Ciaran Rooney 16731989

Adaptive Reuse of Car Parking Spaces

SITE ANALYSISSWORDS LOCATION AND CONTEXT

St. Colmcille’s well is on Wells road, off the Main street, SwordsSt. Columba’s round tower is located west of Main street, it was built in the 14th century

Swords origins date back to 560 AD when it was founded by Saint Colm-cille (521–567). The most ubiquitous landscape indicators of Early Chris-tian Settlement are the ecclesiastical enclosures. In Swords case the street pattern has been influenced by the circular alignment of the set-tlement. The medieval town developed in a linear pattern along the Main Street in a north – south axis.. Swords has one of the best examples of this settlement pattern in the Dublin region.

In 1994, Swords became the county seat of the new county of Fingal after the breakup of the former County Dublin; in 2001, it also became the ad-ministrative centre for Fingal.

Fingal County Council’s Strategic Vision for Swords is to create a sustain-able new city. They have referred to Swords as an “emerging city” and project that the population of Swords will rise towards 100,000 by the year 2035. The town is the seventh largest urban area in the country, and the second largest in County Dublin.

The Swords area has direct links to the national road network (M1 and M50) and is located on the Dublin/Belfast economic corridor. It is also located proximate to Dublin Port via the Port Tunnel, and to Dublin Airport via the M1, two of the most important infrastructural assets in the Ireland

Swords Town

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EXISITING SITE ANALYSIS

TOPOGRAPHY

HYDROLOGY

VEGETATION

HISTRORIC FLOOD ZONE

HISTRORIC FEATURES ON SITE

Swords had a population of 39,248 in 2016, with 19,531 resi-dent workers and 15,338 jobs.

12,889 households that have car ownership

Barrysparks & Crowcastle Swords, Co. Dublin

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St. Werbrugh’s Well

Ring ditch

SITE ANALYSISINFRASTRUCTURE and PUBLIC TRANSPORT GREEN SPACE AND MAIN COMMERCIAL AREAS

M1 motorway Metrolink rail line and stops Green spaces

Arterial roads Bus stops Main Street

Local roads Site Retail/Commercial areas

PRECEDENT STUDIES

Acton Gardens, London

85.51o Mixed use Building, Cincinnati, OH

HOUSING

DENSITY DIVERSITY

Podium Builidng Wrap Builidng PERIMETER PARKING

FLEXIBILITY

Typology 1

3 Bedroom -3 Storey - Parking

Typology 3

Duplex over Duplex2 Bedroom -1 Bedroom4 Storey - Parking -on street parking

Typology 4- 2A/2B

2 Bedroom -3 Bedroom3 Storey - 5 storey2-3 units per floorParking -on street parking

Typology 4-

2 Bedroom -3 Bedroom3 Storey - 5 storey5-6 units per floorParking -on street parking

Typology 4 - 1/1B

2 Bedroom -3 Bedroom3 Storey - 4 storey2-3 units per floorParking -on street parking

RESIDENTIAL TYPOLOGIES AND NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES

Over 600 parking spaces in residential area alone

SURFACE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENTS

The footprint of parking space is over 200 percent bigger than the actual building block footrprint

The average car is utilised 5% of the time.

STRATEGY FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE OF PARKING SPACES

‘If you plan for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.’ William H. Whyte (1980)

FLEXIBLE SPACE FOR ON-STREET PARKING BASIC IDEAS

• Reducing the space for cars makes it possible to

substantailly green the area.

• More space for pedestrians.

• Smart traffic circulation and reduction of parking places

creates more space for other activities.

• The car is a guest in the area.

• Functional ambiance that focuses on key elements to create a neighbourhood where the balance of infrastructure and lingering pedestrian space go hand in

hand.

• Creating a better balance between vehicular traffic and

other road users.

• To develop more interesting places where residents can

relax, with landscaping, plantng and seating.

• The idea is to create pleasant and safer streets

• The social aspect is connected to creating spaces for

public, shared or private use.

SKETCHES AND IDEAS

SWORDS - Figure ground map