David Flannary – The Maritime Heritage of Cork

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 Uí 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