environmentally and financially, through radical refurbishment, retrofitting and regeneration. In time, it will become home to a vibrant community of researchers, innovators, cultural practitioners and collaborators across disciplines under the broad umbrella of sustainability. Research laboratories already in place and led by Trinity’s world class scientists and engineers include facilities to explore turbine propulsion for sustainable aviation and experimentally controlled plant chambers to inform a sustainable future. Trinity East is also home to The Lir Academy, Ireland’s National Academy of Dramatic Art and Unit 18, Trinity’s first dedicated space for civic and community engagement which delivers a vibrant programme of events for local resident.
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