The design for this project evolved around the creation of new building programme elements including a Fabrication Laboratory “Fab Lab”, co-working spaces, additional own-door office spaces, administrative office and a community café. It was a great opportunity to extend a building that VDA had designed some ten years previous.
Creative Spark
Completed:
2023
Dundalk
Budget:
N/A
The design for the new building evolved around a concept of inter-visibility and a clear delineation between original and addition. The Fab Lab and co-working areas feature transparent doors and glass screens that allow building users to see a variety of creative processes happening around them. The Fab Lab features a long linear window that provides ample even light to the space and views to outside.
The co-working space is located at first floor level and features large windows that act as a lantern at the rear of the building, taking in views of the Cooley Mountains while also demonstrating the activity that is taking place within the building to the outside world.
The exterior form is articulated through a combination of respecting the existing building’s angular design while ensuring implementation of the practical requirements of the new programme. It is finished in a bold colour to architecturally delineate it as an addition and to ensure both the new entrance and Fab Lab facility are easily identifiable from the exterior. Working together with our client and design team we have made a creative infrastructure that has the ability to generate new opportunity for the local area and beyond.
Mill House, Mill Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 XTF7
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