Winner - Category – Structures – SMALL - Aran Sweater Market < back to awards
company details:
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Contact Name:
Shane Kelly -
Company:
TOBIN Consulting Engineers -
Address:
Fairgreen House, Fairgreen Road, Galway
categories/ group:
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Project Category:
Structures - SMALL -
Project Group:
Small Projects (under €2.5)
project details:
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Name of the project:
Aran Sweater Market -
Location:
Quay Street, Galway City Centre -
Commencement date:
August 2017 -
Completion Date:
July 2018 -
Client:
GlenAran - Irish Sweaters and Irish Knitwear
project description:
The completion of the Aran Sweater Market project marks an important social, cultural and economic development for the famous Medieval Quarter of Galway. The central and most important component of this project was the design and construction of a two-storey independent frame structure imperative for the retention of the Quay St and Quay Lane facades. The extensive new build also had to ensure the independent element did not impact on the significant conservation considerations.
The structural cluster consisted of five original properties; number 25 Quay St with a Cruck Style timber Oak Roof structure and numbers 2 to 5 on Quay Lane with a King Post timber roof structure. The new independent frame structure supports two new roofs, a new first floor and a new internal staircase with walled sections of Galway’s earliest 13th century De Burgo Stone Castle retained and featured within.
Taking an innovative design approach, the engineers were able to ensure the possible future reversibility of all new adopted structures and new build elements.
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