Dublin 2013 Projects 33 Created 12-Aug-13 By Graham Kolk, Amsterdam area, Netherlands Brick A Back ure Republic private house The Spire of Dublin Lucky Lane The Plastic House Formwork Studio A house S3 Silicon and Software Systems 3 Houses Extension of Scoil Mhuire Ógh 7 McCullough Mulvin s education, laboratorium, university IMMA at Earslfort Terrace 14 Rathmines Square 15 House and Studio 16 Mews Houses 17 Grafton architects private house 8 Hedge House 18 GKMP s private house 9 Busáras 19 Scott Tallon Walker s bus station, passenger terminal 10 Donore Avenue Youth and Community Centre 20 Henchion + Reuter s community centre, sport 11 Mary Laheen s primary school The Long Room Hub Donal HIckey s private house FKL s private house 6 FKL s office 13 Donnelly Turpin housing, sport, square, swimming pool FKL s private house 5 ure Republic private house Landside Bar Office of Public Works education, museum ure Republic private house 4 A2 ARCHITECTS private house De Paor s bar, cafe Ian Ritchie s art, landmark, monument 3 Hotel at Grand Canal Square 21 Aires Mateus s hotel, housing 12 No1 Grand Canal Square 22 DMOD s office http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 1
Elmpark bucholzmcevoy s congress centre, housing, mixed-use development James Joyce Bridge House at Richmond Place Double House 25 Housing Reuben Street 26 27 Clontarf Pumphouse Sancton Wood Building Anthony Reddy & Associates apartment, commercial space, mixed-use development, underground parking Timberyard Social Housing 31 32 Department of Finance 33 Mews House 34 TAKA architects private house 28 Suburban Frontal 35 Simon J Kelly + Partners s private house CAST architecture private house 30 Grafton architects FKL s housing Reworking a 1930s house in Sandymount The Ormond Building O'Donnell + Tuomey s community centre, housing, social housing Tom de Paor s dwellings 24 Boyd Cody architects private house DMOD s commercial space, meeting room, office Santiago Calatrava bridge 23 29 depaor architects energy centre http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 2
Brick A Back Gordon Street 4 Dublin A redbrick terrace in Irishtown is folded in on itself to open a space for living On passing though the brick wall which is common to all houses on the street, one is generally met with small rooms lined in carpet and wallpaper In this case one finds that very wall folded right back into the interior and garden beyond A single volume extends visually from the front door to the rear wall of the site Overlaid with this volume are a variety of spatial conditions which are differentiated by the degree of enclosure and the use of two contrasting materials; red brick and white marble Three meters - two internal and one external are added to the length of the existing house Each meter is either open, closed or glazed This tripartite division of 'air, earth and sun' sets up an elemental structure which spans the width of the house acting as the gnomon of a sundial - tracing the movement of light across the brick wall and floor Floor area/size 2010 58 m² ure Republic urerepublic http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 3
photo: Matthias Hanzlik photo: Naomi Schiphorst The Spire of Dublin O Connell Street Dublin http://wwwthespireie/ 120 metres high and 3 metres in diameter at the base, this tapering monument rises above O Connell Street, breaking above the roof line with as slender and elegant a movement as is technically possible The design is the flagship project of a wider improvement of the centre of s capital city, in particular, O Connell Street It is anchored in the granite below and the surrounding spiral bronze base symbolises s past The Spire is made entirely of stainless steel which has been shot-peened in order to reflect subtly the light falling upon it The monument has been constructed in celebration of s confident future in the third millennium photo: Matthias Hanzlik Project is public! 1998 Structural engineer Client Ian Ritchie s Arup Dublin City Council Naomi 24/7 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 4
