Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, appointed ALTU to undertake the initial due diligence and subsequent workplace fit out of their 14,000sqft new HQ in Dublin City Centre.

Working to a challenging three-month program and within the constraints of an occupied building, ALTU successfully designed and delivered an award winning and dynamic workplace scheme for the company’s 98 staff.

Meeting the client’s brief and strategic objectives, the design solution developed by ALTU integrated the company’s brand and image across a series of open plan workspaces married with innovative break-out, dynamic collaboration and amenity areas.

The project fully coordinated by ALTU in BIM, which was used throughout the work stages to inform the design, enable visualizations, assist scheduling and construction coordination.

The completed project was awarded ‘Fit Out Project of the Year’ and ‘Fit Out Project of the Year (Office Small)’ in the Irish Times Fit Out Awards 2013.

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ALTU has provided interior design and architectural services for the Boojum franchise across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Boojum’s ethos is to provide casual, quality in a contemporary, fresh atmosphere.

ALTU are currently involved in the ongoing expansion of the restaurant chain with fit-outs to date having taken place in the following locations:

  • Boojum, Great Victoria Street, Belfast
  • Boojum, Victoria Square Shopping Centre, Belfast
  • Boojum, Botanic Avenue, Belfast
  • Boojum, Cork
  • Boojum, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1
  • Boojum, Mespil Road, Dublin 4
  • Boojum, Hanover Quay, Dublin 2
  • Boojum, Kevin Street, Dublin 2
  • Boojum, Spanish Parade, Galway
  • Boojum, Winthrop Street, Cork
  • Boojum, Smithfield, Dublin 7
  • Boojum, Blanchardstown SC, Dublin 15
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In order to accommodate the construction of the new ESB Headquarters on Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2 it was necessary to undertake a large-scale relocation of all staff from the existing premises into a temporary home – that being One, Two and Three Gateway buildings in Dublin 3.

ALTU, in conjunction with the Collen Construction, collaborated with the ESB to provide a bespoke fit-out of these three large office buildings to cater for the relocation of their staff body and accommodate their business requirements in the most sustainable manner, providing a design that will see the fit-out re-useable post tenancy.

The scope of works included a large canteen; various smaller scale coffee stations and kitchenettes throughout the buildings; receptions with bespoke furniture; open office space and accommodation for specialist departments; comms and specialist IT requirements; showering and locker facilities.

The Client wished to reuse the majority of its existing furniture and equipment which entailed a high level of coordination to locate each individual piece within the new fit-out.

The project was delivered to BIM Level 2, with all consultant models combined and “federated” into a working model to foresee any possible problems in 3D before they might occur on site. Structure, services, fit-out installations and even the existing furniture was tested in proposed locations prior to construction.

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The South Extension development represents an integral part of the overall vision for The Square SC to create a regional retail, food and leisure destination at the heart of an integrated town centre.

The proposed development includes relocating the Level 2 south entrance further to the south, with food and beverage units above this area at Level 3 adjacent to a new landscaped public plaza.

This plaza will link directly into the Centre through a new Level 3 entrance in the existing façade which will link into the central pyramid atrium. The plaza is proposed as an active and managed recreational space with a range of different uses as well as areas to sit, meet and eat.

The food and beverage units on Level 3 will open into the plaza and have terraces to the south enjoying the southerly aspect and views to the Dublin mountains. A Market Hall is also provided containing various smaller boutique food & beverage offerings.

The building will present as a two-storey structure from the south and a single storey structure from the plaza to the north with active restaurant and café frontages and terraces along all of its principal elevations, anchored by an iconic feature entrance portal.

Planning was granted for the proposed scheme in the Summer of 2020.

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Summerhill is a 112 no. units development containing 6 detached dwelling, 5 semi-detached corner dwellings, 47 semi-detached dwellings, 40 edge house t-shape dwellings, 4 semi-detached dwellings and 5 No. three-storey duplexes comprising 5 No. 2-bed units and 5 No. 3-bed units in a 2.14Ha site in Summerhill, Portlaoise, Co. Laois.
The development will consist also of: a 2 No. storey Neighbourhood Centre (1,484 sq m) principally comprising a retail unit (361 sq m), a creche (289 sq m), refuse storage (23 sq m) and cycle storage (65 sq m) at ground floor level and one floorspace (746 sq m) at ground and first floor level.

