SDCC enterprise Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Development department Department identified a need for a production studio which will provide facilities for smaller film production companies and start-ups within the burgeoning Irish film industry. The buildings program is based on research and meetings with local and international businesses from the film and lighting industries to develop the brief.
The project makes use of an existing building, building; the structure is to be retained and the facade reworked to activate the street front and be more appropriate to a semi public semi-public building as well as improving U values and sound insulation. The studios will cater to smaller and independent production companies who might use the spaces for short term projects such as live shows, advertising, fashion and so forth. The internal space allows for two studios, one larger studio which is envisaged to house a digital screen and one white wall/rollup production/rehearsal studio. They can be used together or separately.
The proposed site is located in the on the North Bank of the Grand Canal Lucan, South County Dublin. The proposed development involves there development of a larger industrial unit and the removal of two derelict industrial units to the rear of the protected Stone Mill Building (RPS 118) at 12th Lock. The described development comprises an area of 0.62ha.
Development is constrained mostly by the existing footprint of the industrial unit which is being retained and the site boundary. Existing vehicular access is retained and located to the north boundary of the site. The change in level between the site and the road along the eastern boundary which increases as the R120 approaches the bridge over the canal means that level access to the site is located on the northeast and south east corners of the site.