photo: photo: Marie Louise Halpenny Lucky Lane Lucky Lane 7 07 Dublin Two terraced mews houses, and a further two under construction, mark the beginnings of a new street on an existing lane in the dense inner city area of Stoneybatter, Dublin The new mews houses are at the interface of artisan terraced housing of Carnew Street and larger terraced townhouses of Aughrim Street In conversation with the existing returns of the artisan dwellings onto the lane and the larger terraced townhouses to the rear, a 'double return' mews typology is developed by employing a return to both the front and rear of the new mews houses The massing of the houses, solid brick versus translucent screen and sliding door, begins an alternating rhythm onto the lane A repeating bracket-like party wall of light polychromatic stock brick establishes the recurring structure and enclosure for the new houses In more private quarters on the ground floor fair-faced blockwork is employed Floor area/size 1-2010 108 m² Structural engineer Contractor Client A2 ARCHITECTS David Maher Consulting Engineer Multibuild Ltd Peter Carroll A2 photo: Marie Louise Halpenny Bus 37, 39 from South Quays in Dublin to Aughrim Street Lucky Lane is located at the rear of Aughrim Street http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 5
The Plastic House Spencer Street North 26 3 Dublin A house is excavated and a space created The insertion of a cruciform object allows inhabitation, setting up a complex series of interconnected and overlapping spaces The object, a piece of architectural furniture, spreads tree-like from a concentrated base housing a kitchen, toilet, storage and stairwell Above this is a platform for sleeping, dressing and study spaces The four branches of the structure hold various functions - two which span to the side walls act as wardrobes while that to the front is a cantilevered reading desk for the teacher-client The fourth branch extends through the rear wall and projects two meters beyond it housing a shower room, which is glazed to the sky, reminiscence of the traditional "Georgian return typology" The insertion is constructed with polycarbonate and steel This lightweight structure is also the primary source of light in the evening - inset fittings cause its translucent surfaces to illuminate the spaces Floor area/size 2009 67 m² ure Republic urerepublic http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 6
Formwork Studio Homefarm Park 9 Dublin The building, an artist studio, consists of a 5x5m singular room set back from the lane and mediate between two new outdoor rooms - a patio and a garden The finish floor level is sunken 750mm below ground level, registering the working datum of the desks on which the client lays large canvas The ceiling of modest height at entrance level increases gradually when descending to the centre of the room A folding polished concrete ribbon runs around the room, up and down, making sometimes stairs, sometimes desks and sometimes a day bed before coming back into position Internally board-marked concrete walls and roof, form a textured cube underscored by two long strip roof lights marking the passage of the light throughout the day on walls Externally, a smooth sand blasted concrete finish contrasts with the internal textural opulence The space is introverted, quite, peaceful Floor area/size 2011 25 m² ure Republic urerepublic http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 7
photo: Verena Henze photo: Verena Henze A house Cambridge Road Dublin 6 Dublin Concerns of establishing a relationship with the garden and maximising daylight penetration in a North facing building where East & West facades are blank, dictated the organisation of family rooms at ground and first floor connected by a narrow void This layout is expressed architecturally as a 'slipped tube' of space, coded materially in sandblasted concrete, stratified from front to rear, divided programmatically with joinery boxes A strong visual and spatial connection is established between the kitchen / dining room at ground level and the study on the first floor capitalising on day lighting and glimpsed views This move creates diagonal visual relationships that extend spatial awareness to the limits of the depth, breadth and length of the house Arranged around this conceptually manipulated tube, are the less public rooms: garage, utility room and WC at ground level and children?s bedrooms and bathroom at first floor Floor area/size 8-2008 265 m² Structural engineer FKL s CORA P_Kelly photo: Verena Henze http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 8
photo: Helene Binet photo: Helene Binet S3 Silicon and Software Systems South County Business Park 18 Dublin This 5500sqm office building is for a software development company and was designed to accommodate 380 people The building is naturally ventilated, and arranged around a stepped atrium on four floors Conceptually, the building is read as a solid block, reflecting the generic nature of office space, which is carved at the entrance, atrium and auditorium to highlight the importance of these spaces The cut surfaces have a contrasting colour and texture that is extended into the public interior spaces Thus the floors and walls of the atrium and also the ceiling of the reception area are made in precast concrete Floor area/size 9-2001 5400 m² Building costs consultant Structural engineer Services engineer Landscape designer Client FKL s Bruce Shaw Partnership Malone O'Regan Consulting Engineers McArdle McSweeney Associates Mitchell and Associates Silicon and Software Systems P_Kelly photo: Helene Binet South County Business Park is near Leopardstown Race Course http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 9
