Remaking the Modern Suburb: Balbriggan area map

Monday, July 20, 2009

Balbriggan area map

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Balbriggan could be a good area to concentrate on, considering its contained nature and the fact that it echoes issues with permeability of suburbs that many small towns around the country have. Plus it is well connected to Dublin via the train link,which needs to be accessed from the town and its suburbs.

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Remaking the Modern Suburb

Development has stopped but the actions required to retrofit existing suburbs for accessibility and to provide social housing all assumed that the previous level of development would continue.

How can we come up with a new model for retrofitting our suburbs for accessibility which works without Celtic Tiger style growth?

A new model for the redevelopment of our existing suburbs over the next ten years is needed.

The new Smarter Travel sustainable transport policy and the National Cycle Policy Framework (Department of Transport 2008, 2009) have many actions calling for suburbs to be retrofitted to make them permeable for walkers and cyclists and accessible by public transport.

How will they be retrofitted to do this?

There is still a need to build social housing, create new models of housing tenure and to increase the mix of housing in existing suburbs. There is a further need to introduce employment and services into suburbs.

Can the example of how the Dublin Crisis Conference, Making the Modern Street and Group 91 Architects in the 1980-90’s led to a revolution in the planning our our city centres and a new model of development be used as an inspiration?

Remaking the Modern Suburb

Monday, July 20, 2009

Balbriggan area map

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