My Dublin Architectural Wish-List

great post… this is what this site should be about…
my own feelings on the above:

1. demolition and the removal of it from all textbooks and websites…. but 40 storeys?? good luck. what’s with the name?? isn’t Dublinia the Viking Adventure place in temple bar??
2. why impose a minimum height? that’s a shit idea. what if you wanted a public toilet or a phone box? heh heh.. Although the term “execution of PD” does have a nice ring to it, especially around the Poolbeg/Sandymount area
3. cool… you could merge one of the turbines with the 8th hole on royal dublin, thereby turning it into some sort of crazy golf dealy,
4. i prefer their current plans to that, but a giant 15-storey Dublin jersey would attract some attention
5. yep gotta agree there, but isn’t the landbank to the east the Custom House?
6. Mixed Use would be better, with residential to prevent an IFSCesque post 6pm death, but the development has to be made 100% from recycled milk bottles, “don’t forget yer empties people!!!!”
7. See Airport Masterplan on Fingal website… it’s already in the pipeline… at least 20 years away though. no rush, terminal 2 will cater up to 35m pax til 2024, assuming it’s built by then
8. Yep, hopefully the ACA will be adopted and we’ll get that wish sooner rather than later
9. why? have you seen ireland play lately. they should be more concerned about the closure of dalyer than the opening of Lansdowne…
10. jesus why the fuck would you want that? are you Bertie in disguise… do you owe yer “close personal friends” a few thousand rounds in fagans?
11. see Line BX for the Luas link and Metro North for yer underground direct straight line connection on http://www.rpa.ie and take note of the opening dates and we’ll reconvene in 2030 and see how it’s all goin…
12. yep… but toll the entire road, why punish those travelling from Lucan to Blanch but not from the La to Sandyford??
13. christ no, are you mad?? oh wait, yeh i agree, build it as some sort of regional sundial so pilots can tell if they’re on time or not as they pull into Ulick’s terminal… great stuff

i’ll think of a wish list meself some day too… it’ll involve car parks on squares, bus stations on quays, motorways on canals and a 120,000 seater puppet theatre on Dalkey Island

Well, I thought that the name Dvblvnia would sound cool, especially with the Vs instead of Us or Is as vowels. plus, its all Kildare Street this and Cork street that and Naas Road other in Dublin, why not a massive building in the middle of town with a Dublin name on it instead? And while 40 storeys is a bit high, no one lives in the city centre any more, only one person actually gets post delivered to an O’Connoll Street address and the Irish Times are moving down to Tara Street so there’s little oversadowing of the neighbour’s dahlias down that end of town.

I’ve thought about that one on the Liberty hall and I realise I made a basic mistake on geography. I actually meant that lowrise 5 storeys-ish bit to the WEST of it, I’ve been down alongside that part a few times and those builldings look in dire need of a do-up. (Looks like the job in the Ordnance Survey is now a no-no):D

No I’m not Bertie in disguise, hahaha!:D its just that I’d like ireland to host the Euro 2012 finals, especially now thatt we’ve pulled off the Ryder Cup so well. It just seems like we should have another big modern stadium.

You seem to be just interested in making things bigger, that is not nessessarily a good thing.

1. Demolition of hawkin’s House and An post Building and replacement with new complex topped off by a 40 storey Dvblvnia Tower building.
……..No question that Hawkings house is a pigs ear, but a 40 story complex here might be a bit much. It would have a very strong presence over College green. It would have to be of an exceptionally high quality architecturally, like Agabar Tower in Barcalona.

2. Execution of PD “A New Heart for Dublin” plan with 15-storey minimum limit for redevelopment
………Its debatable. Do you think this would have positive impact on the city as a whole, and what affect would it have on the existing city centre.

3. Construction of a massive off-shore wind-farm off Bull-Island
………Possible enviromental and practical condiserations have to be considered since its an enviromentally protected area. there may be more suitable locations along the east coast.

4. Renovation of Arnotts to include a 15-storey signature Arnotts Centre somewhere at the middle of it.
……..already happening by the looks of things.

5. Demolition of current Liberty Hall and rebuild with 25 instead of 16 storeys and utilisation of landbank to the east of the central tower in new rebuild
……….Personally I think the current lib hall is at the limit of what that site could take in terms of height.

