Dundrum CMH

The project required the transformation of a historically inward-looking institutional site into a welcoming, sustainable urban community with a strong identity. The masterplan accommodated 940 apartments, 12 duplexes, and 20 houses, alongside extensive community facilities including a sports centre, medical centre, retail unit, café and childcare provision. A key objective was to open the site to the public for the first time, removing its imposing boundary wall while carefully integrating the adaptive reuse of the protected hospital building.

Dundrum Central presents a unique integration of new-build design and conservation architecture within a single masterplan. The existing hospital, a significant stone structure, informs the materiality and character of the surrounding residential development. New apartment buildings and duplex units are arranged across the site in response to the surrounding context, balancing increased density with sensitivity to neighbouring two- and three-storey housing. The scheme is guided by a commitment to preserving historic fabric while delivering a contemporary, mixed-use urban environment.

Placemaking is central to the development, with a civic space positioned at its core and framed by active ground floor uses. Enhanced pedestrian connections to the south, east and north integrate the site into its wider context. Existing green spaces are retained and strengthened, maximising accessibility while providing high-quality communal amenity areas throughout. The result is a well-connected, vibrant neighbourhood that successfully repositions a historic site for modern living.