RHA Annual Exhibition| Ely Place, Dublin
May - August 2012

Title: Dublin House Fishamble Street

Medium: Pencil on watercolour paper                                                     

Size: 70 x 140cm                                                                               

Authors: Grace Keeley Michael Pike GKMP Architects

GKMP Architects were invited to contribute a piece of work for this year's Annual Exhibition at the RHA Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin. The resulting drawing is based on GKMP's Dublin House; an idea for 21st Century Dublin.

Many people would love to live in the city centre but can't find homes to fit.  Many people would love to design their own home on their own site.  Dublin House is about giving people the opportunity to achieve family living in the city on their own terms.  We are currently testing the idea on a vacant site on Fishamble Street. This shows that the idea could work in a wide variety of interesting and exciting ways and is ideal for the creation of a multi-family house, suitable for an extended family or a group of friends.

The drawing for the exhibition explores the section of this project on Fishamble Street, from the street through to the courtyard behind.  It shows the split-level arrangement of the dwellings, with large one-and-a-half storey living rooms about which the other rooms are organised.  The drawing endeavours to convey the imagined life and atmosphere of the building by suggesting the quality of light and materials. The silhouettes of City Hall and Christchurch Cathedral locate the building in the city.

For more on our Dublin House Project click here