Boxing_Club_&_Gymnasium_
Location: Co. Dublin_
Area: 800m2
Site area: 980m2
Year: 2012
Location: Co. Dublin_
Area: 800m2
Site area: 980m2
Year: 2012
“ During the peregrination from O’Connell Street to William Street North one is absorbed into the cities urban mesh. It was during these walks through this “fabric” that inchoate ideas were formed, idea’s which dealt with the importance of urban strategy and how it links into the development of the designed spaces. This building is not an isolated entity, it is part of a highly intricate urban mesh, one which is made up of deep layers of social and economic history, as a designer, it demands one to become the author of that space, which focuses on the creation of a distinct identity, and the establishment of a relationship between the building and it’s setting. At a more “localised” scale, the flow through the streets is dictated by the circumambulation of St. Agatha’s church,which in turn creates an imbalance of scales in such a small area of buildings, most of which are single storey and two storey 19th century dwellings. I wanted to represent this “imbalance” in my own design as a heavy weight, robust and esoteric structure.”
