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The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
New Irish Accommodation Building – design by Scott Tallon Walker Architects
9 Aug 2010
The Gibson Hotel Dublin
Category: Holiday
Location: Ireland
Architects: Scott Tallon Walker, Dublin 2, Ireland
WAF Entry: 2010
Award: World Architecture Festival 2010 – Shortlisted
photo : Donal Murphy
The Gibson Hotel
The scheme is designed around a major new civic space, Point Square, which is bounded by the shopping and leisure complex, the O2, and the landmark 130metre high tower. The Watchtower, designed as a disaggregated form, is intended to provide a slender and elegant aspect to Point Square. It will match a proposed U2 Tower on the opposite quay across the River Liffey, creating a maritime gateway where Dublin city meets the sea.
The diverse range of activities in the District Centre; shops; restaurants; bars; a multiplex cinema; 250 bedroom hotel; offices; and a shopping centre will ensure this quarter of Dublin’s Docklands is thriving and animated, both day and night.
The site is on a public transport hub and is served by a river ferry and a quality bus corridor. The recently extended Dublin tram system (the LUAS) has its terminus in Point Square.
image : Donal Murphy
District Centre elevation is composed to address, in scale and geometry, the 19th Century listed building facade of the O2 Theatre across the square.
The hotel atrium, a dramatic double curved structure of glue-laminated ribs and glass, is flanked by external panoramic lifts that bring guests to the public areas of the hotel and forms a memorable entrance to the pedestrian plaza.
The hotel is entered through this 5-storey high glazed entrance foyer. At ground floor level a porter’s desk allows baggage to be dropped off. The visitor is brought up to Reception level at the 3rd floor via a series of escalators or the pair of panoramic glazed lifts that offer views across the square.
The resident’s bar sits within the atrium space at 3rd floor level and takes advantage of the views south across the square and west towards the city.
A concourse runs east west across the fully glazed South façade of the main public areas and links the restaurant and bar with the terrace. Two distinct experiences are on offer to the visitor. On the one hand the South facing glazed Concourse and terrace with views down over the Urban Theatre of Point Square and all its activities will be a unique experience both by day and by night.
On the other hand the bar and restaurant are arranged around a planted courtyard space offering a more intimate experience and the relaxation offered by a garden in contrast to the Urban nature of the square.
Similarly the guest bedrooms offer two different experiences. The majority of the bedrooms are organised around a series of three heavily landscaped courtyard gardens. The rooms are designed with ‘Romeo and Juliet ‘ Balconies and openable windows. Floor to ceiling glazing is framed by fixed cedar louvers that provide privacy and shade.
Other bedrooms address the city and square. Rooms facing the pedestrian street to the west have accessible balconies, while the suites on the southwest corner open out onto the landscaped roof of the atrium with spectacular view over the square and the city to the west.
The Gibson Hotel Photographs: Donal Murphy
The Gibson Hotel Dublin images / information from Scott Tallon Walker Architects
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Location: Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Northwestern Europe
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