Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
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6.7 Open Space<br />
6.7.1 PUBLIC SPACES/ACTIVITY NODES<br />
Places for People<br />
Objectives:<br />
● To provide for a network of high quality public spaces and urban<br />
squares/civic spaces within the Pavilions development area linking<br />
with the Cultural Quarter and Metro Quarter.<br />
● To ensure that the public realm is characterised by a high standard<br />
of design, quality finishes and treatments, including hard and soft<br />
landscaping.<br />
● To provide for a number of ‘landmark’ buildings to give a ‘sense of<br />
place’ and punctuate key ‘places’ within the area.<br />
Within the proposed development of the Pavilions site, new urban spaces are<br />
required to interconnect with the proposed street network, to support vibrancy<br />
and activity and add interest to the area. Significant focal nodes will be created<br />
at the interfaces with existing Pavilions building (‘Pavilions Place’), at Malahide<br />
Road (‘Malahide Place’), at the interface with the Metro Quarter, and at Cultural<br />
Quarter/Dublin Street interface [see map Public Realm].<br />
The new public realm will extend from the Cultural Quarter to the Metro<br />
Quarter. The new public realm will be planned over 2 levels:<br />
1. At existing ground level (level 0) at the Cultural Quarter (to the west), rising<br />
within the Pavilions site toward the existing Pavilions building<br />
2. At upper ground level (level +1) east of the Pavilions building towards the<br />
Metro Plaza and linking with the Barrysparks land.<br />
S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N<br />
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