and the terrace too!
The path to the Studio is being cleared,
and the house is beginning to look respectable.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Inis Oírr - terrace under construction & almost there
The Plassey is in view
and the terrace too!
the interior just needs a little cleaning up....
The path to the Studio is being cleared,
and the house is beginning to look respectable.
and the terrace too!
The path to the Studio is being cleared,
and the house is beginning to look respectable.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Plan Magazine - May / June 2013
Article on 'HOUSE ON THE CURVE'
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HOUSE ON THE CURVE
Patti O'Neill of O'Neill Architecture talks about how the Nenagh-based practice focuses on connecting the interior of a building with the exterior. We help our clients take full advantage of their entire site, its environment and orientation. This naturally leads to energy conscious and sustainable design solutions. Indoor and outdoor spaces blend together to create a comprehensive development that fits easily with its natural surroundings and the client's needs.
'Looking at the House on the Curve Project, the owners main request was for larger, brighter spaces within the house. Given the south west orientation of the front of the house, the space to the side was the ideal location for a single-storey extension offering sun throughout the entire day. We also observed that the garden was not being used to its full capacity, possibly due to its exposure as a corner site. By tapering the extension towards the back wall of the existing house along the south north axis we were able to create a large, well lit indoor space, as well as a private outdoor space capturing the sun until after midday. This activates the use of the north east facing back garden and avoids subsequent disuse from being cut off from the sun. To the front the extension wraps around 45 degrees to catch the evening sun. A semi-private outdoor space is created through this enclosure with a low trellis enhancing the enjoyment of the front garden.
'In terms of sustainability in the materials, the top of the curved wall of the extension relates to the line of the stone cladding to the front of the house. Horizontal panel of silver grey coloured timber veneer resin bound panels bend with the curve to create a smooth sweep to the rear. The panels follow and pick up the subdivisions of the windows and french doors and are dressed with a zinc flashing at the top,' she says.
'Again we have used solid wood windows & doors, triple-glazing, and a high quality breathable timber frame construction with 100% sheepswool and wood-fibre board following our Zero Waste principles and also ensuring a healthy room environment. The one-storey extension now offers a face to the square as opposed to the existing blank gable wall. The curved extension also picks up the feature of the corner site by replicating the curved garden wall. At the same time the curved wall of the extension gives the house owner privacy on this very exposed corner site,' she concludes.
Patti O'Neill studied architecture between 1989 and 1995 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany. After graduating she received state grants and funding to pursue her own philosophy of architecture. Prior to establishing her own practice, Patti worked with Don O'Neill Consulting, Nenagh, on a wide range of housing projects, before joining Murray O’Laoire Architects, Limerick, in 2005. There she gained extensive additional experience in the design, construction and project management of large commercial projects.
HOUSE ON THE CURVE
Patti O'Neill of O'Neill Architecture talks about how the Nenagh-based practice focuses on connecting the interior of a building with the exterior. We help our clients take full advantage of their entire site, its environment and orientation. This naturally leads to energy conscious and sustainable design solutions. Indoor and outdoor spaces blend together to create a comprehensive development that fits easily with its natural surroundings and the client's needs.
'Looking at the House on the Curve Project, the owners main request was for larger, brighter spaces within the house. Given the south west orientation of the front of the house, the space to the side was the ideal location for a single-storey extension offering sun throughout the entire day. We also observed that the garden was not being used to its full capacity, possibly due to its exposure as a corner site. By tapering the extension towards the back wall of the existing house along the south north axis we were able to create a large, well lit indoor space, as well as a private outdoor space capturing the sun until after midday. This activates the use of the north east facing back garden and avoids subsequent disuse from being cut off from the sun. To the front the extension wraps around 45 degrees to catch the evening sun. A semi-private outdoor space is created through this enclosure with a low trellis enhancing the enjoyment of the front garden.
'In terms of sustainability in the materials, the top of the curved wall of the extension relates to the line of the stone cladding to the front of the house. Horizontal panel of silver grey coloured timber veneer resin bound panels bend with the curve to create a smooth sweep to the rear. The panels follow and pick up the subdivisions of the windows and french doors and are dressed with a zinc flashing at the top,' she says.
'Again we have used solid wood windows & doors, triple-glazing, and a high quality breathable timber frame construction with 100% sheepswool and wood-fibre board following our Zero Waste principles and also ensuring a healthy room environment. The one-storey extension now offers a face to the square as opposed to the existing blank gable wall. The curved extension also picks up the feature of the corner site by replicating the curved garden wall. At the same time the curved wall of the extension gives the house owner privacy on this very exposed corner site,' she concludes.
Patti O'Neill studied architecture between 1989 and 1995 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, Germany. After graduating she received state grants and funding to pursue her own philosophy of architecture. Prior to establishing her own practice, Patti worked with Don O'Neill Consulting, Nenagh, on a wide range of housing projects, before joining Murray O’Laoire Architects, Limerick, in 2005. There she gained extensive additional experience in the design, construction and project management of large commercial projects.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Inis Oírr - very belated update
The summer is late and so is this update!
It feels like a giant aquarium in the room!
Client and Contractor seemingly in agreement.
A few things still missing - but almost there!!
More photos very soon.
It feels like a giant aquarium in the room!
More photos very soon.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Simon Open Door on 11th & 12th May 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Plan Magazine - Jan / Feb 2013
Article by Don O'Neill of O'Neill Consulting, with a special mention of O'Neill Architecture.
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In Germany; in the years following the fall of the Wall and the end of the Cold War, there were abundant and exciting challenges for both of their professions. He helped ground an architecture and master planning division in a German multidisciplinary consultancy, Agiplan AG near Dusseldorf, focused on planning the conversion of newly redundant military bases to civilian use throughout Germany. She established herself as an independent consultant to the Treuhand agency, a kind of German NAMA for the winding up of GDR state owned companies, as well as to several of the foreign aid agencies which were helping East European states adapt to the so-called free market'.
When the downturn in the German economy followed the overspend on the integration of the old GDR, characteristic of German firms, it was Agiplan who helped Don O'Neill get established as consultant to their client, Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz in Cologne, a large international builder of industrial plants and equipment. ONC soon looked towards Ireland where recovery from the recession of the 1980s was underway and formed a local joint venture with an Irish investment partner and developer to plan and build starter units near Dublin for emerging high tech companies. These sold slowly at first but faster as the Irish economy picked up. ONC decided to go back to grass roots and set up an Irish branch near Nenagh.
ONC found itself in demand as subcontractor to larger Irish offices needing master planning and urban design expertise as projects in Ireland increased in size. This work kept ONC's German office busy during the recession there, sometimes advising Irish developers interested in overseas investment, mainly in Germany but also in France. They provided Irish architectural and development firms with master planning services in Dublin and Nenagh as well as joint venturing with German and Irish economic consultants on foreign aid projects for the EBRD and EU, including the reorganising of a 'bad bank' in Azerbaijan in 2005 with a firm of Galway consultants. The Irish projects got smaller after 2008 but ONC continued to work on German architectural projects from Ireland and recently completed a 9-storey apartment and commercial building in Dusseldorf.
Another offspring of the O'Neills, Patti O'Neill MRIAI, has now established herself as O'Neill Architecture in Nenagh and if the ONC story has a message for firms like hers it is this: stay small, form joint ventures with complementary small firms and remember you're not too small to get registered on the consultant lists of county councils, government departments and even EU foreign aid agencies.
O'Neill Consulting is at: www.neills.de
From Nenagh to Düsseldorf
Recession has a devastating effect on large architectural firms - not always so with the smaller practises. The O'Neill Consulting partnership is an example of a firm that has survived recessions by staying small and mobile. ONC was born in Dusseldorf in the early 1990s as the offspring of an existing working team of husband and wife, Don O'Neill architect and Dr. Barbara Stelzer-O'Neill economist. They had previously worked in Ireland, the UK and America in architecture and on company and corporate investment analysis, each for different employers.In Germany; in the years following the fall of the Wall and the end of the Cold War, there were abundant and exciting challenges for both of their professions. He helped ground an architecture and master planning division in a German multidisciplinary consultancy, Agiplan AG near Dusseldorf, focused on planning the conversion of newly redundant military bases to civilian use throughout Germany. She established herself as an independent consultant to the Treuhand agency, a kind of German NAMA for the winding up of GDR state owned companies, as well as to several of the foreign aid agencies which were helping East European states adapt to the so-called free market'.
When the downturn in the German economy followed the overspend on the integration of the old GDR, characteristic of German firms, it was Agiplan who helped Don O'Neill get established as consultant to their client, Kloeckner Humboldt Deutz in Cologne, a large international builder of industrial plants and equipment. ONC soon looked towards Ireland where recovery from the recession of the 1980s was underway and formed a local joint venture with an Irish investment partner and developer to plan and build starter units near Dublin for emerging high tech companies. These sold slowly at first but faster as the Irish economy picked up. ONC decided to go back to grass roots and set up an Irish branch near Nenagh.
ONC found itself in demand as subcontractor to larger Irish offices needing master planning and urban design expertise as projects in Ireland increased in size. This work kept ONC's German office busy during the recession there, sometimes advising Irish developers interested in overseas investment, mainly in Germany but also in France. They provided Irish architectural and development firms with master planning services in Dublin and Nenagh as well as joint venturing with German and Irish economic consultants on foreign aid projects for the EBRD and EU, including the reorganising of a 'bad bank' in Azerbaijan in 2005 with a firm of Galway consultants. The Irish projects got smaller after 2008 but ONC continued to work on German architectural projects from Ireland and recently completed a 9-storey apartment and commercial building in Dusseldorf.
Another offspring of the O'Neills, Patti O'Neill MRIAI, has now established herself as O'Neill Architecture in Nenagh and if the ONC story has a message for firms like hers it is this: stay small, form joint ventures with complementary small firms and remember you're not too small to get registered on the consultant lists of county councils, government departments and even EU foreign aid agencies.
O'Neill Consulting is at: www.neills.de
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Inis Oírr - the Roof is on
Could this be summer?
And soon we will be drinking Martini's in the evening sun on the terrace,
instead of having to depart.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Inis Oírr - External walls
Monday, November 26, 2012
Inis Oírr
Our contractor and the team on the island are flying it!!!
a glowing site and
more soon.....
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Open House Limerick 19th - 21st October 2012
Come see Zero Waste in Limerick City with guided tours by the architect on Saturday and Sunday 2-5pm.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Town House Refurbishment in Nenagh
Coming to completion our recent project on-site a town house refurbishment. We relocated the lower staircase and lined it up under the new staircase leading to the attic. This opened up space especially in the ground floor. In the first floor we also reduced the oversized bathroom and created an open-plan utility area which creates an impression of a larger space as well as bringing additional light into the stairwell. Our aim was to keep as many of the original features as possible, for example the tiles in the ground floor and stripping back the existing wooden floors as well as repairing the existing fireplaces. With good work from Contractor Jim Hogan and his team we got the project on time and on budget. See below photos for our successful outcome.
Feature staircase first floor:
Floor plans before:
Floor plans now:
Staircases before:
after:
Entrance before: after:
after:
Bedroom before: after:
Attic before: after:
Back garden:
Feature staircase first floor:
Floor plans before:
Floor plans now:
Staircases before:
after:
Entrance before: after:
Living room before:
New living room:
Kitchen before:
after:
Bedroom before: after:
Attic before: after:
Back garden:
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