Dominick Street School, Dublin 1
Commissioned by the Department of Education, this project involves a new 16-classroom primary school for 480 pupils in Dublin’s north inner city. The school forms part of the Lower Dominick Street Regeneration Masterplan, delivering contemporary educational facilities that respond to the historic urban context while contributing to the regeneration and enhancement of the surrounding public realm.
Dominick Street School, Dublin 1
Commissioned by the Department of Education, this project involves a new 16-classroom primary school for 480 pupils in Dublin’s north inner city. The school forms part of the Lower Dominick Street Regeneration Masterplan, delivering contemporary educational facilities that respond to the historic urban context while contributing to the regeneration and enhancement of the surrounding public realm.
The project involves the provision of a new 16 classroom primary school to cater for 480 pupils, to include a general-purpose hall, administration spaces, ancillary learning spaces and play areas. The accommodation is arranged in blocks of two, four and five-storeys, with external play spaces at ground level and on rooftop terraces.
The project involves the provision of a new 16 classroom primary school to cater for 480 pupils, to include a general-purpose hall, administration spaces, ancillary learning spaces and play areas. The accommodation is arranged in blocks of two, four and five-storeys, with external play spaces at ground level and on rooftop terraces.
Dominick Street Lower, Dominick Place, and Granby Place form the site boundaries to the south, east and north respectively, while adjoining properties form the boundary to the west. The site is zoned as a Strategic Development and Regeneration Area (SDRA 10) within the Lower Dominick Street Regeneration Masterplan. Work on the site to date has resulted in the demolition of five 1960’s housing blocks to the east of Dominick Street Lower and the creation of a new east-west link road (Dominick Place).
The guiding principles for the regeneration of the site are (i) to integrate a fine grain of new development within the historic streetscape, (ii) to provide a high-quality contemporary architecture to add to the rich tectonic legacy of the built environment in this part of the north city centre, and (iii) to institute a high-quality public realm in the environs.
The project involves the provision of a new 16 classroom primary school to cater for 480 pupils, to include a general-purpose hall, administration spaces, ancillary learning spaces and play areas. The accommodation is arranged in blocks of two, four and five-storeys, with external play spaces at ground level and on rooftop terraces.
Dominick Street Lower, Dominick Place, and Granby Place form the site boundaries to the south, east and north respectively, while adjoining properties form the boundary to the west. The site is zoned as a Strategic Development and Regeneration Area (SDRA 10) within the Lower Dominick Street Regeneration Masterplan. Work on the site to date has resulted in the demolition of five 1960’s housing blocks to the east of Dominick Street Lower and the creation of a new east-west link road (Dominick Place).
The guiding principles for the regeneration of the site are (i) to integrate a fine grain of new development within the historic streetscape, (ii) to provide a high-quality contemporary architecture to add to the rich tectonic legacy of the built environment in this part of the north city centre, and (iii) to institute a high-quality public realm in the environs.