Bailey Gibson Residential
A class-leading build-to-rent scheme that is sustainable and commercially viable, offering long term, high-quality residential accommodation.
Situated on Dublin’s South Circular, The Bailey Gibson residential-led development is the first phase of the 2.18 hectare site redevelopment. As well as the construction of 416 new apartments, this includes a network of streets and public spaces that will ensure the physical, social and economic integration with the adjoining neighbourhood. To encourage an active and integrated community, it is envisaged that the project will be set within an attractive, vibrant environment that connects successfully with its local setting, while providing exemplary tenant amenities.
Cognisant of the low scale nature of its context, the development gradually steps from three-storeys perimeter blocks to eleven & sixteen storeys tower blocks that are placed centrally and appropriately. The proposal successfully knits into its surrounding context of Dublin 8 by the use of low scale perimeter blocks.
A sense of place is created through a range of building sizes, heights, materials and architectural character.
The key concept of the facade design is for the architectural expression to act as a conduit between the development and the wider Dublin 8 community. Dublin 8 is characterised by a fine grid of small streets and is almost entirely residential.
The architecture of the surrounding context show the use of brick in both domestic and commercial buildings. Brick is used contextually to ornament and articulate the facade. The proposal builds on these brick qualities and a sense of scale and depth to the facade is created. This articulation gives human scale to the buildings that helps to achieve the sense of domesticity and a sense of place. Additionally, expressed articulation of the podium level introduces a human scale to the street-scape.
