New Public Space for Docklands
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Yes, thanks Devin. 🙂 I had a glimpse of it from the DART at Grand Canal Dock yesterday evening.
In your first picture it looks like they have started on these:
Seems to be a large series of shapes that appear to sink into the ground. Seating and mingle areas, maybe? I’m probably wrong though. What are they?
Judging by the surface design of two shapes in that first photo, it looks like they will deter the skateboarders anyway.I can’t see the old GCD chimney stack in your second photo 😮
I assume it’s just hidden behind that 6 story shaft? 😮
The chimney stack is still there! Yes I walked through this on Wednesday, looking good..all the poles were lit up on Monday evening, and looks like its going to be a great addition to the docks. Wonder when they’ll get permission and start work on the section that seques into the water.
That lawn looks superb. Look at the lushess and greeness of the grass. I hope they maintain it like that. This should look cool when it is finished.
It’s all very exciting. There’s not many buildings in Dublin by internationally reknowned architects, so to have a building by Daniel Liebeskind is a major boon for the architecture in Dublin.
This looks great. For once there is something that delivers on its early promise and resembles the architect’s renderings. Will definitely add a bit of light and colour to the docklands. 🙂
I really like the landscaping… the red poles look really good when lit at night. Libeskind is one of my favourite architects, however im not all that fascinated with his addition to GCD… i prefer the hotel to the right.
The last photograph shows the point at which the plane is supposed to extend into the water. While I agree that it could be a nice “feature”, I think it may have been economised out of the project. To be perfectly honest I don’t really think it is neccessary, as it offers little in terms of usability.. (Diving board?!)…
At the same time though, the paving hasn’t gone down there yet, so it may yet happen. I do have some photos of all the pylons/pillars lit up. I’ll endeavour to upload them in a few days.
The building on the left of the square continues to grow on me. The cladding/glazing shimmers interestingly no matter what the quality of light is, and it should act as an enticing backdrop to the pillars. A “Fresh” shop is opening in it sooner rather than later; That should help activate some of the space in and around the Basin, and not before time too.
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Looking at that picture, with One George’s Quay and Liberty Hall far off in the distance reminds me just how far that part of town is away from everywhere else. I’m personally over the moon that this part of Dublin, that’s frankly been neglected up until now is getting lots of life into it. It must be a apin for the neighbours with all the mess and noise and concrete but it should be fantastic once it, the U2 Tower, Lansdowne Road are completed and the IGB gets a great revamp. I think this is going to be THE place to be next decade.
Just took this tonight – not too far from Martha’s original design. It seems they’re keeping those lights on more regularly now. Work is well under way on the extension out into the dock, and Fresh – a fantastic fresh food/supermarket has opened for business with deli, bakery, butcher, nice wine selection etc. Ely HQ has been kitted out in the last few days, and they plan to open in early January. Seems as though the area is finally coming to life…:D
Wow, great shot Radar. Very chic. You really get a sense of the scale from that angle. Didn’t realise how powerful the green strips were going to be but they’re pretty hot too. looking forward to checking this out. 😎
surprised to see how quickly all this is going ahead & great to hear that the extension in to the dock itself is actually under construction, its an essential part of the design … thought it might have been left on the shelf.
Thanks for the pic Radar, looks great.
Oh god. All that light makes me feel queasy.
And I don’t mean ‘intellectually queasy’- I mean physically queasy. Maybe it’s the contrast from the night-time photo?
I hope it’s better during the day.Yes Radar, very nice, but I suspect you’re connected to the project 🙂 and have access to manipulated images, as it’s impossible to photograph those poles in their true red colour, as anybody who has tried will know – they just come out as a lurid orangey-yellow.
Ah, the sceptics – maybe they could gimme a job though!
Funnily enough, they haven’t turned those lights on since I took that photo. They have been lighting up McCann Fitzgerald’s new headquarters on a regular basis – looks good – Vegas style as Manifesta appropriately put it!Had another stroll past the glowsticks on the docks this morning and was surprised to see the red colored illumination inside each pole is not static. There appears to be a beam of red light inside each pole that undulates upward in a subtle wave pattern. It was a bit eerie as I hadn’t noticed it before. My first thought was, ‘cool’ and my second, alas, was ‘lava lamp’. The photos obviously can’t capture the effect but it’s well worth a look.
A digression here, but I’m wondering with all of this optimistic light-show business going on, are we going to see another unsavory, revisionist name change for the area? I don’t know if this is the idealist or the ironist in me, but I hope the name ‘Misery Hill’ will remain attached to this brilliantly lit strip. Though in light of some other developments (renaming townlands after shopping centers), I’m a little worried. I’ve never actually seen a ‘Misery Hill’ sign anywhere and it’s omitted in certain city maps. Is this going to quietly slip away in a heap of rubble and fanfare?
Those house across the water are a balls. They should be all demolished and replaced with 8 story apartments or something imaginative.
Couldnt agree more. This particular development has the potential to be Dublins version of Circular Quay in Sydney, with the new theatre being Dublins own Opera Houae…and then you look across at that tip. Surely something is planned for that side, they cant leave those houses exposed surely?
I’m not an architect or anything, but I live inthe docklands – and I think the new McCann Fitzgerald headquarters and those crazy red sticks in the docks are the best thing to arrive in the area in *ages*. I took a walk down to see them yesterday and they look just great! Congrats to whoever gave the go-ahead for them – they’re just brilliant.
Now, let’s see a new design for that Mill opposite the grand canal docks to match the quality of the buildings being built across the road!
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