'brick a back house' by architecture republic, dublin, ireland
images courtesy of architecture republic / paul tierney photography


dublin and lyon-based studio, architecture republic has designed 'brick a back house',
a private family home located in irishtown, dublin, ireland. the renovated structure
appears as a single volume, extending visually from the front door to the rear wall of
the site. a variety of spatial conditions, differentiated by the degree of enclosure and
contrasting materials, are injected and overlaid into the simple space.




kitchen


three meters - two enclosed and one that features an open roof - expand the small
and narrow living space. the roof surface alternates between glazed, closed and open,
setting up an elemental structure which spans the width of the house and acting as a
sundial that traces the movement of light across the brick wall and floor.



sunroom


polished marble encases the kitchen and dining space from which light steel steps rise
to the bedrooms above. this contemporary and linear space intersects with the carved brick
area beyond, divided by a thick white portal that acts as a framing device. the threshold,
which fails to reach the existing brick wall, blurs the boundaries between new and old
environments and materials.



(left) stairs
(right) bathroom



street view



floor plan / level 0



floor plan / level 1



section



diagram

project info:

site area: 42 m2

building area: 58 m² (600 sf)

construction cost: €100,000

key personnel: maxim laroussi, jean-baptiste astruc, javier buron, 
john casey, mark carter
consulting structural and civil engineers: casey o'rourke associates