Ailtireacht Architects

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MATILDE

Ailtireacht

ARCHITECTS
Ailtireacht

LOCATION
Ireland

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
90 m²

PROJECT YEAR
2006

PHOTOHGRAPHS
Paul Tierney, Kevin Kelly, Paul Quinn

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This end of terrace Victorian two-storey over basement house in south Dublin required modernization and additional space for the needs of the clients growing family.

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The brief was to provide additional multifunctional living space and bedroom accommodation not provided for within the original house.

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The existing two-storey return was at a scale not befitting such a large house with cramped internal dimensions making the spaces unusable.

The design creates a rear return more suitable in scale and playful in nature with an orthogonal emphasis reflecting that of the original terrace.

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The reflectivity and solidity of the zinc contrasts the flat darkness of the voids and window openings, in the creation of a sculptural form, which sits in deference against the main wall of the house.

A new canopy over the existing side passage encloses the dining area in a transition space between the interior and exterior, which along with a new staircase from the main floor creates a dialogue between the lower ground floor garden and the piano nobile, so often ignored in the conversion of this type of dwelling.

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Ailtireacht Architects
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Ailtireacht Architects
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