WILD ABANDON

A NEW PARK IN DUBLIN BY DFLA IS A CASE STUDY IN INSPIRED REUSE OF MATERIALS.

BY TIM WATERMAN

DERMOT FOLEY WALKS from home to work and back through Bridgefoot Street Park in Dublin, built to his designs in 2022. He keeps a close eye on the developing site, and he maintains a conversation with the groundskeepers and the community gardeners working there. I met Foley there on one such commute on a cool March morning, with the breeze carrying the sweet, earthy, beery smell from the nearby Guinness brewery. Two main but very loose diagonal routes traverse the park, allowing smooth access whether people are crossing east to west or angling across to the River Liffey. A steady stream of walkers is passing through on all angles. The broad routes weave between three steep hillocks that invite clambering and define the park’s spaces between. A towheaded toddler in…

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Landscape Architecture (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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