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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Airfield Evolution in Dublin, Ireland by Solearth Ecological ArchitectureJanuary 30th, 2015 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Solearth Ecological Architecture Airfield is a 35-acre working farm and estate located in the southern suburbs of Dublin, open to the public since 1998; it is an area of pastureland, woodland and walled gardens into which a patchwork of buildings has been introduced focused on Airfield House itself, which was the Over end family home from 1894. Airfield Trust was established in 1974 by the Overend sisters, Letitia and Naomi, as a charitable organisation with an educational and recreational remit provided through an environment connecting people and nature through the farm and gardens. To enhance the visitor experience and expand the facilities at Airfield a number of key spatial drivers have been put in place:  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture
 Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture The first is a reorientation of the visitor access into the Estate with the formation of a new entrance avenue and car park. A new entrance pavilion with garden centre and ticketing then allows the visitor to proceed towards the front entrance of Airfield House. Adjacent is the relocated café, a linear structure that pushes the seating area out into the Estate providing a window to the fields.  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture The second driver is to expand the visitor experience to the whole site: the new food gardens are located along the northern boundary of the Estate leading to a new semi- walled garden with teaching pavilion set into the masonry wall for potting demonstrations and cooking.  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture The third driver is to reinvigorate the existing House: removing the café out of the House to a new pavilion structure to the south alleviates pressures on the existing building and allows for its restoration and strengthening of the relationship of House to front lawn and gardens. Furthermore, it presents Airfield with a natural space in which to exhibit the Overend archive.  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture The fourth driver is the restructuring of the core educational buildings to the east of Airfield House. The design re-establishes the historically clear building line and spatial rhythm of the stable blocks and out-buildings to the east of Airfield House with the provision of a new multi-function teaching and event space that defines a courtyard to the east.  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture Finally, the focussing of the farm activities in a new farm centre: this allows an integrated educational experience with provision of livestock housing, milking parlour and dairy kitchen. A working farmyard is positioned to the north of the centre and to the south lies the visitor farm yard with a grassed area surrounded by a sheltered cloister for animal viewing and feeding.  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture  Image Courtesy © Solearth Ecological Architecture
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