Clarendon Properties

Powerscourt Town Centre

Through strengthening urban routes and simplifying circulation, a distinctive retail experience becomes a new heart of the city.

Powerscourt is a distinctive example of specialty retail design.  Based in a listed 18th Century townhouse, a bespoke collection of boutique goods, jewellery, art and fine dining lends itself to a context not usually associated with retail.

Simplifying and redesigning the urban route and internal circulation was the first step in improving user experience.  The original courtyard, compromised by successive alterations,  is transformed into a dramatic light dappled urban space that accommodates a changing programme of day and evening events.  The new roof and piano nobile transform the courtyard, improve environmental performance and restore the original classical order of the relationship to the main house.

Name:
Powerscourt Town Centre
Client:
Clarendon Properties
Location:
Dublin
Status:
RIBA Stage D
Team:
Alan Dempsey
Collaborators:
Structural Engineers: Buro Happold Environmental Design: Engineering Environments Heritage Consultants: Shaffery Associates Cost Control: WMQS