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Áras Chill Dara | Kildare, Ireland
Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Áras Chill Dara is the administrative headquarters of Co. Kildare. This project is formed around the civic garden which slowly inclines from the street to the building entrance, its sloped surface making the deep garden visible from the street.




The two bars that form the civic offices enclose and are a continuation of the civic garden. Building and park no longer read as two distinct elements but rather combine to create an outdoor room. The ramps that connect the bars are a transitional space with loose environmental control that allow the park/amphitheatre to visually flow through, while internally the ramps serve as the primary circulation space in the building creating a clear navigation route.






Fact sheet
Client
Kildare County Council
Size
11,400m²
Date
2001 (Competition)
Status
Complete
Location
Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Collaborators
Architects
in association with Arthur Gibney & Partners
Structural | Civil
Michael Punch & Partners
Building Services
Buro Happold
QS
Boyd & Creed
Facade Engineering
RFR
IT | Security | Fire | Acoustics
Buro Happold
Landscape
heneghan peng architects (Concept design) Mitchell + Associates (Implementation)
Specialist Lighting
Bartenbach Lichlabor
Signage
Zero-G
Contact
heneghan peng architects
14–16 Lord Edward Street, Floor 2
Dublin D02 YC63, Ireland
Tel +353 (0)1 633 9000
Fax +353 1 633 9010
Potsdamer Strasse 98a, 4. OG
10785 Berlin
Germany
Tel +49 30 20 89 88 750
Fax +49 30 20 89 88 759
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