Finisklin
business & technology park was envisaged as the redevelopment
of the existing business park at Finisklin and the configuration
of a new greenfields area of lands to the west. The new
Inner Relief Road passes between the two site areas.
The brief for the project called for an informal campus
style of entrance, and the setting in place of a landscape
structure for the park.
The existing park was redefined by the introduction of
new avenue planting and the development of new road crossings,
signage and lighting.
The detailed design and development of the entrance area,
roadways and services was developed in conjunction with
the project engineers. The initial infrastructural works
entailed the development of an attenuation feature, walls,
distinctive planting on the main roundabout, signage and
the detailing of all roadside pavements and street furniture.
The completion of the first phase also involved the establishment
of a 10 metre wide woodland copse around the perimeter
of the site area. The Practice has been retained to complete
landscape schemes for each of the buildings as they are
constructed, thus retaining an overall landscape consistency
within the constructed park.
