What the Dublin Docklands redevlopment plans were originally meant to look like.

bb1234567

The Dublin Docklands really could have been something special if this went ahead, reminds me somewhat of South street seaport in manhttan, the plans had so much life and character and would have really complimented the city, but now instead we have soulless,charactersless, row upon row of glass office boxes and apartments lying vacant
http://archiseek.com/2010/1988-unbuilt-dublin-dublin-docklands-plan/
Dont read if you dont want to be sad..

bb1234567

Another plan that sadly never went ahead in the dublin docklands..apparently some outdoor public baths on a bridge were going to be built..actually looks pretty cool.
http://archiseek.com/2011/2008-unbuilt-dublin-outdoor-public-baths-dublin-docklands/

Degsy

Just goes to show what happens when a country run by bog mafia tries to be an international big dick.

carlmango11

To be honest those "artist's impression"s of developments always make them look much, much nicer. Compare any of them with the real-world counterparts and you'll see what I mean.

They're also always sunny and have loads of people in them as if the population would just instantly migrate there. Even if those buildings were built, which a lot of them were I think, it would probably still be soulless and abandoned.

:pac:

Tabnabs

A cross between Grand Canal Dock


And St Kats Dock, London



What could have been...

bb1234567

carlmango11 wrote: »

To be honest those "artist's impression"s of developments always make them look much, much nicer. Compare any of them with the real-world counterparts and you'll see what I mean.

They're also always sunny and have loads of people in them as if the population would just instantly migrate there. Even if those buildings were built, which a lot of them were I think, it would probably still be soulless and abandoned.

:pac:

Ah but still those plans look a lot nicer than what were stuck with today..

gurramok

The area in the first pic does be quite windy(like wind tunnel effect) most times of the year, no shelter from the elements if they had put seating in. Behind the camera towards the Fresh store, its gets quite nice to sit out in as its more sheltered. Just a thought

AsianDub

Sigh I love skyscrapers but we don't have any!

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/bdbsearch.php?city=Dublin

starch4ser

AsianDub wrote: »

Sigh I love skyscrapers but we don't have any!

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/bdbsearch.php?city=Dublin

Ireland > Southern Ireland > Dublin
No. of entries in Dublin : 101

Ha ha, what a joke! Proposed, Cancelled, On hold...
In reality there is 1 "skyscraper" in Dublin, the shiity Liberty Hall.

christmas2012

To be fair though kats doc looks brilliant at night with all the red sticks illuminated into the sky i was there at the box office some weeks back to see dirty dancing the musical and it was just lovely we even got some photos in..

Tabnabs

christmas2012 wrote: »

To be fair though kats doc looks brilliant at night with all the red sticks illuminated into the sky i was there at the box office some weeks back to see dirty dancing the musical and it was just lovely we even got some photos in..

St Kats Dock is on London, you were in Grand Canal Dock...

starviewadams

Used to drink in The Dickens Inn in St.Kats dock on a sunny day when I was working in London.Beautiful spot.

darkman2

It's not that bad OP!

darkman2

docklands dublin by JimmyPierce, on Flickr


docklands dublin by JimmyPierce, on Flickr


docklands dublin by JimmyPierce, on Flickr



Other pics by informatique on Flickr.


Not bad tbh compared to what use to be there!

carlmango11

darkman2 wrote: »

Not bad tbh compared to what use to be there!

Yeah there's some nice stuff down there but it's like it's abandoned. Not sure what it needs to get people down.

bb1234567

Oh I know that! We could have done a lot worse, the works done on the docklands are far from bad. The convention centre,the grand canal theatre, SB bridge are all amazing! Its just too modern for me, I much prefer older looking more historic places and buildings, I just think the original plans would have fitted in much better with dublin , a historic city.

carlmango11

bb1234567 wrote: »

Oh I know that! We could have done a lot worse, the works done on the docklands are far from bad. The convention centre,the grand canal theatre, SB bridge are all amazing! Its just too modern for me, I much prefer older looking more historic places and buildings, I just think the original plans would have fitted in much better with dublin , a historic city.

I think I agree with you actually. I used to love all that new modern architecture - I think I assumed new was better and the more glass the better. Now I think it's just ugly. I don't think it ages very well either. Those classic architectural style buildings get better with age and are timeless.

Although I think my gripe with a lot of modern architecture (which also applies to high-rise buildings) is that it's rarely built uniformly. Just one modern building jammed in the middle of all the other brick buildings - ends up looking out of place and an eyesore. They need to come in uniform collections to look good.

Canary Wharf for example looks very well and I think it's because the buildings are all of the same style and the high-rises compliment each other.

Guy:Incognito

bb1234567 wrote: »

Ah but still those plans look a lot nicer than what were stuck with today..

Thats the point, the plans always look great.

Gavin "shels"

They had also planned to fund a football stadium for Shelbourne, no plans were made afaik but there was an agreement.:(

Piliger

Degsy wrote: »

Just goes to show what happens when a country run by bog mafia tries to be an international big dick.

Yeah when a population demands we spend what we don't have on education and health and borrows what we don't have to buy houses we can't afford and vote out politicians who don't want to spend spend spend.

amdublin

bb1234567 wrote: »

Another plan that sadly never went ahead in the dublin docklands..apparently some outdoor public baths on a bridge were going to be built..actually looks pretty cool.
http://archiseek.com/2011/2008-unbuilt-dublin-outdoor-public-baths-dublin-docklands/

Looks extremely cool...but hello, outdoor, Ireland