Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council

Cultural Quarter and Metro Quarter
Central Street will commence at the public Cultural Square, traversing through
Pavilions Place and terminating at the public square of the Metro Plaza, where it
will link in with Upper Street to the east of the R132, within the Barrysparks lands.
Malahide Place
This will be located at the intersection with the Malahide Road and entrance to
the Pavilions scheme. This area will be a multi level space which will incorporate
parts of the inclined street, The Rise, and incorporate a green corridor between
the R132 and the Main Street.
CHARACTER
● Malahide Place shall be a well defined and landscaped urban space, located
at the pedestrian and bus entry point to the Pavilions development area
from the Malahide Road. This space will be characterised by various forms
of movement including cars, buses, cyclists and pedestrians
● The space shall include a uniform surface treatment, to create a sense of
place, while rationalising the various forms of movement and traffic moving
through this space.
DESIGN
● The Pavilions development facade at Malahide Place shall have active
frontages at ground level consisting of café and food related activities including
a number of kiosk units along the inclined street to aid in the achievement
of an animated and active façade throughout the day and into the evening.
● As part of the landscape strategy the planting of trees shall aid to further
define zones of movement and re-enforce the existing mature stand of trees
along the western edge of Malahide Road.
● It shall contain taxi and bus stop; the connection for bus and pedestrian
movement up The Rise and a major entrance to Mall Street (at Level 0)
while extending to the main service and parking entry further east along
Malahide Road.
S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N
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