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City landscape
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Street view
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Entrance to courtyard
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Dual aspect living
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Courtyard to city
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Threshold
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Ground floor plan
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Section AA
Timberyard Social Housing
O'Donnell + Tuomey. Dublin, Ireland
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Name of work in English
Timberyard Social Housing
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Name of work in original language
Timberyard Social Housing
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Dublin, Ireland
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Studio
O'Donnell + Tuomey
EUmies Awards 2011 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Structural engineering: Downes Associates; Mechanical: Buro Happold; Electrical: Buro Happold; Construction company: Townlink Construction Ltd.
Program
Collective housing
Completion
2009
This project in the historic Liberties area of Dublin arose from the need to relocate the residents of the existing pockets of social housing that had been demolished in order to make way for a new road. The client brief, which was set out in consultation with the local and new residents, called for an exemplar social housing development and in response, this 47unit project provides compact city living adjacent to schools and services. Built to the latest environmental standards including fuel and energy conservation, the concrete structure enabled a greater flexibility with apartment layouts by stepping the internal party walls vertically.
The triangular courtyard provides a secure social space with passive surveillance from the adjacent apartments. This space is animated by window seats at ground level with recessed balconies and projecting winter gardens above. Brick and timber echo the existing housing and industrial buildings, and the former use of the site as a timberyard.