Cherrywood T5

Architecture Office Urban Agency Architects

Typology Residential

Size 1.95 ha

Location Dublin, Ireland

Client Quintain

Status Construction

This 122-unit residential scheme blends houses, duplexes, and apartments into a cohesive yet varied urban fabric. The development integrates private communal amenity spaces, a 10 m-wide ecological buffer along Lehaunstown Lane, pedestrian and cycle routes, hard and soft landscaping.

Along Gun & Drum Hill to the west, the character is distinctly urban, shaped by a continuous frontage of three-storey duplex and apartment buildings. These blocks are predominantly pedestrian-accessed, with ground-floor homes featuring animated buffer gardens and own-door entries. Dual-aspect duplexes overlooking Lehaunstown Lane provide natural surveillance to the private pedestrian route running above the ecological buffer. Ground-floor access on both sides of these buildings activates the pathway, fostering a safe and welcoming atmosphere.

The chosen material palette is formed by a variety of brick and render finishes, assigned to each block to emphasize the heterogeneity of the development massing and building typology.

As Design Lead of the Duplex typology, I coordinated the design development with the Design Team and was responsible for the tender pack deliverables.