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masterplan design concept
1. Two Hearts
3. St. Brendan’s Way and Serpentine Walk Connection
5. Connecting to Smithfield / Connecting to North Circular Road
grangegorman an urban quarter with an open future
2. Quadrangles and Green Finger Parks
4. Broadstone Gate / Connection to King’s Inns and Henrietta Street
6. Ha-Ha, Sports & Recreation and Underground Service and Utility Corridor
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key masterplan principles
Two Hearts
The Masterplan provides two “hearts” for the Grangegorman Urban Quarter.
These two major activity centres—Upper Terrace at the Library, and the Arts
Centre to the east—anchor a broad spectrum of social gathering places. The
Upper Terrace is designated as the “Academic/Health Heart,” while the Arts
Centre is envisioned as the “Social/Cultural Heart.”
Quadrangles and Green Fingers
In a contemporary interpretation of traditional collegiate “quads,” the
configuration of the buildings on the site frames a pattern of enclosed
courtyards, open spaces and plazas, creating distinct forms with strong
individual identities. Main east-west pedestrian connective passages are
crossed and extended by frequent fingers of north-south oriented green
streets and sequences of other courts, forming a loose, continuous grid of
communication in the Quarter. Smaller meandering paths move at mid-block/
mid-court intervals to trace intimate connections between outdoor rooms and
gardens.
St. Brendan’s Way and the Serpentine Link
The east/west division of the site by the Grangegorman Upper and Lower
Road is mediated by carrying a principal pedestrian sequence—St. Brendan’s
Way—across the existing roadway. This broad crossing also serves to closely
unite existing listed buildings into a central village of academic and student
life. The urban quality of St. Brendan’s Way is complemented by a second
lateral procession—Serpentine Walk—a meandering link that traverses the
site in two grand arcs, giving a south-facing green edge to student residence
halls.
Broadstone Gate / Link to King’s Inns & Henrietta Street
The Masterplan creates a grand urban plaza and park at the Broadstone
entry to the Quarter, extending the green space adjacent to the King’s Inns to
form a symbolic and civic marker.
Connecting to Smithfield and North Circular Road
To the west, the pedestrian link continues from the urban park through the
site to connect with the North Circular Road, and extends through to the
Phoenix Park to the southwest. To the south, the Lower Grangegorman Gate
opens pedestrian access to and from the Smithfield area, extending the
existing City Arts’ activities northward.
Ha-Ha Concept, Sports and Recreation and Utility Corridor
The natural heart of the Grangegorman landscape is The Fields, comprising
a generous portion of the entire site. This gathering of parkland sports
pitches with park-like groves of new and existing trees is framed by the
Serpentine of student residence halls, and the historic wall to the south. The
Ha-Ha sectional dip concept provides additional, internal sports facilities with
direct visual connection to the external pitches. Running and cycling paths
entwine around the edges, linking the complementary qualities of sports
fields, sheltering groves of trees, and distant views. Along the north edge of
this open space, the Masterplan utilises the “Utilidor” concept (walk-in-duct) to
concentrate utility services in relation to St. Brendan’s Way.
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Spaces at the Podium Level are located one-half of a The two-level Sports Centre has been located in a high
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to enter all habitable spaces. fields and the academic heart of the quarter and will be
daylit by using glass walls adjacent to a landscaped “ha-
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RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION

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RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION

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