Main Street Competition Sites A&B
The Main Street Development Sites were subject to an international competition initiated by Ballymun Regeneration Ltd.
Structure of Competition
The purpose of the competition was to initiate a mixed public/private development of architectural significance which can act as a focus for the cultural and economic life of Ballymun.
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The Competition:
It was proposed that the competition would take the form of a 2 stage competition.
Stage 1
Stage 1 was a developer competition whereby those who are tendering would examine the site, its environs and potential and make a proposal for development of the sites to Ballymun Regeneration Limited indicating
- the nature of development they would propose for the site
- their vision for the development
- how they would propose to procure and incorporate the brief requirements of Ballymun Regeneration Limited into the development;
- the site value they would allow to Ballymun Regeneration Limited
- their preferred professional design teams for stage 2 of the competition - scheme designs would not be sought at this stage, however sketch proposals illustrating the tenderer’s intentions would be encouraged.
Stage 2
was a design competition whereby the preferred bidder for Stage 1 and Ballymun Regeneration Limited together would prepare a brief for development of the site and invite a limited number of Architectural practices to bring forward design proposals which would implement the development intentions described in the brief. Ballymun Regeneration Limited and the preferred bidder would together nominate an assessment panel to select the winning design which would then be built by the developer selected in Stage 1.
The Brief Requirements
Ballymun Regeneration Limited's requirements would be for a development of national significance which would in broad terms conform to the urban design constraints of Ballymun Main Street. In terms of land uses it would make a significant economic/cultural contribution to the life of Ballymun and Dublin City and in terms of design would provide for a landmark building/buildings which could attract visitors for its own sake. The following accommodation must be included:-
- Courthouse accommodation for the Courts Service comprising 1,100 m2
- Senior Citizens sheltered housing comprising 40 to 60 no. 1 bed apartments each of and day rooms
- Public open Space
- In addition the following uses: retail, commercial, residential, live/work units, enterprise/start up units, exhibition space, leisure, cultural and associated car parking etc. could be included.
For further Information Contact:
Ballymun Regeneration Limited
Civic Centre
Main Street
Ballymun
Dublin 9
Tel: 01 2225660
This page was updated on 20th July, 2006