Architecture A4

Group A4:
Aimee McAvoy, Mark Glover, Diarmuid Porter, Darragh Sherry, Sean Heffernan & Callum Black

Project Title:
P2 Intervention of Making

Introduction to the Project:
We have been asked to make a meaningful intervention that improves the experence of a selected activity space.

The last project we carried out was in Nick's Warehouse in Hill Street, which is situated in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. This is an award winning restaurant which is opened for business throughout the day and evening. The building was formally a bond store for the famous "Bushmills" whiskey company. It then became a derelect pigeon loft before being transformed into one of Belfast's most popular restaurants.

After completing P1 assignment we were of the realisation that we would have to limit our intrusion into the daily activities within Nick's Warehouse. Therefore we decided to transfer our P2 assignment to an outdoor alternative location.

Sunday 17 October 2010

Initial Site Investigation

The group decided to meet in the vicinity of the Cathedral Quarter to decide on a location to erect our new system our new system/ concept.

We decided to either locate in a large open space like St Anne's Square or in the narrow cobbled street where Nick's Warehouse is located.

We decided that Hill Street was very narrow and a large construction would impede on pedestrains walking along the street.  We also would have to facilitate a 1.8m walk-way around the construction.

These factors along with the fact that there is a constant flow of traffic in the street lead us to decide on an alternative more open and spacious location.

The obvious location was therefore St. Anne's Square which is wide and spacious.  It is generally white in colour and this would lend itself well to highlight our design.


St. Anne's Square


St. Anne's Square


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