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Pages 38 & 3938 U.C.D. and the Future of the College should first be solved before the building for future expansion 'The allowance for expansion in the estimate, 100,000 sq. ft. nett, Again in its summary of conclusions (Report, p. 45): The estimates of the College's total accommodation requirements, It must be remembered, of course, that these quotations refer to the build- In order to site faculty buildings so as to allow of convenient future B. CRITICISM OF THE COMMISSION'S STANDARDS 1. USE OF THE 'RULE OF THUMB' The 'rule of thumb' suggested by architects to the Commission, that one When a projected city building is to lie alongside a park or other open Suppose, for example, the College were to acquire the houses on St. Stephen's Green, South, from the corner of Earlsfort Terrace to the Passport U.C.D. Accommodation Needs 39 Office. The total ground space occupied by these houses is approximately Indeed, it can be said that if skyscrapers were to be erected in Dublin, 2. ATTITUDE TO BUILDING HEIGHTS In a short paragraph in Chapter I, p. 30, of the Report occur two statements (1) 'High buildings in the Iveagh Gardens would be out of character with (2) 'High buildings are generally considered not suitable for the ordinary The opinion of an expert is quoted as indicating that the buildings should We must examine these statements in some detail for it is largely by the (1) The first statement is a matter of opinion—similar opinions are always We see no reason for rejecting on aesthetic or any other grounds the erection | Pages 38 & 39[left page] of the College should first be solved before the building for future expansion 'The allowance for expansion in the estimate, 100,000 sq. ft. nett, Again in its summary of conclusions (Report, p. 45): The estimates of the College's total accommodation requirements, It must be remembered, of course, that these quotations refer to the build- In order to site faculty buildings so as to allow of convenient future B. CRITICISM OF THE COMMISSION'S STANDARDS 1. USE OF THE 'RULE OF THUMB' The 'rule of thumb' suggested by architects to the Commission, that one When a projected city building is to lie alongside a park or other open Suppose, for example, the College were to acquire the houses on St. [right page] Office. The total ground space occupied by these houses is approximately Indeed, it can be said that if skyscrapers were to be erected in Dublin, 2. ATTITUDE TO BUILDING HEIGHTS In a short paragraph in Chapter I, p. 30, of the Report occur two statements (1) 'High buildings in the Iveagh Gardens would be out of character with (2) 'High buildings are generally considered not suitable for the ordinary The opinion of an expert is quoted as indicating that the buildings should We must examine these statements in some detail for it is largely by the (1) The first statement is a matter of opinion—similar opinions are always We see no reason for rejecting on aesthetic or any other grounds the erection |