Karl Shane Dískín

Architecture // Urbanism // Creative Entrepreneurship // Environmentalism // Anthropology // Adventuring // Cork, like

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

500-bed student accom to be developed on the plum Brooks site between South Terrace & Copley St 👀 Opportunity knocks

Shame about the CUBS school not going ahead though. Was a nice scheme by RKD
https://t.co/ufpUgiFh3O

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Interesting radial plan for apartments in Bern by Fritschi Beis Architeture

The shape is designed around exist tree locations on the site. Deck access means every apartment can be easily cross ventilated.

Nice interiors too!

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

If we want to change the urban forms we are creating, we need to change the economic paradigm that leads us to create it. Change the inputs and incentives to deeive different results.

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Capitalism has a clear MO: find the optimised form, and replicate ad infinitum.

It is as applicable to buildings as it is for phones, for cars, for cruise ships, for every mass market product.

Not a value judgement, just an observation of the world system we live in!

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Working within the world system we have (prev tweet), this kind of innovation is type we need - renewable materials, energy efficiency, humanity of expression (thru texture, aesthetic facade composition, moments of customisation / idiosyncrasy)

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Cederhusen, Stockholm.

245 apartments in 10-13 storey cedar-clad buildings, with a cross laminated timber structure.

Designed by General Architecture.

A thread 🧵

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Capitalism has a clear MO: find the optimised form, and replicate ad infinitum.

It is as applicable to buildings as it is for phones, for cars, for cruise ships, for every mass market product.

Not a value judgement, just an observation of the world system we live in!

[Robert Kwolek @RobertKwolek]

The march of anywhere nowhere architecture continues apace, this time infecting the new Australian city of Bradfield (10,000 homes). This despite all evidence pointing to the human need for beauty and a sense of place. This has neither. Architects are SOM and Hassell.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Courtyard housing made from timber, proposed in Høn, Norway

One reason such density can be built in this location is Høn has a rail line (trains are 30 minutes to Oslo Central).

Designed by Oslotre and Lala Toyen

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

One of the principles of classical architecture was a sharp distinction between the treatment of fronts and backs, as here at Bath's Royal Crescent.

Fronts were treated with great care, with the dignity of public space taking precedence over the convenience and preferences of property owners.

Backs were a private matter and could be treated in whatever way was easiest.

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

'It added the cafe/bar, gym, gallery, retail uses would be "challenging to occupy at this location"...

Maybe in the short term, but these GF uses are essential to delivering a lively quayside prom.

IMO a non-negotiatable from a city-making standpoint.
https://t.co/l6aJmRlIDw

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Great news for Passage West as the 'Lee to Sea' cycle greenway comes one step closer https://t.co/FX1pAMSjLM

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@anon_opin And of course depreciation

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@anon_opin The point is a valid, but part of it is that the true cost per trip in a car (including tax, insurance, servicing, maintenance, parking fees & fines, speeding tickets, tolls, and so on, on top of fuel) is a lot higher than people think it is

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@RoryHearneGaffs Thats the point isn't it? To increase the profitability of professional landlords so that they increase activity & supply more homes. FFG will consider this a win 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Horgan's Quay set for a new waterfront upgrade. Assume HQ Phase 2 & 3 won't be long to be annnounced also (per the ghosted building massings shown):
https://t.co/a9kXB1Mzv4

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@UrbanCourtyard Great drawing

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@irlchrism @Murray_Kinsella Healy might prefer to be on the field for the final whistle.

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@UrbanCourtyard There's the makings of courtyard blocks in this though - all you need is the last 2-3 houses in the row to redevelop as small apartmnet blocks to 'turn the corner', better yet if they could bridge over the access lanes, then you begin to form perimeter blocks

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

@paulthomas_film’s new film documentary makes a beautiful case for perimeter block planning (aka courtyard urbanism). Compared to high-rise towers, low-rise, perimeter blocks bring equal density, more ground-floor commercial space, shorter connections between everything, and more car-free green space …

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Entire article can be summarised in one sentence:

'GDP has slowed because Capitalist growth is being subdued by Environmentalist restraint'.

Obvious enough given the ongoing global environmental & ecological crises would you day @s8mb ?

No mention of degrowth or efficiency.

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

I spoke with the great @DKThomp about how Britain's economy got so broken, and what we can do to fix it.

https://t.co/1T5C9gTdap

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

Co-housing Communities Ireland (CCI) has identified a site in D6, plans 20 A-rated homes in a self-contained development incl expansive communal facilites co-owned and managed by the residents.
https://t.co/dUW71ulafB

[Karl Shane Dískín @KarlDiskin]

@mspringut 'Shaft'