Selected for Exhibition
Urban Design Competition, Waterford, Ireland

Client: Office of Public Works, Waterford, Ireland

Date: 2002

Proposed Use: Auditorium, multifunction hall, retail/leisure space

Former Use: Docklands

Gross Area: 138,000 m2

Accommodation: Apartments, live/work, hotel, offices, museum, visitor center, marina, ferry terminal

Construction Value: £62 million

Assael led a complete design team in competing for the regeneration of abandoned docklands in Waterford, Ireland. The brief required detail design of a venue building for cultural, trade and sports uses. The 7 hectare site is long and narrow with one and a half miles of river frontage. It is also very prominent, located directly across from Waterford Town Centre.

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