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Check the student forum, There’s quite a few posts about it in there under “how to get into dit”. 🙂
If you go back through the forums, you will find plenty of discussion on this issue. Personnally I think DIT is better, but that’s just my opinion. Best of luck anyway
Wow, thanks a million for that, I especially like the way the Gas towers act as a foil to the buildings. Nice cladding as well. I like the way it drops down to the north and doesn’t tower over the existing buildings.
These housing estates which are pegged onto the sides of towns are ridiculous. They create mini Dublin’s and sprawl out in the same fashion. The low density sends shivers up my spine. The alternative is to follow the traditional designs in small country towns but to upgrade them to modern standards, You know, those terraced houses, usually made of blocks, clad in concrete and not painted for 20 years.
Still, prefer to see what’s happening than more one off houses.I have a copy of the old/new? design, it was in the Dublin Millenium book of 1989. It was quite sexy, with transparent walls allowing you to see right through. It made the trains look like they were floating on air. And it did restore the grand sweeping view spoken about earlier. I don’t think the addition of an “arch” is constructive at all, All you’re doing is adding uneccesary materials and support. Why obstruct the view further? At the very least, the advertisement hoarding should be removed and the bridge painted white. At the moment it just looks dingy. Having said that, white is much harder to keep clean, and with all that traffic…..
Yeah, you’re right, it was about 18 months ago! Good to hear things have changed, and hopefully the “New” Spencer Dock will continue that success
Hopefully this will breath some life into the Docklands in terms of People actually using the spaces provided. Any time I’ve ventured up in that direction and especially around Clarion Quay, it seems to be a pristine, clean, architectural wasteland, these places seem devoid of life. Perhaps it is simply a coicidence, but outside office hours do these spaces ever look used :confused: ?
Anybody have any photos or plans for the Eyre square redevelopment? I’d love to see what they’re doing with the place..
Bluefoam,
A major factor in the redevelopment of the street was the removal of cars and the return of the street to the public. It’s not just about aesthetics, A lot of time was put into rerouting cars around O’Connell St, thereby liberating the space to pedestrians again, more crossings, etcIf you want to get hung up on aesthetics, it looks cleaner because the dull grey is gone, replaced by a classier pavement. Other European Cities use such schemes because they encourage growth in the retail sector as well as bringing people back on to the street, to stroll around and enjoy the atmosphere. The old trees, with their gargantuan roots just obstructed that.
Personally, I find that quite reasonable, If a large amount of High RIse buildings were aloud alongside the Liffey, they would only serve to separate the quays and campshires from the rest of the City. Such a state of affairs would limit the growth of the Docklands as a living city quarter, rather than a showpiece of architecture. The current approach of allowing a few landmark buildings is recommended.
It looks to me like one of those Eileen Gray Lacquer screens, blown out of all proportion. I can’t decide whether I like it or not.
Is that a stone facade? as long as it’s not pre cast concrete…
That could end up looking very old very soon.Let’s hope its not being different just for the sake of it.
Originally posted by Sue
quote: THE CORPO IS USING SLEIGHT OF HAND BY BRINGING THIS IN AS AN “EMERGENCY” MEASURE, WHICH THEY WILL THEN SAY HAS WORKED AND MAKE IT PERMANENT.Surely they knew the Luas would cause problems to the traffic around Stephens’ Green, It was first proposed in 93 was it not? Is it an 11 year time lag between action and reaction for the City Council at the moment?
although as a Bus user I quite like the idea of cruising down Harcourt St, one of the worst blackspots in the morning.
Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t advocating the semi-d, in fact that’s what I was complaining about, Dublin style housing estates being added to little villages and towns throughout the country, sometimes just beside the main street, not taking into account the general growth of the town
And I think this Design will add a lot to Sligo, not famed for it’s picturesque beauty. I’ll look forward to the view from the top!This is just another symptom of the Irish attitude of “ah sure build it and it’ll be fine”. Our regional towns have for years just had bits and pieces tagged onto them. A housing estate here, business park there, nobody wants to think about the traditional designs we used to have; terraced houses, local shop and post office, it’s all very ugly. we should follow the example set in Brittany for small villages and towns, rather than trying to embrace any sort of development. It’s Dublin policies of the sixties on a nationwide scale!
