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CROKE VILLAS REDEVELOPMENT, Dublin (with S&P Architects) 2008

Masterplan using sports facilities as generator
Type: Leisure, residential, urban design, sustainable
Concept:Urban greenhouses

Dublin City Council PPP winning scheme for developer client for inner city site in North Dublin. Works included 67 apartments with 5-a-side football pitch, crèche, community centre and commercial on city centre brownfield site as part of a wider 150unit apartment scheme with social housing component.

Design featured:

  • Biomass Central CHP
  • Heat Recovery from Leisure Centre
  • Passive Solar design
  • Improved unit sizes
  • Compact, mixed-use Development
  • Water saving appliances
  • Grey water reuse