6. Renovation of old IGB Ringsend site into a new economic zone with high-tech incubator units, IFSC tax-haven zones, conference centre and higher-education facilities in a high-density rebuild.

7. Construction of two new terminals in Dublin Airport. One by Ulick McEvaddy and one by DAA and revamp of the original.
………currently in the planning process.

8. Revamp of Grafton Street through flushing out of lower-quality shops like phone shops with higher value replacements.
……….Unfortunatly this might not be possible. The council does not own these proporties so has little say in hoe existing units can be used. Its a similar situation on O Connell St – Id love to see the back on Mc Ds, etc. The council have said that they hope that the advent of new higher quality shops will drive out the fast food joints but in fact more retail shops on O Connell st are likely to strengthen their business case for staying put.

9. Revamp of Lansdowne Road to be upgraded to 65,000 from 50,000 capacity.
………Is a 65000 seater landsdown required? If the FAI/IRFU felt there was a business case for a bigger stadium they would probably be using it. With the existing croker and the new landsdown there would be little need for a third very large stadium in Dublin………
10. Construction of new 80,000 seater stadium west of Dublin to take all sports as part of a greater sports campus called Hibernia Park.

11. Connection of two Luas lines underground with direct-straight-line connection between O’Connell Street and Stephen’s Green.
……..No point using light rail underground. If your going to go through the expense and hassle of putting rail lines undergroung they should be high capacity and fast metro’s.

12. Barrier free tolling on M50 with conversion to Easy-Pass
………definitly agree

13. Construction of Digital hub Manor Park Homes Project in full.
………do you mean the 5at storey proposal?

You seem to be just interested in making things bigger, that is not nessessarily a good thing.

1. Demolition of hawkin’s House and An post Building and replacement with new complex topped off by a 40 storey Dvblvnia Tower building.
……..No question that Hawkings house is a pigs ear, but a 40 story complex here might be a bit much. It would have a very strong presence over College green. It would have to be of an exceptionally high quality architecturally, like Agabar Tower in Barcalona.

2. Execution of PD “A New Heart for Dublin” plan with 15-storey minimum limit for redevelopment
………Its debatable. Do you think this would have positive impact on the city as a whole, and what affect would it have on the existing city centre.

3. Construction of a massive off-shore wind-farm off Bull-Island
………Possible enviromental and practical condiserations have to be considered since its an enviromentally protected area. there may be more suitable locations along the east coast.

4. Renovation of Arnotts to include a 15-storey signature Arnotts Centre somewhere at the middle of it.
……..already happening by the looks of things.

5. Demolition of current Liberty Hall and rebuild with 25 instead of 16 storeys and utilisation of landbank to the east of the central tower in new rebuild
……….Personally I think the current lib hall is at the limit of what that site could take in terms of height.

6. Renovation of old IGB Ringsend site into a new economic zone with high-tech incubator units, IFSC tax-haven zones, conference centre and higher-education facilities in a high-density rebuild.

7. Construction of two new terminals in Dublin Airport. One by Ulick McEvaddy and one by DAA and revamp of the original.
………currently in the planning process.

8. Revamp of Grafton Street through flushing out of lower-quality shops like phone shops with higher value replacements.
……….Unfortunatly this might not be possible. The council does not own these proporties so has little say in hoe existing units can be used. Its a similar situation on O Connell St – Id love to see the back on Mc Ds, etc. The council have said that they hope that the advent of new higher quality shops will drive out the fast food joints but in fact more retail shops on O Connell st are likely to strengthen their business case for staying put.

9. Revamp of Lansdowne Road to be upgraded to 65,000 from 50,000 capacity.
………Is a 65000 seater landsdown required? If the FAI/IRFU felt there was a business case for a bigger stadium they would probably be using it. With the existing croker and the new landsdown there would be little need for a third very large stadium in Dublin………
10. Construction of new 80,000 seater stadium west of Dublin to take all sports as part of a greater sports campus called Hibernia Park.

11. Connection of two Luas lines underground with direct-straight-line connection between O’Connell Street and Stephen’s Green.
……..No point using light rail underground. If your going to go through the expense and hassle of putting rail lines undergroung they should be high capacity and fast metro’s.

12. Barrier free tolling on M50 with conversion to Easy-Pass
………definitly agree

13. Construction of Digital hub Manor Park Homes Project in full.
………do you mean the 50 storey proposal?