Re: Re: Developments in Cork
@Pug wrote:
ABP have pushed out the Werdna decision to ……………?
14th December
and it now apparently is for 233 units instead of 304
I feel that what An bord Pleannala are considering is a modified proposal with the highest element being 10 story, not the 17/19 story tower originally included. The following is from the Murry O’Laoire site, the architects.
MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT,
WATER STREET & LOWER GLANMIRE ROAD, CORK
Client: Werdna Ltd.
Site area: 1.6217 hectares (4 acres)
Residential floor area: 26,000 sq.m.
Commercial floor area: 2,000 sq.m.
No. of Units: 233 Apartments
Business Centre
Creche
Shops/Cáfe
Contract value: €60 million
Proposed development comprising a residential scheme consisting of 233 apartments and 2,000 sq.m. of commercial amenities including a business centre, shops, cafés, and a crèche. The development incorporates underground parking structures, private courtyards, riverside plaza with retained slip, and a quayside promenade along the full length of the riverside. The site is the amalgamation of the McMahon Timber Merchants and the Port of Cork site, and is part of the Docklands Development area. It forms part of an overall waterfront development zone that links back to Kent Railway Station by means of future redevelopment of Horgan’s Quay.
The apartments are of an innovative and contemporary design and are arranged in a primarily North South axis with raised landscaped courtyards in between. The layout enables all of the apartments to have views of the water and benefit from a southerly aspect. They range in area from 77 sq.m. to 115 sq.m. for the 2-bed apartments. The top two levels of the buildings consist of very generous two storey duplex apartments and these penthouses have even more panoramic views of the Lee and the city.
Two significant buildings, the Harbour Masters Main Store Office and the Fabrication Workshop are being refurbished, and are being redeveloped as a créche and a business centre, respectively.
An important element of the proposed development is the 10 storey landmark building on the Eastern part of the site. This part of the development is intended to act as an icon for the Cork docklands, acting as a gateway for the city from the Dublin and Waterford approaches.
The scheme provides significant public gain by the provision of a major and attractive urban plaza, an interesting and varied waterfront walkway and the conservation of important elements of Cork’s architectural and marine heritage including the Patent Slip, Fabrication Workshop building and the Harbour Offices.
The scale and the presence of the development is appropriate to the openness and scale of the waterfront, the context of the RH Hall and other major buildings on the Southside of the River and its setting as a gateway into the City and as a terminal point for development on the waterfront on the Northside of the Lee.
