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Rossaveel Small Craft Harbour

Client

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Location

Rossaveel, Galway

Date

July 2024

Status

Complete

Context

Rossaveel SCH Amenity Building provides facilities for boats staying at the harbour. The project is located at the edge of a man-made pier on an extremely exposed site and deals with the threshold between sky, land and sea.

The project was designed in collaboration with CAMPUS and delivered in December 2023.

The building is named "Sos Seoltoireachta" which means Sailors rest

Location

Rossaveel SCH Amenity Building provides facilities for boats staying at the harbour. The project is located at the edge of a man-made pier, on an extremely exposed site and deals with the threshold between sky, land and sea. The roof is a simple inverted planar surface which is detailed to allow for a waterfall feature pouring rainwater back into the sea. This rises on the corner to allow the super intendants office to look out over the harbour entrance. The concept for the elevations is that the ground plane, which is made of natural stone, folds up onto the building and the reinforced concrete roof continues down the facade. Rectangular openings are formed where these two materials meet, giving an undulating materiality reflecting the landscape beyond the project.

The project interacts with its surroundings and drama of the Wild Atlantic Way

Concept

The concept for the elevations is that the ground plane which is made of natural stone, folds up onto the building and the roof which is made of reinforced concrete continues down the facade.

Rectangular openings are formed where these two materials meet giving an undulating materiality reflecting the landscape beyond the project.
The Landscape made of local stone helps ground the concrete roof in its context
In order to construct the building each plane was drawn in its true projection for the shuttering design
Crows nest for surveilling the Harbour Entrance
Canteen for Visiting Crews
Reception Area and section show lightweight internal lining to heavy roof structure

Data & Credits

Project Start
December 2019

Completion
December 2023

Gross Floor Area
210m2

Client Lead
Kevin O'Byrne, Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine

Architect
Stephen Foley Architects Ltd. & CAMPUS t/a SFA42

Employer's Representative
Stephen Foley

Project Team
Johan Berglund, Marta Lopez Garcia, Sara Acebes

Structural Engineer
JJ Campbell Engineers

MEP Engineer
Patrick McCaul Environmental

Photos
Peter Molloy, Johan Berglund

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