Hanging Canoe Club
Hazelhatch in County Dublin, Ireland is a remote hub of barges floating through a canal off of the River Liffey. The water has become an integral part of this community, one that attracts many swimmers and rowers to it, and one that therefore was in need of a building that would provide a rest stop for the active and a community center for the people living in the area and the ones that were visiting. The task at hand was to create a building that would connect the canal to the flat field and parking on the west end of the site, as well as serve the people of Hazelhatch by creating a centralised area for exercise, eating, socialising, and relaxing.
Small scale diagrammatic site plan to show building in context of canal.
Three components of site consideration and design: 1. the trenched landscape and consequential foundations, 2. the substructure, 3. wooden planks for finishing pathways.
The program was staggered based on the undulating landscape, and the justified by the inhabitants’ movements throughout the site.
Elevation scene showing view from the canal to the North with the bridge for additional site context.
Detail section through the offices and the restrooms, as well as an elevation of the eastern canoe storage pod.
Detail section through the sauna, also showing means of egress below the floor line, for moving through landscape below the elevated structure
Partially rendered site axonometric showing use of “pods” as well as connection to the canal.
Partially rendered site axonometric showing use of “pods” as well as connection to parking area in the South.