St. Michan’s Housing
Following a competitive tender process, Mitchell + Associates were commissioned by Dublin City Council to prepare a feasibility study for the redevelopment of St Michan’s house, in the markets area of Dublin. Following a number of sketch designs, Mitchell + Associates arrived at a design solution which addressed the DCC brief and residents’ concerns.- Location: Markets Area
- Architect: Mitchell + Associates
- Completed: Ongoing
Following a competitive tender process, Mitchell + Associates were commissioned by Dublin City Council to prepare a feasibility study for the redevelopment of St Michan’s house, in the markets area of Dublin. Following a number of sketch designs, Mitchell + Associates arrived at a design solution which addressed the DCC brief and residents’ concerns.
The ground floor of the scheme, across the two sites, along Greek street and St Mary’s Lane is filled to create deep commercial units accessed from the street. The depth and generous height of these units – six metres high – will be enough to accommodate a number of uses and encourage diversity along the streetscape.
Access to the residential units will be through a number of circulation cores accessed directly from the street. These access points will be well served with ancillary bicycle and general purpose lock up storage areas.
As a part of the redevelopment, it is proposed that Greek Street undergoes significant environmental improvements. This would include the removal of on-street parking, leading to the widening of pavements, which is essential for this major pedestrian circulation corridor, linking the LUAS line at Chancery Street and the wider Markets area. The new widened pavements would be further enhanced with the introduction of an avenue of street trees, and a limited palette of contemporary street furniture.
The deep commercial units at ground floor level create a large “podium” or garden level upon which the residential units sit. The benefit of a raised garden level would be greater light penetration into the courtyards, creating usable, attractive, shared open space. In addition, greater privacy and amenity is achieved and a sense of community is encouraged.