Stack A, Dublin Docks

This is a bit of a cinderella. The National Museum spent about 150k in the early 90’s about using Stack A as an extension but then dropped the idea when Collins Barracks became available. It was the case a couple of years ago that Sile Dev was thinking of re-loacting the National Maritime museum to the site, much to the alarm of intertested parties Dun Leary (sp. I know). Then a couple of weeks ago Aidan Dunne flew the kite in the Irish Times that the place be used as a venue to show Hughie O’donoghue’s and Sean Scully’s donations to the state, or as an extension for the Hugh Lane ( a la Tate Modern). Since the use of the site as a cultural venue of some kind has been envisaged since the beginnings of the IFSC it’s about time they pulled their fingers out.

KB

alan
i responded earlier but my post was taken off again
there is a debate going on in the student issues under IASA
we are proposing a live art part, where the public can come and make art in all media
we went down on a wander to take photos and make a film, we were kicked out for industrial espionage,
since then we have shown our film
i have met with terry durney and discussed the propsed uses of stack a
he has given me the drawings and interior photos
we will be down agian after christmas

if you wanna look at vaults of the demolished stack c… i suggest going to the old Baltimore offices…. the vaults are very impressive…

they also demolished Stack B and Stack M….

[This message has been edited by Paul Clerkin (edited 19 December 2000).]

From the original Custom House Docks Development plan….

Proposals for Stack A

Masterplan Overview – stack a with new glazed roof

paul
will you put the photos back on here
alan we were supposed to go down again the last day of college to make another film, this time “de riverdance” outside stack a, we were set but the camera wasent charged so it dident happen but we might just do it yet, ill keep you posted

has there been any further plans?

hello

a PLAY space for the city

i have a link below to a picture of the project i did that got me started on all this stuff in the first place. i would be interested in seeing if there is any kind of reaction.

i feel that the docks are dead today
i want to see them alive

this is an example of what i think would be a lively, safe, everchanging place, which would bring life to the docks, even more life to Dublin and could become a brilliant tourist destination

http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=show_photo&ID_Community=ORAISTE&ID_Topic=2&ID_Message=9

So does anyone know what is going into Stack House A, they keep announcing that there will be retail and cafes and a museum and that one side will be glass, but they never say what the museum is going to be.

Docklands warehouse to have a £20m facelift
The Irish Times

The 19th-century warehouse on Dublin’s docks known as Stack A is to be redeveloped next year as a retail, restaurant and cultural venue at a cost of £20 million. Announcing the scheme yesterday, the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, said this final section of the IFSC site to undergo refurbishment was “one of the key aspects to bringing life and heart to the whole area”. Stack A’s transformation will be funded and overseen by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/1016/hom17.htm

Big plans in store for it now….all in the pipeline.
Is’nt that two/three storey redbrick AIB building down there facing the waterfront truely awful.

Yeah, it is a pity about the AIB building, it blocks the view of the basin from across the river. The new boardwalk is good and the Stack House will look great when the end is glassed. I certainly hope they put in a proper cultural venue, an interactive science museum would be good, local people would use it. It will be such a waste if they put in one of those made up museum that really only exist as a tourist destination, the proposed Dublin museum sounds like it will be like that. I mean tourists are great, but it is important in the case of the North Dock to turn it into a destination for tourists and locals alike.

. . . well a single Nobel prize winner is all I’m afraid . . . Maybe with a science museum to encourage youngsters we will win more. To fair too, we do have museums of science, there is the telescope at Birr Castle I think and the glorious National History Museum on Kildare Street. What we are missing in this part of the island is an interactive childrens science center like W5 in Belfast or The Launch Pad in the Science Museum in London.

[This message has been edited by notjim (edited 23 October 2001).]