Dominick Hall

The site is located on the site of the demolished Dominick Street flats complex on the east side of Lower Dominick Street, Dublin 1, at the junction with Parnell Street. The mixed-use development for Dublin City Council includes apartments and townhouses with a community centre and retail space at street level. The six-storey block along Dominick Street consists of a terrace of 6 apartment “houses” of 5 storeys, providing 67 apartments sharing a community garden over the ground floor community centre and commercial space. The local community centre is the “anchor tenant” and provides space for after school clubs, training and community support. A pair of multipurpose halls share a secret courtyard garden and offer space for clubs, classes and events. A short terrace of 5 townhouses defines Dominick Place, a new street linking Dominick Street to Granby Place.

The site is located on part of the previous Dominick Street flats complex on the east side of Lower Dominick Street, Dublin 1, at the junction with Parnell Street. The mixed use development includes apartments and townhouses with a community centre and retail space at street level. The majority of units required have been accommodated within the six storey block along Dominick Street, which consists of 6 apartment houses, over ground floor commercial/retail use and a community centre. A short terrace of townhouses defines Dominick Place, a new street.

The corner block on Parnell Street has quite a complex urban task, which justifies a more sculptural form. It must negotiate the different scales of Parnell Street and Dominick Street and address the length of the Dominick Street facade by reading clearly as a separate building with a different language of openings and material aesthetic, and so will become a marker on Parnell Street for this new urban quarter.