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The SHARE Housing Complex (1988 - 1990)
Architect:
City Architects Department, Cork Corporation
Award Type:
Silver Housing Medal
Location:
Cork
Award Year:
1988-1990
Category:
This project, which incorporates an inner city block, combines housing for the elderly with public family housing. the architectural resolution of the programme is classically urban. In essence, it is a skin of habitation wrapped around two courtyards. The "Share" courtyard is cloistered while the housing courtyard combines private gardens and a communal space.