photo: Verena Henze photo: Verena Henze 3 Houses Stable Lane, Cambridge Road 1 6 Dublin Conceptually, three simple open-ended tubes define the spatial enclosure of each house Each of these two-storey houses is five metres wide by ten metres deep and contains the same programme: a garage, bedroom, bathroom and storage on the ground floor with the kitchen, dining and living area occupying the single space above The three houses share a four metre deep hard landscaped courtyard to the rear and a communal space to the front Floor area/size 6-1999 300 m² Main designer, FKL s Boyd Cody architects P_Kelly photo: Verena Henze http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 10
Extension of Scoil Mhuire Ógh Crumlin Road 00 D12 Dublin This extension of Scoil Mhuire Ógh (Loreto Senior Primary School) faces a busy road with a varied and formally confused context around it The concrete and timber building asserts itself, identifying itself as a civic building from the start The austere concrete is softened by the honey wood, while the interior is full of light and spatial intrigue, making for a very satisfactory and exciting learning space photo: Ros Kavanagh 2011 Mary Laheen s EmmettScanlon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 11
photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Nazar Leskiw The Long Room Hub Front Square, Trinity College 00 D02 Dublin The Long Room Hub is a space for thinking, for making soaring linkages, and for sharing the unique collections of the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin The site of the project is in Fellows Square, at the heart of the College; the small rectangular form four storeys high with tall rooflights penetrating the volume to form shafts of light The building perches on the end of the Arts Block, closing the nearby square and framing the prospect to Front Square The context is challenging, and the architects have made a clearly stated intervention in the context Project is public! 2011 McCullough Mulvin s EmmettScanlon photo: MCCULLOUGH MULVIN ARCHITECTS http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 12
Landside Bar Dublin Airport 00 D13 Dublin The Landside Bar and Café in the new terminal at Dublin airport is an 84-mm, oak-veneered plywood deformed grid shell rendered as a baldachin over bar and server It stands upon three stainless steel shoes on the limestone floor Murno glass hangs over the limestone bar The snug is excavated as a series of parallel vaults with service strips between These oak-veneered vaults are slot-perforated to achieve a smoke reservoir You can only encounter it as you leave Dublin, but it is worth the trip photo: Alice Clancy Project is public! 2011, Artist, Interior architect De Paor s EmmettScanlon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 13
IMMA at Earslfort Terrace Earlsfort Terrace 00 D02 Dublin http://immaie This state-owned building is now enjoying something of a rebirth with its tectonically memorable corridors and variously-sized rooms being used for art and architecture exhibitions on a fairly regular basis The building has been left untouched, complete with the patina and traces of years of occupation and use by University College Dublin It is currently home to the Irish Museum of Modern Art Project is public! 1865 Office of Public Works EmmettScanlon photo: IMMA http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 14
photo: Ros Kavanagh Rathmines Square Williams Park D06 Dublin The project is located on the site of the old single storey pool building The object of the design was to create mixed use building that would consolidate the centre of Rathmines, making it a more complete and effective piece of 'town' The building, which is generally 5 floors in height, creates clearly defined public space, a linear Promenade space along Rathmines Road and a landscaped park at the rear of the building on Williams Park With a swimming pool on street level, there is a 32 19m multi-purpose Sports Hall is located at first floor level Above the leisure facilities are located 46 apartment units, grouped around and accessed from a shared first floor podium/garden photo: Ros Kavanagh Project is public! 2010, Interior architect, Urban planner Donnelly Turpin EmmettScanlon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 15
