Conor Gallagher Architecture Portfolio

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BA Hons Principle Design Project: Iveagh Gardens, Dublin-Culture Embassy, Dublin

The design for this project was situated in the public park of

Iveagh Gardens in Dublin and acts as a transitional layer between

the greenery of the park and the dense urban environment that

surrounds it. The brief for the project entails a series of public and

private function spaces such as a gallery, library and 2 theatres

that all together make up an embassy that would host a sharing

of culture for all the people of Ireland. The scheme is fit for

hosting events such as film festivals and art exhibitions as well as

social & public gatherings.

initial concept diagram

Development Board: Above is a photograpgh depicting a key componenet to my final exhibition for my Part 1 display. It is a collation of various models I created throughout the design development proccess of this project. It conveys the project’s evolution from one solid building to a more free flowing dispersal of volumes through the site’s dense greenery. The models were stuck to this black board and hung vertically at the top of my exhibition display.

To the top left is a photograph of an initial concept model, conveying my intention to interact with the levels in the site.To the bottom left is one the latter designs before the penultimate.

This site context model (left), and rendering (right)

depict the massing of the Embassy, in the context of

Iveagh Gardens. The scheme is placed to mindfully

co-inside with the park’s existing circulation route,

and to increase the qualities of the site, whilst taking

up as minimal a footprint as possible

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Embassy. In this section, the

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1st Semester Design Project: Beflast, Cathedral Quarter-Students’ Union Design, University of Ulster

These 2 images were created as competition summary pages for the principal design project of my first semester of 3rd year undergraduate. The scheme is an attempt to create a more fluid and approachable building in an area with buildings that refuse to interact with the street scape. The internal layout is a pragmatic approach to creating a very social building by fusing different layers of programme together.

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Pencil Study showing transition from dark (closed) areas in the building to light (open) areas

Exploded Axonometric of Structure

Hierarchy of SpacesMovement through Buidling

Conor Gallagher - Eva McGowan - Elaine McFerran - Sarah Mitchell

Educatorium, Netherlands, Udrecht, A University Campus Centre, 1997.O M A:Educatorium

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University Project

EDUCATORIUM, OMACase Study

Group project aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of a building’s key concepts by working backwords from its design origins. Below and to the right shows a collection of images, sketches and diagrams that convey my groups findings. One of the most prominent features to the university building was its fluidity. Each of the large spaces from floor to floor are blended so much that it is difficult to determine where one zone ends, and another begins.

As a result of this conclusion, the centre piece to my case study is the large jelly model depicted to the bottom left of the page. The red jelly is used as a conceptual representation of the building’s fluid, public spaces. Embeded within the jelly, are timber made representation of the private and semi-private spaces that exist around the distinctive open space.

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The photographs to the right depict a large (1200cmx700cm) case study model I created as part of a University project aimed at gaining a greater understanding of buildings by studying their core concepts.

The result of this excercise was the Jelly & Timber Model shown on these pages. The jelly was used to represent the free flowing internal spaces apparent in OMA’s ‘Educatorium’ in the Netherlands. Part of the driving force tfor the building was create spaces that were shared by all faculties of the University, and hence the spaces seem to blend together, making it difficult to determine where one begins and another ends.

Case Study Project: Educatorium by OMA


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design project with !melk-Pier 57, NYC

This project, which is currently approaching construction, was initially a successful internatonal competition.

I personally worked on both the conceptual and schematic phases of design for Pier 57’s roof and public promenade, as well as drafting and preparing construction documents for New York’s city planning.

The current design entails a public promenade walkway that encricles the pier and connects it to the surrounding Hudson River Parkway; a 2.5 acre skypark with undulating floor surfaces; 3 large movable, sculpted cranes with hanging gardens; as well as a giant outdoor film screen, to be managed by the Tribeca Film Festival.

crane structural details

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OWNERYOUNG WOO & ASSOCIATES435 Hudson Street, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10014T: 212.477.8008

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LOT-EK55 Little West 12th StreetNew York, NY 10014T: 212.256.9326

ROBERT SILMAN ASSOCIATES88 UNIVERSITY PLACENEW YORK, NY 10003T: 212.620.7970

!MELK LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, PC111 JOHN STREET, SUITE 2650NEW YORK, NY 10038T: 212.513.1025

OWNERYOUNG WOO & ASSOCIATES435 Hudson Street, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10014T: 212.477.8008

HANDEL ARCHITECTS, LLP150 Varick Street, 8th FloorNew York, NY 10013T: 212.595.4112 F: 212.595.9032

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sky gardenshade structure 1concrete paverspublic observation deck-wood

stair casesgrass roof

shade structure rails

grass wavestorage room below

bleacher seating & steps

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Sky Park Roof Plan

Wooden Handrail

2 Sided Bench(wood beams embedded in metal frame)

Wooden Handrail

Steel Railing

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Wooden Decking

PROMENADE WALKWAY SECTION AT BENCH TYPE ‘A’ ON WOOD WAVE DECK

PROMENADE WALKWAY SECTION AT FLAT CONCRETE PAVING W/ STRAIGHT ‘GRADIENT’ RAILING TYPOLOGY

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PROMENADE WALKWAY SECTION AT WOOD WAVE DECK

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Pier Walkway Section Details

View fro m Hudson River Park Promenade of Pier 57

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