Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub
The most sustainable building is the one that already exists.
The Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub exists as a physical space and as an anchor point for sustainable, tech and creative projects on the Dingle Peninsula. The Hub community supports dynamic conversations everyday, leading to exciting projects and innovation. The Hub works with the farming community, SMEs, government and creative sectors to aid the Dingle Peninsula transition to a low carbon future.
Taking the existing ex-Industrial building, we lead an intensive process of Brief Development, Strategy Definition, and Consultation. We explored design options which illustrate the capacity, flexibility, and adaptability of this building to accommodate the needs of Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub.
Resilient Spaces
By working carefully with what already exists, this building can be upgraded with a suite of new private rental offices, hot desks, and meeting spaces. A new communal social space can host events, while a large conference room looks across the harbour. Externally, the building's appearance will be upgraded, and new landscape works will accommodate full universal accessibility with an enhanced sense of connection to the harbour and the town.
Sustainable Upgrades
We propose a full energy retrofit of the existing building using high performance materials with low amounts of embodied carbon. The output of our work outlines a methodology for building upgrades, a building fabric energy strategy, a design brief and explorations of potential futures for the spatial and fabric upgrades.