House and Studio Nun's Lane, Killester 1 D05 Dublin Situated in the rear garden of a suburban housing estate, a house and studio were designed for the site in addition to three courtyards: a morning, midday and evening courtyard The topography of the site has been manipulated to create a three story house including a basement and a double height studio A consistent pallete of materials was proposed: light, exposed concrete [internally], stainless steel, iroko floors and joinery, absolute black granite, Kilkenny limestone, render and terrazzo with basalt and mother of pearl aggregate 8-2007, Interior architect Client Donal HIckey s EmmettScanlon Donal Hickey http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 16
Mews Houses Waterloo Lane 80 d04 Dublin The site is located to the rear of Leeson Street, Dublin On a restricted inner city site measuring 10m by 30m, the project consists of two 160sqm, three bedroom houses The houses were designed as having an open plan ground floor, above which the sleeping accommodation hangs, leaving voids between the rooms to light the living areas below, Interior architect, Urban planner Client Grafton architects EmmettScanlon Private photo: Ros Kavanagh http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 17
photo: Alice Clancy photo: Alice Clancy Hedge House Northbrook Ln Dublin 6 Dublin The new house is located on a wedge-shaped site on a Ranelagh mews lane The clients wanted a large family house with a generous garden The house is located at the eastern end and is entered from a courtyard open to the lane way The privet hedge is retained to give privacy to the garden A new wall and car entrance are made at the western end with a path connecting back to the house The house is a very low energy (A-Rated) construction with a timber-frame clad in white bricks The bricks are 50mm high, giving a denser and more horizontal quality to the walls Iroko windows and iroko cladding are set flush with the outer face of the brickwork The mono-pitch roof is finished in zinc, while the flat roof has a sedum covering The house incorporates a Heat Recovery Ventilation System and a Rainwater Harvesting System that is used for the lavatories and washing machine photo: Alice Clancy Floor area/size 11-2010 253 m² Client GKMP s Private Michael_Pike Northbrook Lane is on the left hand side as you travel down Northbrook Road from Ranelagh http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 18
photo: Superbass Busáras Store Street D1 Dublin http://enwikipediaorg/wiki/bus%c3%a1ras The national bus terminal of was designed by Michael Scott and his team of young architects and designers between 1945 and 1953 It was built against a background of public opposition which centred on the external appearance, function and excessive cost - over 1,000,000 before completion in 1953 Simultaneously loathed by some of the populace but loved by architectural purists, the building was designed in an International Modern style between A number of the original fixtures and fittings designed by Scott still exist, including terrazzo floor tiles, and large timber wall panels photo: J Nestorius Project is public! 1953 Client Scott Tallon Walker s Bus Éireann tba http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 19
Donore Avenue Youth and Community Centre Donore Avenue Dublin 8 Dublin Situated in the Liberties, one of Dublin's currently changing areas, this striking Youth and Community Centre on Donore Avenue provides a wide range of facilities for local residents The volume contains a number of various rooms for education and multi-purpose (like a computer room, kitchen-facilities and a meditation room), a gymnasium and a stunning roof garden Project is public! 2004 Client Henchion + Reuter s Dublin County Council Matthias_Hanzlik Monday to Friday: 0730-2200 / Saturday: 0900-1500 By car: follow the Grand Canal on the South Circular Road and turn into Donore Avenue By foot: from the City Center take the Red Luas Line and exit at Station Fatima Then follow Reuben Street until Barn Street, turn left and follow Barn Street until the Corner of Donore Avenue on the right side http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 20
photo: Filipe Brandão Hotel at Grand Canal Square Hanover Quay Dublin http://wwwdddaie The Grand Canal Square project is a heady mix of international architecture that will become a new urban village for Dublin City The project combines several major elements, of which the Grand Canal Theatre by Daniel Libeskind, west of the Square is the most eye catching To the north of the Square, Manuel Aires Mateus has designed a dramatic luxury 5 star hotel with 94 Hotel Residences Described by the Sunday Times as a building which will "bring the champagne fizz back into architecture in Dublin", the hotel features a dramatic lobby designed as though "excavated from a seven storey rock" photo: Filipe Brandão Project is public! 2008 Client Aires Mateus s Dublin Docklands Development Authority filipeb Dublin Docklands is only minutes from the city centre http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 21
