Heuston Gateway
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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.
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
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.
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.
Sorry to be a pedant, but since I like tall buildings and nice bridges I’ll wait for a second planning application:
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/0612/722077392HM3HEUSTON.html
“The first phase, designed by Anthony Reddy Associates, incorporates 1 million sq ft of offices, apartments, cultural and recreational space to the west of Military Road, on a site currently occupied by a series of concrete sheds.
The second phase, which is being designed by Paul Keogh Architects, covers a site of nearly five acres east of Military Road on which there is a number of listed, but quite ordinary, historic buildings associated with the Royal Hospital.
A total of 650 family-sized apartments are planned in the two phases, including 130 in the social and affordable housing category, with direct access by an elevated walkway and cycle route to Heuston Station and the Phoenix Park.”
The shape of the Anthony Reddy development would imply that it is to the East of Military Road, fronting onto St. John’s Road.
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