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Sorry for bringing up the tall buildings thing again, but this seems to have slipped under a lot of people’s noses.
http://www.reflectingcity.com/0103c.htm
“The Heuston Station lands and Guinness lands are as potential locations within the city for the development of tall buildings and high density. The Development Framework Plan for the Heuston Station Environs specifies the location of 3 tall buildings in the area.
By restricting the number of tall buildings to 3 the permeability of views across the area and the overall character of the area can be maintained. New development must enhance the area and not dominate the existing institutions. The footprints of the tall buildings should have a long dimension in an east-west orientation to avoid blocking out light and views from the west. Each tall building is located on a major public space located around the station.
Guinness Building : corner site on Guinness lands relating to the Heuston Square.
OPW Building: corner site on OPW lands adjacent to Dr Steevens Hospital and Park, and opposite the south facade of the station building.
CIE Building: site to the north of the station building on the river relating to the West Terrace and River Terrace.”
There is a small rendering on the site as well.
So nine storeys is tall? I guess the few 19-20 storey buildings with planning permission are stratospheric then.
http://www.anthonyreddy.com/projects/offices/rhkquarter.htm
Has anyone seen renderings of the 19 storey apartment tower, or the pedestrian bridge to the Phoenix Park, that are part of this project?
(They may be a seperate project, actually. I think it’s the same plot of land)
I looked around a bit, and there are two seperate projects for the same parcel of land; the one above and another, designed by Paul Keogh architects, that incorporates apartments (including an 18 storey tower) and the pedestrian bridge. The apartment building seems to be the OPW building above, leaving the Guinness Building and CIE building yet to be designed.
Describes both: http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/0612/722077392HM3HEUSTON.html
Describes the second phase in more detail: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-676119,00.html
Disappointing that the private sector is being shafted yet again with significant portions of these large projects being handed to the OPW. What happened to competition and open tendering?
They’re great illustrations ….would be great it they were all to materialize in this wasteground part of the city.
I think that I read somewhere recently that concern was expressed about the visual impact that this 19 storey tower would have when viewed from the RH and that this element of the scheme was being re-evaluated and would possibly/probably be dropped!!
Please tell me you’re taking the piss.
Actually, what effect does writing to TDs in support of a development have? I don’t believe that An Bord Pleanála are interested in expressions of support for anything.
Visually impacting what ????!! Jesus, this was one of the few sites in Dublin that was approved for tall buildings, under the strategy for building height.
So even in the few limited sites that have been approved for tall buildings they still may not be allowed.
Under the strategy for building height, tall buildings are recommended to be concentrated around transport nodes (such as heuston station) in the city to act as ‘pointers’. That’s why the ‘tallish’ office block was allowed for tara street.
so the article in paper (i can’t remember where) said that there was some discussion regarding the impact, which is reasonable, the views from the RH should be protected, but that these discussions concluded to everyone’s satisfaction. keep calm.
I have just seen the model for this in Wood Quay. The tallest building is approximetely one storey taller than the one illustrated here.
The model is definitely more than the renders here show?
http://www.anthonyreddy.com/projects/offices/rhkquarter.htm
Surely it would be unusual to have a single model of two schemes, designed by two architecture firms? If so, then the killing of the apartment building because of its height is disappointing.
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