No1 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Square 1 02 Dublin No 1 Grand Canal Square was commissioned as a speculative office building in Dublin's Docklands The building features a number of elements that were uniquely developed for the scheme, including a lift shaft internally clad in granite and a custom-designed façade system employed on the north and east of the building Four types of glass are used in the construction: a high selective solar control coated glass for the largest units, an anti-reflective coated glass for the smaller units highlighting the structure, a decorative dichroic coated laminate glass for the external fins and a high selective solar control coated glass with a coloured laminate for the rear of balconies All are supported in a combination aluminium and steel system, supported from the primary structure on a structural steel sub-frame Public access unknown! Floor area/size 2006 16500 m² DMOD s mbassett Follow Pearse Street out of town until you meet Grand Canal Quay; take a left along Grand Canal Quay and No1 Grand Canal Square is located along the left hand side http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 22
photo: Matthias Hanzlik photo: Matthias Hanzlik Elmpark Merrion Road Dublin 4 Dublin http://wwwelmparkie Elmpark is a massive 100000 m² mixed-use development in south-western Dublin Close to the coast it benefits from spectacular views over Dublin Bay The development consists of 6 linear multi-storey structures incorporating a hotel, a hospital, a congress centre, offices and apartments, 8 smaller buildings, a leisure centre with swimming pool and 7 two-storey buildings inhabiting senior citizens Elmpark is seen as a vision that promotes sustainable, high density and low energy mixed-use development The footprint of the buildings is compact to minimize the impact on the ground and to support the idea of a continuously flowing landscape underneath the buildings This public landscape is understood as a 'garden' Areas in this 'garden' are defined by the buildings overhead The buildings which appear different due to their function and layout The overall design is highly influenced by a comprehensive ecological approach to achieve the aims of a sustainable low energy solution photo: Matthias Hanzlik Floor area/size 2008 100000 m² Contractor Client bucholzmcevoy s Michael Mcnamara Radora Development LTD Matthias_Hanzlik By train: using the DART from Dublin city centre direction south Get off at Sydney Parade Elmpark is located in 5 to 8 minutes footfall to the south http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 23
photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga James Joyce Bridge Blackhall Place and Usher's Island 8 Dublin It's a road bridge over the River Liffey in, joining the South Quays to Blackhall Place Designed by the Spanish architect, artist and engineer Santiago Calatrava (born on July 28, 1951 in Valencia) The bridge was opened on June 16, 2003, it is named for the famous Dublin author James Joyce, whose short story "The Dead" is set in Number 15 Usher's Island, the house facing the bridge on the south side (wikipedia) photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Project is public! 6-2003, Artist Client Santiago Calatrava City of Dublin MVar http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 24
House at Richmond Place Richmond Place D6 Dublin This little house in Dublin picks up on the once heroic idea that built form can exert a positive pressure on individuals to venture outside and find some good company Across the road from it is a tall yellow-bricked, golden gable, solidly built with a tiny white window and delicate curtain the only signs of the domestic life inside Taking the density of the gable as a point of departure, the new house appears as a solid brick extrusion, which then, in response to the sloping ground condition and a wish to capture light and views, has been sliced, layered and rotated up and around, creating overhangs and shelters and cut brick walls to make edges and yards, the baked inside-face of the yellow bricks on the tops of walls beautifully revealed as a deep, pure purple Infused with an emotional, witty intelligence, the house seems to be intent on subtly turning typical domestic forms inside out - and putting occupant, home and neighbourhood back together again 2005 Client Boyd Cody architects Undisclosed EmmettScanlon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 25
