Bridgefoot Street Park in the Liberties, Dublin 8, has been announced as one of the shortlisted projects in the Green Cities Europe Award 2023 – Ireland
Bridgefoot Street Park is a new public park located in the Liberties, Dublin 8, that opened in 2022. The park was developed by Dublin City Council as part of their Greening Strategy.
Utilising what would normally be considered waste materials, the Bridgefoot Street Park design highlights some important sustainability objectives and demonstrates how we can help to reduce our carbon impact in the design of new public spaces. The new park design uses secondary raw (or waste) construction materials such as calp, concrete, and reclaimed stone and brick as aggregate to create pavements, seating and play spaces.
The planting in the park consists predominantly of natural seed mixes, which colonize the different substrates and spaces within the park creating a diverse and unique character. These seeded areas germinate, flower, self-seed and develop a naturalistic landscape which is unique to this park, creating a biodiversity-rich environment for pollinators and wildlife in the city.
The new public park was designed by Dermot Foley Landscape Architects (DFLA) in collaboration with Dublin City Council’s Parks, Biodiversity, and Landscape Services.
Supported by European Union Funding, the Green Cities Europe campaign aims to combat the consequences of climate change and improve living and working conditions by encouraging the inclusion of green spaces in new building projects, and by adding them to existing projects. The Green Cities Europe campaign is being run by Bord Bia – The Irish Food Bord in Ireland on behalf of the Irish Hardy Nurserystock Association (IHNSA).
Dublin City Council has today officially opened the city’s newest park to the public. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland, unveiled a plaque this afternoon to mark the occasion, with the opening of Bridgefoot Street Park transforming what was a derelict site into a beautiful landscape of trees with grassed and planted mounds, incorporating a performance area, play spaces, allotments and a community garden. Dublin City Council and the local community collaborated in the vision, promotion, planning, design and development of the park and this collaboration will continue in the management and operation which will be key to the success of the park. Bridgefoot St Park was designed by Dermot Foley Landscape Architects in collaboration with Dublin City Council Parks, Biodiversity and Landscape Services.
