New Public Space for Docklands
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Keeping an eye on this development out the window here and they have piled a load of muck up outside, loads of activity. Seems to be motoring.
Dublin’s Docklands — a Spectacle in Red, Green and Blue
http://www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/7487Work is indeed progressing well, walked past the other day and loads of the posts are up, with their red cladding. They still look very “plastic” and sorta disney in a way, but will look very impressive lit up. The red resin landscaping and angular seats/planters are also coming along.
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These acupuncture sticks look familiar ? 😉
“Though the first phase of construction does not include a dock extension over the water, the landscape architects are hoping and planning for the extension and a continuation of the red carpet. If it comes to pass, it will also have red underlighting to glow on the water.”
This has to go ahead, anyone know why its not included in the first phase, is permission required ?
The extended platform is integral to the overall design, the red pathway looks stunted & out of proportion if it stops at the dock side …
Ah here I was looking forward to seeing the ‘Red Carpet’ effect. They should actually extend it so the Viking tour can’t get past.
@Peter FitzPatrick wrote:
“Though the first phase of construction does not include a dock extension over the water, the landscape architects are hoping and planning for the extension and a continuation of the red carpet. If it comes to pass, it will also have red underlighting to glow on the water.”
This has to go ahead, anyone know why its not included in the first phase, is permission required ?
The extended platform is integral to the overall design, the red pathway looks stunted & out of proportion if it stops at the dock side …
Permission is required from Waterways Ireland who are the body responsible for the Grand Canal, not the DDDA.
Related: A team have started dismantling the old machinery house on the bridge here (its called MacMahon Bridge) hopefully signalling the start of its refurbishment. Section of the pavement all along Pearse street are slowly (but surely) being relaid and it also seems a new unified lighting scheme is planned to give the street a much needed upgrade.
was thinking it was something like that alright adhoc … so why don’t they just apply ! ? the way its put in the landscapeonline article, it sounds like it might be tackled towards the end of the job, shwartz & ddda should be pushing heavily for this.
at least things are progressing, any finishing date yet ??
@ The Denouncer wrote:
Everything of worth in the city will be completed by 2013
Cities are never completed. If they are they are dead cities.
I’m not sure how recent this satalite image is, perhpas only a few weeks.
Is this what it appears to be?
Duncan had an article on this and the rest of the docks on About the House on RTE on Tuesday night. The docks content looked good overall. They had the DDDA big nobs on too who talked about the U2 tower and the Point Depot proposals.
@Andrew Duffy wrote:
It’s not that recent – the site for the Alto Vetro tower on Pearse St. hasn’t been cleared yet.
That image doesn’t show the site of Alto Vetro – this is the NW corner of the main basin
@jdivision wrote:
The satellite images are regularly four to six months behind
Yes, I was down that direction couple of weeks back and they’ve made a lot of progress with the new square… and it also looks like they have started on the Mateus Hotel….
There were kids skating around the square yesterday, presumably they found a gap in the fencing.
So if that continues expect the metal seating to be all dented before it’s open to the public.
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