photo: Dennis Gilbert photo: Dennis Gilbert Double House John Dillon Street 0 & -1 D8 Dublin Dublin has two mirrors on John Dillon Street As you approach this pair of houses, a neighbour's plastic neo-georgian window unexpectedly becomes a framed object of contemplation As the taut mirror passively reflects the life of the street, the house actively begins to chat with it, working its way into the traditional, redbrick neighbourhood This witty device makes visible the spirit of the double house It seems delighted to have moved in, but respects the lie of the land and the rules of the road The double house stands in the grounds of the adjacent Church of St Nicholas of Myra, occupying part of the graveyard Unable for planning reasons to be higher than the established datum of the churchyard wall, the house instead digs deep into the damp Dublin clay, a full storey below street level Conjured into existence, numbered 0 and -1, a discreet veil of finely made, carefully coursed calp limestone is tautly drawn over the exterior photo: Dennis Gilbert 2005 Client Tom de Paor s Undisclosed EmmettScanlon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 26
Housing Reuben Street Reuben Street 8 Dublin The pace at which certain parts of the city of Dublin are being developed is aggressively challenging the spatial and physical memory of Dubliners This is certainly true in the Liberties, one of the oldest parts of the city and the location of this housing scheme by FKL Their strategy was to design two restrained, L-shaped red brick blocks and sit them down on a grey stone and mosaic tile plinth This distinct separation of elements allows this landmark to do what others often miss - to operate simultaneously in the local and wider urban context The solid, muscular masonry forms ensure this building is seen from a considerable distance, always maintaining a clear, non-reflective clean silhouette FKL have made a seminal contribution to Dublin's discussion about how to make a collection of homes that still offer individual expression 2006 Client FKL s Diamond Leather EmmettScanlon http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 27
photo: Alice Clancy photo: Alice Clancy Reworking a 1930s house in Sandymount Farney Park, Sandymount 36 4 Dublin A house built in 1937 is reworked to reveal hidden space and make it more suitable for contemporary life The house interior is stretched and extended, but nothing has been built Inside and outside are more connected A timber interior of oak and cedar is matched with a timber exterior of cedar, left to go grey Old steel windows are replaced with new windows, made by the same manufacturer of the originals The best extension never built Floor area/size 3-2009 150 m² CAST architecture EmmettScanlon photo: Alice Clancy http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 28
photo: Matthias Hanzlik photo: Matthias Hanzlik Clontarf Pumphouse Clontarf Road / Vernon Avenue Dublin 3 Dublin This pumphouse has a distinctive sculptural form on the Clontarf sea front A new, folded-plate structure of reinforced concrete was poured onto the existing two-storey basement of a dilapidated pumphouse The volume is rotated to catch the light and open relationships with the surroundings Its continous, pre-patinated, copper shingle skin is eroded to the east allowing the gathered rain waters to discharge over and stain the shot-blasted concrete (text from Openhouse Dublin 2009) photo: Matthias Hanzlik 2003 depaor architects Matthias_Hanzlik Take the DART from City Centre to Clontarf Road and follow Clontarf Road heading East direction along the waterfront http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 29
photo: Michael Bassett photo: Michael Bassett The Ormond Building Upper Ormond Quay 31/36 07 Dublin The building occupies a long-derelict 'island site' on Ormond Quay, close to the Four Courts and opposite the Dublin City Council Civic Offices The inspiration for the form of the building is drawn from its immediate urban context The challenge was to take the difficult and essentially prosaic speculative office briefing and create a significant building that would maintain the 'ordinary' character, scale and materials of the buildings prevalent along the extended Liffey promenade Particular emphasis was placed on how the building should address the Liffey This façade is divided into two sections, influenced by the scale of the existing urban form and the desire for a balanced proportion Each section is treated in architectural contrast to the other; the face of the eastern section is comprised of a stone frame of columns and beams and the face of the western section is comprised of a stone solid punctured with openings, all seemingly random photo: Tony Hurst Public access unknown! 2009 DMOD s mbassett http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 30
