An ‘Interim’ Scheme During the covid-era lockdowns, Dublin City Council sought to help food businesses by creating street build-outs for outdoor dining. These were done with speed and economy but once the popularity was clear – particularly along Capel Street – they sought to provide an upgraded version. The aim was an ‘Interim’ scheme with […]
Read MoreThis project occupies a pivotal position within the evolving fabric of Sandyford Industrial Estate, where it establishes a new pedestrian route through a fragmented and partially realised urban quarter. The landscape is conceived not simply as residual open space, but as a connective civic armature that anticipates future links between adjacent sites as they develop. […]
Read MoreWhen a Silicon Valley IT company decided to establish a new Dublin HQ, BSLA were engaged to propose landscape solutions for the project. Constructed a decade before, the empty office building had narrow terraces throughout the floors, but the clear potential lay with the 900m2 open roof area on the 7th floor, next to the […]
Read MoreLocated in the heart of Dublin city centre, the Irish Life Centre is comprised of three public courtyards and one private courtyard that were established alongside the development of the building campus in 1980 by Irish architects Robinson, Keefe, Devane. BSLA were engaged as lead designers to increase the profile and permeability of the urban […]
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