Aderrig, Adamstown

A grayscale digital rendering of a residential apartment complex featuring multiple multi-story buildings arranged in a grid, with parking lots and roads surrounding the structures.

Modern row of residential townhouses with brick and white facades, trees, colorful flowering bushes, and a sidewalk in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.

A modern multi-story apartment building with a brick and dark panel facade, black balconies, and large windows, situated on a street with small trees and garden beds under a blue sky.

Modern residential building with multiple townhouses featuring brick and white exterior walls, black balconies, and pitched roofs. There are parked cars, green trees, small shrubs, and flowering plants along the sidewalk with a partly cloudy sky in the background.

A residential street with modern white apartment buildings on the right and a landscaped park area with trees, rocks, and logs on the left. The sidewalk is paved with patterned tiles and is lined with bushes and streetlights, with a cloudy sky overhead.

New modern residential neighborhood with townhouses, trees, and a sidewalk under a partly cloudy sky.

Modern multi-story residential buildings with brick and white exterior, small front yards with shrubs, black car parked on the street, streetlamp, and partially cloudy sky.

View of a modern residential apartment complex with multiple townhouses featuring brick and white exteriors, large windows with blinds, and black awnings. In the foreground, there are benches, small trees, a landscaped walkway, and a grassy area with rocks. The sky is partly cloudy.

A residential neighborhood with modern townhouses, a small playground with a red climbing net, trees, rocks, and a grassy hill.

Aerial view of a modern residential neighborhood with townhouses, green spaces, trees, and parking areas, with a wide street and sidewalks.

A modern residential street with new townhouses, young trees, and a paved sidewalk.

Project Overview

Aderrig Phase 2 Adamstown

The development is the second phase of the Aderrig neighbourhood under the Adamstown SDZ and has delivered 227 new houses and duplex units ranging from 2 to 4 storeys. The site is bounded to the north, south and west by new roads and to the east with a road and linear park. The site is bounded by perimeter blocks of generally 3 storey houses and duplexes with 4 storey marker duplex buildings at key corners adjoining a linear park on the eastern boundary. The heart of the development is a central pedestrianised and landscaped green space overlooked by terraces of duplexes and houses. Place making and the creation of a pedestrian friendly new neighbourhood based on sustainable principles were key drivers in the evolution of the design.

In keeping with best sustainability practices the site levels were increased above existing contour levels to incorporate local spoil material which would otherwise have had to be taken off site. The development included permeable paving parking areas and bio retention street tree pits as part of the overall SUDs strategy.

Aderrig Phase 3 Adamstown

Following on from the successful completion of the Aderrig phase 2 tile, BKD Architects were appointed to design and deliver Aderrig Phase 3. This most recent phase is located across the Celbridge Link Road from Phase 2 and continues many of the themes established in the earlier phase, including the use of gateway buildings to mark junctions and local markers to aid orientation and way finding. This phase mixes two and three storey buildings and terraces with a four-storey landmark building and local park at the heart of the development where the Celbridge Link Road and Adamstown Way cross each other.

A more muted palette of brick and render tones are used to create a new character area which is complimentary to the aesthetic and environment established by the earlier phase. The combination of the strong built forms, the use of height, massing and the considered application of contrasting materials are all critical to place making and the establishment of a strong sense of place.

Client: Evara

RIAI Stages: 1 to 8

BER: A3

Phase 2

Completed: 2023

Site area: 4.9Ha

Unit No. 227

Units per Ha: 53.5

Phase 3

Construction: Ongoing

Site area: 6.36

Unit No. 207