Tara Street Station, Redevelopment, Dublin
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It’s downtown Chicago comes to Dublin. Very large, massive impact, but the Georges Quay development will pave the way for it.
and more details at http://www.archeire.com/onsite/tara_street/
The images dont show the existing Ulster Bank buiding work going on behind. How will it be intergrated with this scheme?? Of course, any other country with any appreciation for urban design etc., would have got these two developments together, to create something quite beautiful to reflect the Custom House, two designs that work together functionally and aesthetically as a composition. Obviously its too late now, as the Ulster Bank (probally the worst infill design I’ve ever seen) is nearly complete. How will Tara street relate to this scheme in terms of scale etc.??? Will there be any public spaces (plaza) created from these two designs?
It reminds me of SOM’s Gas Company building in Los Angeles, but this is a pretty poor imitation. I would be interested in how deep the plan/section is and what the material/finish will be?
Its very hard to assess it properly because of the lack of the surrounding buildings in the images. There are some large buildinbgs in that area, so its size shouldnt look so pronounced in reality. I have to admit, that I kinda like it.
The pic look good alright,
but it will look differently
against the mess on either side,
especially the Tara st, poolbeg st
area tall buildings.Then again if you were to show a pic
of Hawkins house against a sky that
blue people would probably say they
like it.We can’t judge this building on a very basic computer image – more detailed drawings (plan, sections etc.) are neccessary. Vital information has even crudely been left out these images (surrounding high-rise buildings). It certainly has the potential to be a good scheme……at least, by Irish Architecture standards.
This looks quite stylish….John Portman- like…..no doubt it will meet opposition and will probably have to be reduced in height and coated in red brick instead!
To add, if this building gets the go ahead maybe they’ll replace the Loopline bridge (despite it being a fine Victorian example)with a more modern one being lighter in appearance as what was proposed before. Santiago Calatrava could get the job and Irish Rail can finally say hello to the 21st century.
Don’t know much about the height of the neighbouring buildings not being portrayed properly in the computer image but where the hell did all the trees come from?
[This message has been edited by kburns (edited 30 January 2001).]
Have to admit that i was impressed and surprised when i saw the above image but as mentioned earlier the image is very basic, makes it look like like the building is planned for a green field. Plenty of questions – what will face where, what materials will be used and we definitely need a picture showing all surrounding buildings, particularly interested to know what it will look like against the crappy towers currently under construction at georges quay.
I doubt if they will keep it clean, look what has happened to the new Connelly Street station, its always filthy.
Fair point Rory but I still think CIE should (if they have the resources) spend more money on cleaning.
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