Hampton Wood Shd Architectural Design Statement
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HAMPTON WOOD SHD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STATEMENT Residential Development at: Poppintree, Cell 16, St Margaret’s Road Finglas, Dublin sba architects T: 01 205 1130 F: 01 205 1149 [email protected] www.sbaarchitects.ie SBA Architects Ltd. Registered in Ireland No. 238149. Registered Office: D13 Nutgrove Office Park, Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 Directors: Gerard O’Meara, Janice B O’Meara Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 4 1.2 PLANNING HISTORY & PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT ................................................... 4 2 Area ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING AREA - HOUSING ..................................................... 6 2.2 CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING AREA - APARTMENT BUILDINGS .............................. 7 2.3 CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING AREA – LANDMARK BUILDINGS ............................. 10 3 Site .................................................................................................................................... 11 3.1 PIVOTAL SITE ............................................................................................................. 11 3.2 HAMPTON WOOD DRIVE – PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ........ 13 3.3 TRANSPORT LINKS ..................................................................................................... 13 3.4 ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT CELL 17 – DENSITY ......................................................... 16 4 Building ............................................................................................................................. 18 4.1 MASSING AND BLOCK PLANNING ............................................................................. 18 4.2 SET-BACK ALONG HAMPTON WOOD DRIVE ............................................................. 18 4.3 BUILDING SECTION .................................................................................................... 20 4.4 INCIDENTAL OPEN SPACE .......................................................................................... 20 4.5 DESIGN STANDARDS .................................................................................................. 20 4.6 BICYCLE PARKING ...................................................................................................... 22 4.7 INDIVIDUAL APARTMENTS ........................................................................................ 22 4.8 OVERSHADOWING .................................................................................................... 24 4.9 ELEVATIONS ............................................................................................................... 25 4.10 LANDSCAPE & PRIVATE OPEN SPACE ........................................................................ 30 5 Summary ........................................................................................................................... 33 2 LIST OF MAPS MAP 1 – PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................ 5 MAP 2 – BUILDING HEIGHT STUDY ............................................................................................ 9 MAP 3 – HAMPTON WOOD DRIVE LINK ROAD ........................................................................ 12 MAP 4 – BUS ROUTES & STOPS ............................................................................................... 15 MAP 5 – DENSITY COMPARISON WITH CELL 17 ...................................................................... 17 MAP 6 – HAMPTON WOOD ROAD SETBACK DISTANCE .......................................................... 19 MAP 7 – INCIDENTAL PUBLIC OPEN SPACES ............................................................................ 21 MAP 8 – LINEAR PARK .............................................................................................................. 31 MAP 9 – ROUTES AND CONNECTIVITY..................................................................................... 32 LIST OF FIGURES FIG 1 St. MARGARET’S ROAD - Low-rise suburban housing on St. Margaret’s Road. Buildings disconnected from environs....................................................................................... 6 FIG 2 St. MARGARET’S ROAD - Low-rise suburban housing set back from St. Margaret’s Road. Buildings disconnected from environs. ........................................................................... 6 FIG 3 HAMPTON WOOD DRIVE – Cell 17 development 5 / 6 storey shown in context with 3-storey development................................................................................................................ 7 FIG 4 HAMPTON WOOD DRIVE – Cell 17 development 6 storey shown in context with 4- storey development ................................................................................................................... 7 FIG 5 ST. MARGARET’S ROAD - 5-storey apartment development fronting on to St. Margaret’s Road. ....................................................................................................................... 8 FIG 6 ST. MARGARET’S ROAD - Mayeston Hall 6-storey apartment fronting on to St. Margaret’s Road ........................................................................................................................ 8 FIG 7 ST. MARGARET’S ROAD - Charlestown Centre, 7- storey apartment building12- storey landmark building fronting on to St. Margaret’s Road ................................................... 8 FIG 8 Charlestown Centre with 12-storey landmark tower 40m ....................................... 10 FIG 9 An Bord Gais Headquarters with landmark tower .................................................... 10 FIG 10 Metro hotel with 16-storey landmark tower 54m .................................................... 10 FIG 11 Google maps indicating 5-minute cycle from subject site to Northwood MetroLink station 14 FIG 12 Google maps indicating 6-minute cycle from subject site to Charlestown Centre .. 14 FIG 13 Internal Bike store in Block 4 – 126 spaces provided using booster racks .............. 22 FIG 14 3rd floor plan showing variety of apartment layouts and low number of units per core 23 FIG 15 Overshadowing effect on existing buildings - December 21st @ 11am ................... 24 FIG 16 Elevation facing on to street Elevation facing on to open space ............................. 25 FIG 17 Landmark Building Slenderness ratio 1:3 = 10m:30m .............................................. 26 FIG 18 Material detail - Portland stone with buff brick, London ......................................... 27 FIG 19 Balcony structure - Portland stone aggregate panels, London ................................ 27 FIG 20 Proposed Materials .................................................................................................. 29 FIG 21 View of existing landscaped open space for CELL 17, looking toward subject site. Proposal to continue route through this space to create linear park ..................................... 30 3 1 Introduction 1.1 INTRODUCTION Hampton Wood is a development of over 1000 residential units at St. Margaret’s Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. The development is divided into 19 blocks. These blocks are referred to as CELLS in the planning documentation. Dwyer Nolan Developments commenced construction at Hampton Wood in 2004. All cells are complete with the exception of CELL 16. The existing planning Permission for CELL 16 is for 38 residential units on this portion of the site. The developer has recently completed an apartment scheme on the adjacent site at CELL 17. This is a high-density apartment scheme of up to 6 storeys comprising 128 apartment units. The scheme provided a high standard of apartment units and public open spaces. Following on from the success of this scheme and considering the shift in planning policy and market requirements since the original application, the Applicant is seeking to develop an alternative high-density proposal on the CELL 16 site. This Application proposes to replace the current scheme of 38 units with a new high-density residential scheme of 129 units. This report provides the rationale and argument in favour of this proposal. 1.2 PLANNING HISTORY & PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT The subject site is part of a larger development at Hampton Wood that is the subject of several planning permissions. The Register References for key planning Permissions are included here; - Permission Register Reference 4387/03, granted 23.02.2004 Hampton Wood Overall Development of 1040 residential units - Permission Register Reference 1742/07, granted16.10.2007 Amendment to CELL 17 Apartment Development to omit 41 units and add 147 units. - Permission Register Reference 2414/16, granted 22.11.2016 CELLS 16, 18 & 19 Housing Development, reduce unit numbers from 121 to 106. This Permission is the current permitted development. This Permission is for 106 residential units in total. 68 units are complete. The remaining 38 are located on CELL 16 which is the site of this application. MAP 1 illustrates the site of the permitted development and the areas that are completed. The area where construction has not commenced is the subject site of this Application. 4 2 Area 2.1 CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING