public space design
gardens
landscape and visual impact assessment
historic landscape assessment
conservation and management plans
(some examples below)
field.scale.studio prepared concept sketch designs to improve the usability of UCD library space with concepts to restore the physical and historical connection between it and the library.
Extract of UCD campus layout to the design of Andrzej Wejchert showing No. 3, the proposed library. UCD (1966) 'International architectural competition for the college library’ (UCD Library Special Collections).
field.scale.studio prepared concept sketch designs to improve the usability of UCD library space with concepts to restore the physical and historical connection between it and the library.
field.scale.studio worked with ACP Group to develop an historic landscape assessment for the 18th century demesne of Newcastle House, Co. Longford. The assessment will inform future landscape design proposals and forms part of the Conservation Management Plan for Newcastle House and demesne. Image by kind permission of Newcastle House Hotel.
field.scale.studio prepared an historic landscape assessment of the landscape surrounding Tinarana House, Co. Clare. Field and archival analysis was undertaken to distinguish tree group typologies in relation to age, function and method of construction. Project developed in connection with ACP Group.
field.scale.studio worked with ACP Group to develop an historic landscape assessment for the 18th century demesne of Newcastle House, Co. Longford. The assessment will inform future landscape design proposals and forms part of the Conservation Management Plan for Newcastle House and demesne. Image by kind permission of Newcastle House Hotel.
Clair McDonald developed the masterplan for Poppintree Park, a 20ha site located between the communities of Finglas and Poppintree Ballymun, Dublin, in association with Ballymun Regeneration Limited. Community involvement through workshops was critical to the process.
The site, in essence, was an open field, which served local recreational clubs in the main, but also offered potential owing to the tree line structure and requirements for local storm water attenuation. Image October 2002 (Google Earth)
Today the award-winning park offers respite not alone for the local communities to its east and west, but to an entire host of native species of conservation concern, as a result of the lake and wet grassland habitats created, which contributes greatly to biodiversity in the area. Image, 2018 (C. McDonald).
Clair McDonald developed the masterplan for Poppintree Park, a 20ha site located between the communities of Finglas and Poppintree Ballymun, Dublin, in association with Ballymun Regeneration Limited. Community involvement through workshops was critical to the process.
field.scale.studio prepared a Conservation Management Plan for Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin.
Bushy Park drawing illustrating the 19th century 'long approach'
Bushy Park Victorian Water Garden features survey
field.scale.studio prepared a Conservation Management Plan for Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin.
field.scale.studio designed a scheme for a new residential development adjacent to Carton Avenue, Maynooth. As part of a wider masterplan, a greenway link between Carton Avenue and Dublin Road was incorporated and central to the scheme. The greenway was aligned with a 19th century field boundary hedgerow that formed part of a geometric field pattern locally.
A 7-10 year hedge restoration and management programme was devised for the historic hedgerow boundaries in association with Independent Tree Surveys.
Restored hedgerow (2024)
field.scale.studio designed a scheme for a new residential development adjacent to Carton Avenue, Maynooth. As part of a wider masterplan, a greenway link between Carton Avenue and Dublin Road was incorporated and central to the scheme. The greenway was aligned with a 19th century field boundary hedgerow that formed part of a geometric field pattern locally.
Clair McDonald designed a community garden for a neighbourhood health centre in Inchicore, Dublin for Murray & Associates. The design proposed two courtyards connected by the programme of materials that incorporated air vents as a necessity.
Clair McDonald designed a community garden for a neighbourhood health centre in Inchicore, Dublin for Murray & Associates. The design proposed two courtyards connected by the programme of materials that incorporated air vents as a necessity. (Image: Walls Construction).
Clair McDonald designed a community garden for a neighbourhood health centre in Inchicore, Dublin for Murray & Associates. The design proposed two courtyards connected by the programme of materials that incorporated air vents as a necessity.
