Fail Better: an introduction to the many plans and false dawns for the redevelopment of Dublin's Fish Markets site

1. Fail Better
Jackie Bourke
Ciarán Cuffe
Alan Mee

2. Fail Better
Jackie Bourke
Ciarán Cuffe
Alan Mee

3. Dublin, Ireland

4. Fail Better
Old Dublin Fish Market site

5. Once a Fish Market,
Now a surface car park

6. Fish Market Site,
Chancery House and Civic Offices in background

7. Fish Market Site
Disused Planters

8. Fruit Markets,
Terracotta details

9. Community

15. Economics

17. Design

18. Lots of Plans…
• Dublin City Council , MBM Architects Donnelly Turpin, AX Urban
Studio. (2006). Markets Area Draft Framework Plan
• Dublin City Council. (2014). Part VIII Planning Application for
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market
• Dublin City Council. (2015). Presentation on the proposed Retail
market for Dublin
• American Institute of Architects, Regional/Urban Design Assistance
Team Program (R/UDAT). (2017). Dublin, Ireland R/UDAT Report.

23. Lots of Plans…
• Dublin City Council , MBM Architects Donnelly Turpin, AX Urban
Studio. (2006). Markets Area Draft Framework Plan
• Dublin City Council. (2014). Part VIII Planning Application for
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market
• Dublin City Council. (2015). Presentation on the proposed Retail
market for Dublin
• American Institute of Architects, Regional/Urban Design Assistance
Team Program (R/UDAT). (2017). Dublin, Ireland R/UDAT Report.

25. Lots of Plans…
• Dublin City Council , MBM Architects Donnelly Turpin, AX Urban
Studio. (2006). Markets Area Draft Framework Plan
• Dublin City Council. (2014). Part VIII Planning Application for
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market
• Dublin City Council. (2015). Presentation on the proposed Retail
market for Dublin
• American Institute of Architects, Regional/Urban Design Assistance
Team Program (R/UDAT). (2017). Dublin, Ireland R/UDAT Report.

28. Lots of Plans…
• Dublin City Council , MBM Architects Donnelly Turpin, AX Urban
Studio. (2006). Markets Area Draft Framework Plan
• Dublin City Council. (2014). Part VIII Planning Application for
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market
• Dublin City Council. (2015). Presentation on the proposed Retail
market for Dublin
• American Institute of Architects, Regional/Urban Design Assistance
Team Program (R/UDAT). (2017). Dublin, Ireland R/UDAT Report.

29. American Institute of Architects
Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team Program (R/UDAT)

33. Further Information
• Dublin City Council , MBM Architects Donnelly Turpin, AX Urban Studio. (2006). Markets Area
Draft Framework Plan.
http://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content//SiteCollectionDocuments/markets_area
_framework_plan.pdf
• Dublin City Council. (2014). Part VIII Planning Application for Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable
Market. http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-planning-planning-news/part-viii-
wholesale-fruit-and-vegetable-market
• Dublin City Council. (2015). Presentation on the proposed Retail market for Dublin.
http://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/Planning/OtherDevelopmentPlans/Fram
eworkDevelopmentPlans/Documents/ProposedRetailFoodMarketforDublin2014.pdf
• American Institute of Architects, Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team Program (R/UDAT).
(2017). Dublin, Ireland R/UDAT Report. http://designframework.ie/wp-
content/uploads/2017/03/Reimaging-Dublin-One-Document.pdf
• Anthoni, J., Bourke, J, Cuffe, C., Mee, A. Fail Better. (2017) Video describing site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk1xmO-RChc

34. What next?