photo: Declan O'Farrell photo: Declan O'Farrell Sancton Wood Building Military Rd 8 Dublin http://hsqie Overlooking the former Royal Hospital Kilmainham and opposite Hueston Station, the Sancton Wood building is part of the Heuston South Quarter complex A mixed-use development, it boasts approximately 40,000 square metres of office space laid out in five blocks around a central square together with some 343 one, two and three bedroom apartments, and a double-basement car park There will also be a one acre central landscaped square with market facilities, retail outlets, restaurants and leisure facilities The building comprises 92 apartments, commercial units and underground parking The brightly coloured panels are steel storage units 2009 Client Anthony Reddy & Associates JJ Rhatigan & Co Declan photo: Declan O'Farrell Short walk from Heuston Station or the Irish Museum of Modern Art http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 31
photo: Matthias Hanzlik photo: Matthias Hanzlik Timberyard Social Housing Cork Street Dublin 8 Dublin The Timberyard development consists of a new social housing scheme comprising of 47 dwellings and a street level community facility It is situated in the historic Liberties area of Dublin, fronting on to the Coombe By-Pass The site layout completes existing and fragmented city blocks It focuses on a public space, turning the former timberyard into a communicative space The seven-storey scale along Cork Street staggers and slopes down to three storeys to match the smaller scale of the existing houses to the north of the site Materials make references to the surrounding, red brick-dominated neighbourhood and the history of the site as a timberyard Concrete is introduced as an additional material The unites provide private open space in the form of private gardens, roof terraces and balconies cut into the building volume A small Marian grotto that previously stood outside the site can be now find in a short pedestrian passage photo: Nazar Leskiw 2009 Services engineer Structural engineer Contractor Client O'Donnell + Tuomey s Buro Happold Downes Associates Townlink Construction Dublin City Council Matthias_Hanzlik http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 32
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Nazar Leskiw Department of Finance Merrio Row 7-9 Dublin This new contemporary office building sits in a highly significant position in the city The fundamental concept of building is rooted in its immediate urban context, relating to St Stephen s Green, the Hugeunot Cemetery and the 18th century Georgian streetscape The building respects the existing street line and makes formal reference to the tradition of set-back and entrance detailing of Dublin's great historic buildings and squares 2007 Client Grafton architects Office of Public Works Naomi photo: Nazar Leskiw http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 33
photo: Alice Clancy photo: Alice Clancy Mews House Morehampton Rd 7 Dublin A renovated Victorian House for the parents sharing a rear garden with a new Mews house for one of the daughters The now grown-up family recently moved out of their long-term family home and wanted these new homes to maintain some sense of continuity with their former lives 2 Intertwined themes run through both homes, those of memory and tectonic expression Their social rituals are given tangible form within the design Typical domestic objects are distorted in material and scale to form a psychological landscape specific to the occupants Construction is expressed directly as the finished product imbuing these two new homes with a powerful, domestic character The Mews house s facade take it's key from the Flemish-bond brickwork walls of the Victorian House, seeking a kind of constructional context with its older brother The unique bonds are the result of separating the Flemish bond into 2 layers, and conceptually situating the home in the space between these 2 layers photo: Alice Clancy 2009 TAKA architects Please respect the privacy of the inhabitants, and only visit this house from the public street http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 34
photo: Ros Kavanagh Suburban Frontal Silchester Park 91 Dublin This project entails the extension to the front of a 1950's suburban house in Dublin Floor area/size 9-2007 45 m² Simon J Kelly + Partners s dermot_mccabe photo: Ros Kavanagh Glenageary DART station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/gkolk/guides/dublin%202013/ 35