Saturday, December 6th 2025, 11:00
Tickets on Eventbrite
Meeting Point :
Custom House Quay, Docklands, Dublin 1, D01 KF84 LINK
The AAI are really excited to host a site visit to Quayside, Dublin Municipal Watersports Centre with Urban Agency.
Project Description:
This landmark Dublin City Council project, designed by architects Urban Agency, combines functionality, sustainability, and public engagement. The tour meets at the central plaza between the Docklands Office and Municipal Water Sports Centre, beginning with the enhanced 4.2m-wide boardwalk, landscaping, seating, and lighting. This riverside experience is designed to be open, inclusive, and alive with activity.
The tour continues through the Docklands Office and Water Sports Centre, offering striking internal views, before concluding at the newly extended pontoons, improving access for Dublin Fire Brigade, Under Water Rescue Services, water activities, and Jeanie Johnston Tours. Visitors will also see two remarkable glulam structures made of European Larch, celebrated for their strength, sustainability, and elegant design.
The building is located directly beside the Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship and Famine Museum. Meet your tour guide at the central plaza area between the Docklands Office and the Water Sports Centre.
There are accessible routes to and through the buildings, the pontoons have ramped access on gangways which are tide dependent (steeper at low tide, less steep at high tide). Accessible toilets are available. Signage is in large print. Assistance dogs welcome.
Client:
Dublin City Council
Design Team:
Architects: Urban Agency
Services Engineers: JV Tierney
Structural Engineers: RPS
Landscape Architect: CSR
Fire Consultant: MJP
Project Managers: Urban Agency
Contractor: Purcell Construction
Cost: Cumming Group
Architects’ Statement:
URBAN AGENCY is an award-winning architecture firm with a broad international profile. The office is based in Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, and Lyon, with projects ongoing throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa.
The company was founded in 2013 by 4 partners – Maxime Laroussi, Andrew Griffin, Henning Stüben and Heechan Park and Urban Agency has expanded to include a large international team of architects, urban designers, and landscape architects.
In designing pragmatic, sensitive and innovative solutions, we create new possibilities for a better everyday life.