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Henrietta St. Open Ideas Competition
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Henrietta St. Open Ideas Competition
This project was an entry for an ideas competition for a strategic site on Henrietta St., one of Dublin’s earliest Georgian streets.
As to the use of the building we wanted to make a structure as versatile as the other Georgian structures on the street and Georgian spaces in general. We propose the same for the new structure which we propose can be adapted for a number of uses be it residential, office or cultural use. We feel it could also be used to accommodate the additional requirements of Na Píobairí Uilleann should this be the longer term use for the building.
The clues to our initial concept came from the consideration of the history of No. 16 itself. The building at No. 15 was built in 1740’s by Luke Gardiner. The interesting point is the fact that in 1828 the decision was made to split No. 15 Henrietta Street into two dwellings which in the long term possibly resulted in the dereliction of No. 16 from 1927 and its ultimate demolition in 1950. This brought us to the conclusion that the new building should involve the extension and reinstatement of No. 15 as one building. The new building would echo No. 16 but be a contemporary interpretation of it. This would help anchor the new building to the street and preserve its future to prevent it falling the way of No. 16. It would also continue the parapet level of the street on this side to affirm its role in the street.
The new structure we are making will create a solid end to the street by the choice of material and the mass to void ratio and will be reflective of the gable that would have originally been No. 16. The new building is designed as a contemporary take on the Georgian space that might have been in No. 16 and in some ways is almost the spirit of this building. The rhythm of the Georgian windows in the street façade we see as being another important clue to the design of the new façade to help it anchor to the street. To this end we propose using apertures in the new façade of the same proportion as their neighbouring Georgian windows. Each of the new spaces has identifiable Georgian characteristics in volume, height and window proportion. We have moved windows from the expected and understood locations to throw new qualities to these spaces and differentiate them from traditional Georgian spaces. These windows of Georgian proportion have been twisted , turned , inverted , extruded etc.. to create an alternative experience within this type of space which is initially identifiable as Georgian but necessitates a second look to recognize the manipulation of the Georgian rhythm in 3 dimensions. This movement has been recorded in the external and internal facades.
As to the use of the building we wanted to make a structure as versatile as the other Georgian structures on the street and Georgian spaces in general. We propose the same for the new structure which we propose can be adapted for a number of uses be it residential, office or cultural use. We feel it could also be used to accommodate the additional requirements of Na Píobairí Uilleann should this be the longer term use for the building.
The clues to our initial concept came from the consideration of the history of No. 16 itself. The building at No. 15 was built in 1740’s by Luke Gardiner. The interesting point is the fact that in 1828 the decision was made to split No. 15 Henrietta Street into two dwellings which in the long term possibly resulted in the dereliction of No. 16 from 1927 and its ultimate demolition in 1950. This brought us to the conclusion that the new building should involve the extension and reinstatement of No. 15 as one building. The new building would echo No. 16 but be a contemporary interpretation of it. This would help anchor the new building to the street and preserve its future to prevent it falling the way of No. 16. It would also continue the parapet level of the street on this side to affirm its role in the street.
The new structure we are making will create a solid end to the street by the choice of material and the mass to void ratio and will be reflective of the gable that would have originally been No. 16. The new building is designed as a contemporary take on the Georgian space that might have been in No. 16 and in some ways is almost the spirit of this building. The rhythm of the Georgian windows in the street façade we see as being another important clue to the design of the new façade to help it anchor to the street. To this end we propose using apertures in the new façade of the same proportion as their neighbouring Georgian windows. Each of the new spaces has identifiable Georgian characteristics in volume, height and window proportion. We have moved windows from the expected and understood locations to throw new qualities to these spaces and differentiate them from traditional Georgian spaces. These windows of Georgian proportion have been twisted , turned , inverted , extruded etc.. to create an alternative experience within this type of space which is initially identifiable as Georgian but necessitates a second look to recognize the manipulation of the Georgian rhythm in 3 dimensions. This movement has been recorded in the external and internal facades.
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