Matilde / Ailtireacht

Dec 2011

Uploaded by Victoria King — Filed under: Houses ,Selected , Ailtireacht, Dublin, Ireland

▼

Add this to My Bookmarks:

share by email

share by email

Architect: Ailtireacht
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Building Contractor: CRC Developments
Structural Engineer: Casey O Rourke Associates (CORA)
Project Architects: Andrew Brady, Allister Coyne
Project Year: 2006
Project Area: 90 sqm
Photographs: Paul Tierney, Paul Quinn, Kevin Kelly

Client Brief:

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. The brief was to provide additional multifunctional living space and bedroom accommodation not provided for within the original house. The existing two-storey return was at a scale not befitting such a large house with cramped internal dimensions making the spaces unusable.

Concept/ Solution:

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

Text provided by Ailtireacht.

: © Paul Tierney

: © Kevin Kelly

: © Paul Quinn

: © Paul Quinn

: © Paul Quinn

: © Paul Quinn

: © Paul Tierney

: © Paul Tierney

: © Paul Tierney

: © Paul Tierney

: © Paul Tierney

: © Paul Tierney

: © Paul Tierney

: Plan level 0

: Plan level 1

: Plan level 2

: Plan level 3

: Section AA

: Section BB CC

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
King , Victoria . "Matilde / Ailtireacht" 01 Dec 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/187641>

Comments (7)
Tweets (16)
Links to this entry (0)

Stan Majcherkiewicz says:

Nice stuff but I hope you hired window cleaners full time too… ;))

# December 1, 2011 at 13:02

Archreviewer says:

Where are the pictures of the old house?! I’ve got a sneaky suspicion that all these extensions block a ton of light from the old building. Do row houses function when they are this long? The detailing on the extension looks extremely well considered though so I will give the architect the benefit of the doubt that the rest of the project is equally well considered.

# December 1, 2011 at 19:31

cvb says:

this extension only blocks direct sunlight to the stairwell of the existing building (please see plans).
During some times of the day it may block temporarily the windows but doesn’t seem that much troubling.
cheers.

# December 2, 2011 at 12:52

Pierre says:

Personally, after investing so much money in this project, I would have preferred finding a way to have the kitchen and the dining area on the same level.

Besides that, this seems like an awesome renovation!

# December 2, 2011 at 15:15

james says: