Client Oaklee Housing Trust
Location Dublin, Ireland
Architect Cooney Architects
Value €6.5m
About the Project
Poplar Row is a new-build social housing development providing a sheltered elderly residential scheme totalling 29 dwellings.
This project involved a part demolition of the former Block 2 Poplar Row apartment complex and the subsequent construction of a new five-storey development comprising of a mix of living options including 25 single-bed apartments, 4 two-bed and a maintenance unit. Poplar Row also required the delivery of associated storage, office and toilets, internal circulation shared stairways and lifts; a switch/plant room, roof-mounted solar panels; storage spaces, new pedestrian and vehicular entrances, car and bicycle parking.
In addition to providing full M&E design, IN2’s in-house building modelling team contributed to the design ensuring the apartments complied with Dublin City Council’s natural ventilation and light requirements.
Lack of appropriate housing for our ageing population is an ever increasing issue
Poplar Row has been designed to accommodate older adults and tackle this challenge
