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North Frederick Lane Apartments2004 - 2006 / €5.5m / Dublin City CouncilThe brief was to create social housing within a limited backlands site, situated behind an existing flat complex and surrounded on the remaining three sides by service lanes.The project comprises of 28 apartments designed to connect the new and existing buildings, enclosing a gated communal courtyard. The courtyard is landscaped to provide small paved gardens for both the new and existing ground floor units as well as a common recreational space, creating a sense of community, ownership and social interaction. The deliberate graduation of a series of spaces from the semi-public to private accommodates a varied social interaction amongst the occupants.The building is broken down in scale into five blocks. Four of these blocks consist of six apartments, two per floor, served by a common stairs. The fifth block consists of four units set around a small courtyard.
All residential units enjoy dual aspect along an east/west orientation. The units comprise of an open plan living area with large windows looking onto a private terrace area and communal courtyard. |
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The five semi-private common stairs are designed to filter southeast light through to the courtyard space. The new building is sensitively stepped in section to maximise light passage into the courtyard and to provide private terraces for the upper level apartments. Car parking is provided at basement level accessed from the lower level lane way.