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ALTU are engaged to design and deliver an innovative new Primary Care Centre supporting the delivery of public health, nursing, diagnostic, allied and mental health services to the surrounding local community of Loughlinstown and wider South Dublin catchment area.

The scheme proposal for the new Centre sensitively responds to its context, which sees the building form represent the meeting point of two routes converging and is defined by a focal point at its main entrance.

The new building will utilise the existing site topography to allow for strategic circulation and access and increasing its permeability. The new Centre will include a range of facilities to support several Primary Care teams, including paediatric, older persons, occupational therapy and mental health, in addition to a GP Surgery and retail Pharmacy.

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The core brief for this project was amalgamating various departments of the National Ambulance Service together in one central, shared facility. ALTU were engaged to develop and deliver a scheme that would see the provision of workspace for the National Aero-medical Control Desk, Patient Transport Services, PSIAM services and National Ambulance Incident Control Room.

The main design challenge presented was to create a building that respected the distinct identity of each user group, while simultaneously generating a sense of organisational unity among them.

ALTU were involved in the project from due diligence, through concept design to completion. Considerable care had to be taken in the design of the fit-out as it represents a key piece of National Infrastructure and the arrangement of spaces and potential views into the premises had to be evaluated carefully. The premises itself presented considerable challenges not least of which was the requirement for the vast data centre on the fourth floor which required the insertion of a new structural steel support floor independently connected to the existing structural frame.

ALTU led a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team for the fit out of the NAS Control Centre on mirrored sites in Tallaght and Ballyshannon.

This project won Healthcare Fit Out Project 2014 at the Irish Fit Out Awards.

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Petitswood Residential is a high-quality Residential development at Petitswood Td., Mullingar, that significantly enhances the quality of the area.

The development consists of 245 no. residential units (a Large-scale Residential Development – LRD) and supporting infrastructure at Dublin Road, Petitswood Td., Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, a site of circa 9.76 hectares. The units are divided into the following: 70 no. 4-bedroom semi-detached houses all at two-storey height with attic accommodation; 132 no. 3-bedroom houses comprising terraced, semi-detached and detached, all at two-storey height; 8 no. 2-bedroom duplex units in 4 no. three-storey corner units; 1 no. four- storey apartment block (circa. 3,370 sqm) comprising, 14 no. 1-bedroom units; 15 no. 2-bedroom apartment units; and 6 no. 3-bedroom apartment units, with roof mounted solar panels.

 

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Galway City North (GCN) is envisaged as a truly mixed-use development centred around a series of connected pedestrian streets and squares and outdoor recreational spaces, comprising a range of uses – community, office, residential, leisure hotel, food & beverage and service retail.

GCN will be a Live-Work-Play development with many of the facilities required by a new community provided within easy walking distance. The pedestrian and cyclist will take priority in this new walkable community. The development varies in height between 2-8 stories and will see the delivery of 309 apartments, a 150-bedroom hotel, leisure centre, 147 apart-hotel bedrooms and over 25,000sqm of commercial office space in addition to an extensive range of community-use facilities.

The massing and articulation of the architecture around the sheltered courtyards has been sculpted to improve sunlight and daylight penetration, own door access is provided to residences at the ground floor perimeter of all buildings. A variety of different architectural styles and characters are envisaged, with variations in scale, massing and materiality helping to provide a human-focused environment anchored around legible public realm.

The fundamentals of the masterplan developed by ALTU are based on a clear hierarchy of public streets and squares where bicycles and pedestrians will take priority. Openness, permeability, legibility and a strong sense of community and place are the driving principles behind the masterplan. A simple orthogonal grid has been implemented to assist the pedestrian legibility of the campus. A formal public square is positioned to the west of the development and a second public square more recreational in nature is positioned at the east.

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This Development is composed by 95 no. residential units and a crèche facility (116 sqm) at Old Road, Bailis Td. / Alexander Reid Td., Navan, Co. Meath, in a site of circa 2.72 hectares. The project develops over two, three and four storeys in 2, 3 & 4 bed (terrace, semi-detached, townhouse and duplex) formats, comprising:13 two-bed duplex units, 71 no. three-bed units (57 no. houses & 14 no. duplex) & 11 no. four-bed houses.

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