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A Look Inside Dominick Place Student Accommodation 2020

Brand new for 2020, Global Student Accommodation launched Dominick Place, a home for 320 students. The scheme offers en suite bedrooms and studios aimed at students attending DCU, DIT, Trinity College and RCS.

Located on Dominick Street Upper, the Dublin 7 development comprises of 247 bed spaces in 50 clusters and 16 studios within a 6 storey block.

The scheme includes an outdoor amenity area to the rear of the building and a roof top terrace on the Eastern wing.

Students can avail of facilities such as cafe’s music rooms, games rooms as well as the social and study rooms.

Reddy Architecture designed Dominick Place to reinstate the historical building in line with the wider Georgian district

The building is a reinforced concrete frame utilizing blade columns and flat slab construction. The basement level was formed with the use of a secant pile wall and reinforced concrete retaining wall structure. The building is supported on piled foundations.

CGI consultants, 3D Design Bureau, liaised with Reddy Architecture to produce a series of interior CGIs, an off-plans 360 virtual tour in the pre-development stage and architectural photography of the finished build of Dominick Place.

Full project details:

Project name: Dominick Place Student Accommodation

Site location: 58-64 Dominick Street Upper and adjoining surface car park to the west, Dublin 7

Floor area: 8006 m2

Site area: 0.19 hectares

Storeys: 6

Units: 320 student beds

Architectural Photography of Dominick Place, Dublin 7.
Architectural Photography of Dominick Place, Dublin 7.

Development team:

Developer: GSA (Global Student Accommodation) operates in all the major university learning areas in the world.

Architects: Reddy Architecture and Urbanism is a firm of architects and design professionals providing a comprehensive range of design services. With over 30 years’ experience, their projects span many sectors and building types.

Assigned Certifier: ORS Consulting Engineers provided services in consulting engineering, building surveying. assigned certifier, energy services and environmental. They are based Mullingar, Westmeath.v

Planning Consultant: John Spain Associates was established in 1996 by John Spain. Based in heart of Dublin’s central business district with associate offices in London, Manchester and Leeds in the United Kingdom. They a wide range of professional services throughout Ireland in the areas of planning, development and environment.

Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald Limited is an independent construction and property consultancy working across all sectors of the built environment. They focus on minimising risk and creating opportunities to maximise the value of our clients’ developments and property assets.

Consulting Engineer: CS Consulting Group is a group of civil and structural engineers based in Dublin, Limerick and London.

Landscape consultant: Doyle + O’Troithigh have over 25 years’ experience with a number of Ireland’s largest landscape architectural practices. They have a considerable working knowledge in all aspects of landscape architecture; from inception design to on-site project management.

CGI consultants: 3D Design Bureau are specialists in Architectural Visualisation, BIM and VR – Delivering Quality Design Planning and Marketing Solutions. For this project, 3D Design Bureau created a series of interior CGIs and an off-plans 360 virtual tour and produced architectural photography of the finished build. They are based in Dublin 4, Ireland.

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