Market Yard Development, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Protected Structure – Architectural Competition/ Planning Granted
In 1830 Charles Manners St.George, the proprietor of the town erected the Market House and shambles now know as the Market Yard. In the first half of the 19th Century there was a trade in "coarse linen druggets, frieze and coarse flannel", but the main market was butter and other farm produce. The fact that it was called a "shambles" indicates there was a trade in meat. Close examination of the lintels of many of the doors in the Market Yard reveals faint outlines of the names of traders of a century ago.
Following the establishment of Kiltoghert Co-Operative Creamery the butter market came to an end. In the context of the developing town and its amenities the client is examining the idea of erecting a permanent covering over the yard to provide an all weather space protecting the activities from rain and wind.
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Entrance Galician Parliament, Santiago de Compostela.
Stage -Competition 2nd prize with Estudio MMASA.
Built in the 1800s the large building was originally a veterinary school and converted in the 1980s into a parliament. The Design resolves accessibility and security issues by providing a new entrance and public plaza. The new building is light and transparent using timber structure contrasting with the heavy stone facades of the historic building.
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Competition Commemorative Bridge at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens
The proposed bridge is an opportunity to improve the mobility in the surrounding area and improve the accessibility to the garden wich is a relatively unknown and an under visited destination in the wider tourist and garden infrastructure of the city.
The proposed covered area sheltered from the rain is suitable for talks, commemorative events and the start of organised tours of the gardens where the group arrives by bus with a set down/ pick up area off Chapelizod Road.
Formal or ceremonial steps lead from the plaza up to the bridge taking advantage of the difference in level of approximately one meter between the south landing and the north landing
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Public Building, Vigo
Competition 2nd prize with Estudio MMASA
New building in the old city/ Historic centre
New public building facing on the main historic square of the city and the Basilica de Santa Maria. The design maintains the plots and grain of the historic houses on the site and creates a new patio. The building is for public use with a variety of spaces for various activities
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