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Plans submitted for FaulknerBrowns’ Guinness Quarter development
FaulknerBrowns Architects, working with developer Ballymore, has submitted a planning application to Dublin City Council to redevelop the historic St. James’s Gate brewery into a mixed use scheme named the ‘Guinness Quarter.’ The development includes 336
homes, hotels and a 300-seat performance space, plus a food hall, marketplace and commercial space. The site has been “freed up by modernisation of Diageo’s St James’s Gate brewing campus,” said the architects, and will be “opened up to the wider city,” with more than two acres of landscaped public space. The proposals also include the refurbishment, repurposing and extension of heritage structures throughout the site, retaining key historic features.
The 336 homes will include apartments for sale, rent and social housing. At the
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Scott Brownrigg’s mixed use brownfi eld development in Greenwich gets planning
Plans for a “high-quality” mixed-use residential scheme at 141-143 Woolwich Road in Greenwich has recently received planning permission.
Designed by Scott Brownrigg for Lawfords, the scheme redevelops a brownfi eld site into 58 homes and 890 m2 of fl exible commercial space. Plans have been developed in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich Society, councillors and residents, and represent a “signifi cant improvement to the urban environment of the Woolwich Road Corridor,” said the architects. The concept is for two apartment ‘villa’ buildings linked via arched colonnades, “with a rhythm informed by the Victorian grain and the curvature of Woolwich Road.” Massing responds in height to mid-rise residential buildings located to the east, and steps back from site boundaries to the north and south to
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protect daylight levels to adjacent homes. London stock brick and charcoal zinc cladding has been chosen to refl ect the site’s historic and industrial past.
All new homes have been designed to meet the London Mayor’s Standards and the Government’s Nationally Described Space Standards (NDSS), and most are dual facing and cross-ventilated. Comprising a mix of one, two and three bedroom homes and four family maisonettes, the scheme is designed to be “tenure blind,” and offers a mix of private, affordable rent and shared ownership housing provision.
All residents will have access to a range of health and wellbeing amenities, including a private balcony and two communal roof gardens where there is provision to grow food, enjoy communal dining facilities, for children to play, and to take in views over the city.
multi-use space seating circa 300 people. The Guinness Quarter aims to create
Dublin’s fi rst net zero operational carbon district. Should planning approval be granted, it is expected that the development will be completed in 10-15 years.
heart of the masterplan, a “destination food hall” with open kitchens will showcase Irish and international food. A marketplace is also proposed, for local, regional, and national makers, alongside a mix of commercial workspaces for large, medium and small businesses. A network of fi xed and fl exible inside and outside spaces for culture and community use will be created, including a
Niall Durney, partner at FaulknerBrowns Architects, said: “We are so pleased to have reached this milestone. Our masterplan is designed around the powerful heritage and historical signifi cance of St James’s Gate; existing buildings, structures and surfaces that carry the history of brewing will be repurposed, extended and imbued with new life.”
He added: “The Guinness Quarter will be shaped around streets and squares which retain the character and identity of the site while knitting together with the surrounding city.”
© Scott Brownrigg Sustainability is at the forefront of the
design. It is anticipated that the creation of roof gardens, pocket parks and the incorporation of green living spaces will signifi cantly increase biodiversity onsite and improve the streetscape. The sustainability strategy includes the use of recycled material for the building structure where possible, and responsibly sourced material when it’s purchased new. Air source heat pumps and photovoltaic panels will provide renewable energy.
ADF SEPTEMBER 2022
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