VHI
New life for Scots Church and the adjacent church hall
Project overview
Project: VHI Headquarters
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Application Areas: Offices
Total Area: 8.360 m2
Project Year: 2018
Architect: MDO Architects
Photos: ECI Lighting
The design, in its unique response to context and history, has generated a dramatic building form and dynamic internal spaces and places
The design, in its unique response to context and history, has generated a dramatic building form and dynamic internal spaces and places. By breathing new life into Scots Church and its adjacent church hall, MDO allowed VHI Healthcare to expand its operations while retaining the sense of place they had developed through their long history on Abbey Street.
The scheme is a celebration of contrasts: old and new, solid and transparent, heaviness and lightness. The outside and inside are interwoven, as is a blend of structures, sometimes integrated, sometimes purely expressed. The result is a dynamic though respectful collage, blended and reflected through glazed, polished, and stainless surfaces.
Much more than workplace lighting
”It is not very often that an opportunity arises to be part of something which is appreciated by so many people and is the subject of so much ongoing positive feedback."
Declan Hanratty
Chairman @ecilighting
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