dermot foley landscape architects

project: adamstown public parks client: chartridge developments team: d.foley r.salles a.leroy s.canz a. alatissiere m.lee s.cruchon d.macdomhnaill b.kinsella v.moreaud c.charles location: dublin site: 21 hectares design: 2007 - 2009 status: planning/tender
foley & salles landscape architects, a joint venture between dermot foley landscape architects and remi salles landscape architects, have won the international design competition for the design of two public parks in adamstown. adamstown is a strategic development zone, 10km west of dublin’s city centre and includes approximately 10,000 residential units, a new train station and four new public parks. the two largest parks, which were the subject of the competition, are to be constructed as part of an overall public realm strategy for the new town. the design….. ‘deploys a clever hierarchy of routes and public spaces with entry points and associated uses linked to the masterplan's intentions. Its geometry is gentle, but responsive and acknowledges the full variety of routes, uses and residential types around the edges of both parks. The spatial organisation and clarity of the project contains a strong, legible structure, easily understandable and yet diverse. The developed scheme offers a consistency of design in terms of line, datum and materials which is very reassuring; the consistency of built and planting language allows both parks to be viewed together, but for each to tell a different story‘. eddie conroy, jury member & senior architect, south dublin county council http://web.mac.com/jonty/foleyandsallesshapeimage_2_link_0