Primary Care Centre, Newcastle West
Client: Limetree Global
Project Manager: Atlantic Real Estate Management
Main Contractor: Dinform
Quantity Surveyor: Lawlor Burns
Civil & Structural Engineers: Malachy Walsh & Partners
M&E Engineers: Malachy Walsh & Partners
Fire Consultant: Daire Byrne Associates
This building, just completed, draws together a number of our design themes.
• The facade is simplified to an abstracted chequerboard.
• Shadow gaps mark the floor and ceiling depth on elevation.
• Full height windows complete the pattern.
• The top floor is set back to reduce the visual bulk of this large building in a small town.
• A stone portico marks the entrance.
The building takes an L-shape facing both the main road to the north and the distributor road to the east. Patient parking is to the front of the building with secure staff parking to the rear. The northern edge of the site is landscaped and connects to the Greenway that runs along the site’s western boundary. The Pharmacy and Tusla offices are marked on the elevation by single storey curtain walled projections. This curtain wall has been customised to emphasise the verticality of the mullions. This contrasts with the overall horizontality of the building.
A triple height atrium is created to mark the entrance and orient the visitor to the building. This atrium is also marked by a curtain wall on elevation.
photography by Paul Tierney
Project Manager: Atlantic Real Estate Management
Main Contractor: Dinform
Quantity Surveyor: Lawlor Burns
Civil & Structural Engineers: Malachy Walsh & Partners
M&E Engineers: Malachy Walsh & Partners
Fire Consultant: Daire Byrne Associates
This building, just completed, draws together a number of our design themes.
• The facade is simplified to an abstracted chequerboard.
• Shadow gaps mark the floor and ceiling depth on elevation.
• Full height windows complete the pattern.
• The top floor is set back to reduce the visual bulk of this large building in a small town.
• A stone portico marks the entrance.
The building takes an L-shape facing both the main road to the north and the distributor road to the east. Patient parking is to the front of the building with secure staff parking to the rear. The northern edge of the site is landscaped and connects to the Greenway that runs along the site’s western boundary. The Pharmacy and Tusla offices are marked on the elevation by single storey curtain walled projections. This curtain wall has been customised to emphasise the verticality of the mullions. This contrasts with the overall horizontality of the building.
A triple height atrium is created to mark the entrance and orient the visitor to the building. This atrium is also marked by a curtain wall on elevation.
photography by Paul Tierney
