CORK’S MARITIME CHARACTER A Presentation to the Academy of Urbanism Congress 2018 by
Scott Tallon Walker Architects June 2018
Introduction to STW
Established in 1928
Overview Retail
Interiors
Education
Car Parking
Masterplan
Commercial Offices
Industrial
Healthcare
Business Park
Civic Building
Science & Research
HQ Offices
Hotel
House
Theatre
Communication & Media
Monument
Religious
Residential
Library
Stadium
Tall Buildings
Transport & Aviation
Urban Design
Cork Harbour Development by Ship Typology CITY SHALLOW DRAFT – SAIL TRADE BOATS, VIKING LONG BOATS
TIVOLI – RIVER PORT
PASSAGE WEST – SAIL TRADING BOATS,
COBH – PASSENGER SHIPS MASS EMIGRATION – 1848 -1950 CRUISE LINERS – 2000’s
SOUTH DOCKS – CONTAINERS RIVER PORT
RINGASKIDDY SUPER CONTAINERS MODERN SEA PORT
WHITEGATE – SUPER TANKERS OUTER HARBOUR - NAVAL FLEETS CLASSIC AGE OF SAIL 1700 – 1815 BATTLE SHIPS 1895 - 1919
CROSS HAVEN – PLEASURE CRAFT
• The sentinel towers of the western approaches • Last provisioning port for ships heading to America
Cork Harbour
Western Approaches
Cork Harbour
Camden Fort
Spike Island
Cobh Fort
Carlisle Fort
‘These ports are, in fact, the sentinel towers of the western approaches, by which 45 million people in this island so enormously depend on foreign food for their daily bread and by which they can carry on their trade, which is equally important to their existence.’ Winston Churchill
British Troop Evacuation 11th July 1938
Cork Harbour Development by Ship Typology
OUTER HARBOUR - NAVAL FLEETS CLASSIC AGE OF SAIL 1700 – 1815 BATTLE SHIPS 1895 - 1919
Cork Harbour Development by Ship Typology COBH – PASSENGER SHIPS MASS EMIGRATION – 1848CRUISE LINERS – 2000’s
Cathedral financed by emigration economy Cathedral Westbourne Place & Kennedy Park Titanic Club & Pier Sirius Art Centre
Town Harbour & JFK Pier
Point of Emigration for over 2.5 million Irish People from 1848 to 1950
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Character Areas of Cobh Waterfront Masterplan 2008
Linear Connector to waterfront amenities & character areas
Gateway to Spike Island Tours / contemporary point of departure
Haulbowline Island
Spike Island handed over to Cork County Council in July 2010.
The Story of Transportation
Port Arthur, Van Diemen’s Land Transportation Irons
Convicts on Board
Transport Ship “Success”
John Mitchel
Penal History
Military History
Spike Adventures
Art in the Landscape
Cork Harbour 21 Gun saluting battery Spike Island 2013
European Recognition in 2018
Cork Harbour Development by Ship Typology PASSAGE WEST – TRADE BOATS, SAIL BOATS 1720’s to 1800’s
SOUTH DOCKS – RIVER PORT 1800-1950
NORTH DOCKS RECLAIMED LAND 1780 - 1840
SOUTH DOCKS RECLAIMED LAND 1780 - 1840
MARINA PARK RECLAIMED LAND 1840 - 1900
1774 – O’Connor Map South Docks Land Reclamation
1800-1900 The Merchant Princes City quays looking to Montenotte & Tivoli
Pairc UÃ Chaoimh reconstructed 2017 by STW Architects Proposed Marina Park by OKRA & Cork City Council
C19th infrastructure today
Atlantic Quarter Masterplan by Scott Tallon Walker Architects 2009 Cork City Council South Docks LAP Area
Old Customs House 1724
New Customs House 1818
Cork School of Music
Port of Cork HQ & Bonded Warehouse 1818 End point of 10 meter depth contour line
Old Customs House 1724
Cork School of Music
Butts view of Cork 1750 looking south over the north river – Evidence of Dutch influence on Cork’s urban fabric- a Canal City
Butts view of Cork 1750 Evidence of Dutch influence on Cork’s urban fabric
The Customs House & The Bowling Green
‘New Amsterdam’ Customs House & The Bowling Green
Dutch-type Yachts of the Water Club of Cork Harbour (1738)
Galway-Kinsale Hooker lines & rig originating from Dutch trading boats
Cork Harbour Development by Ship Typology
OLDEST YACHT CLUB IN THE WORLD THE ROYAL CORK YACHT CLUB ESTABLISHED 1720
1700s City Expansion
Cork School of Music
73-74 South Mall Originally accessed by waterway Boathouse now converted to offices
Medieval Core
Beamish & Crawford Brewery
Medieval Lanes Of Cork
TIVOLI CONTAINER TERMINAL RECLAIMED LAND 19 1960s
Offloading ships the old fashioned way
Invention of the shipping container 1956 game-changer for port cities worldwide
2000 – Aerial Ortho Tivoli Container Terminal
Cork Harbour Development by Ship Typology 18th Century Dutch Influence CITY SHALLOW DRAFT – SAIL TRADE BOATS, VIKING LONG BOATS
PASSAGE WEST – SAIL TRADE BOATS, SAIL BOATS