Morlan
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@cokedrinker wrote:
I’ve seen one image of the zaha hadid proposal in todays irish times, and i think it looks quite interesting
Any pics?
The scale is completely off. Look at the 6 storey block to the right and then count the floors on the tower: 10.
They must be trying to make it look smaller in the renders so that people don’t throw a fit.
I’ve examined the render and scaled it up in Photoshop to match the surrounding buildings.
DB have installed one of their new bus stops on the street, similar to the ones in London. They plan to roll them out around the city centre over the next few months.
Thoughts on design?
Each stop will have a designation for identification on maps, as per London.
Therefore if you looked at a city centre bus stop map, and wanted a 4 northbound is would be listed as stopping at ‘OF’.@ake wrote:
please god let them cut down those planes in college green while they’re at it.
They might just have to to make way for the overhead cables down Dame Street.
@weehamster wrote:
Look, it doesn’t matter. The whole median is going to be dug up anyway in a few years for the Metro Tram and the Luas Tram. :rolleyes:
That’s true, but it also means that College Green, Dame St. and Westmorland St. will be dug up too. The IAP for these areas will kick in then 🙂
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
I can considered that but i also assumed that maybe it was indicitive as in why mention it at all otherwise?
It’s a bit of a mystery alright. I honestly can’t invisage 50/60 metres of paraphernalia hanging off the top of the tower. They’ve deliberately left something out from the render.
@JoePublic wrote:
Well from what I understand, the bridge across the Dodder will be a public transport corridor, so I assume buses travelling across the dodder, through the U2 tower, and on down the quays….
That’s true, I forgot about that. Perhaps DCC will reserve right of way through the development. :-/
I’m looking forward to seeing the master plans for this site.
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
and what are the two shafts going into the sky off the top of the building?
CAD > Light Source > Exaggerate & Amplify.
@Pepsi wrote:
i see a fourth concrete pile going up on this site. i saw it through a traffic camera. i must say it’s going up very fast. does anyone know what it is?
If anything it’s another shaft for the District Centre. They haven’t even finished excavating the foundations for the tower yet.
@Paul Clerkin wrote:
I reckon the design will change again – 60 of wind turbines / antennae etc seems a lot when already 120m off the ground – i think the building will creap unwards perhaps taking another 30m of this height over….
Is that not exactly what I’ve done? :confused: :p
@JoePublic wrote:
Looks cool, is that the road going through it? Kinda looks like it from the main picture. Big enough to take buses?
Buses? 😮
It’s four stories high (see red lines), so plenty of headroom for double deckers. Don’t tell Bus Ãtha Cliath that.
No, I reckon it will be a set down only arrangement for the hotel.
@darkman wrote:
Im a little confused about just what height this building is going to be.
It’s all a bit confusing alright.
Let’s assume that the building in the render is 130m in height.
100 metres consists of 32 stories with a public observation deck.
30 metres is an open-air space with U2’s recording ‘pod’ suspended in the centre.
50 metres of an ‘Alernative Energy Centre’ with solar panels and wind turbines (not shown in the render).
@GrahamH wrote:
Morlan, I would have thought the tower is deliberately tilted to the front? .
I think you’re right. It just looks odd to my eyes.
