Architects Directory 2010: Carson and Crushell

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PROFILE

‘While our work is deeply specific to persons and place, the making of architecture inevitably throws up more universal questions. How can we 'make' meaningful the material at our disposal? Where do our responsibilities as global citizens lie? How can the built world embody how you feel when you are in love?’ Thus, Dublin-based Douglas Carson and Rosaleen Crushell in assessing the role of architecture. The pair met during their student years at University College Dublin and have been collaborating ever since. Having worked in London with the likes of Eric Parry, Edward Cullinan and Lynch Architects, Carson and Crushell love to research and hunt for landscapes and materials that excite and resonate. The architects live and work in Dublin, a city that fascinates them and remains their ‘primary, stable architectural resource’.

ccOracle for the Future

Designed as an alternative to Ireland’s many ‘poorly designed one-off houses’, Carson and Crushell’s ccOracle for the Future is, in its essence, a canal-boat house, but one that’s been juiced up to a whole new dimension. The architects redesigned the classic boathouse in order to combine the benefits of city living with the opportunity for rural escape. The flexible and adaptable space is inspired by traditional Irish boat-building methods. Conceived as a series of ‘coracles’ linked together by a grid shell of synthetic rods, the clever design conserves heat thanks to a lining of fiberglass, tatima matting and wool rugs. Ease of travel and comfort are assured with plenty of hidden storage spaces and multi-function areas.

http://www.carsonandcrushell.com

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