‘Counter-Axis’, A2 Architects’ Europan 10 entry for Ballymun, Dublin, is awarded runner-up prize in the Europan International Housing Competition 2010. A traversing counter-axis becomes an inhabited bridge of 15no. artists studios The counter-axis stitches two large community parks together to form a linear elevated promenade to be enjoyed through browsing, walking, skating, jogging, running, cycling by citizens and visitors alike. This counter-axis penetrates a new public room, housing various art spaces in the existing boilerhouse and pumphouse. The scale of this new multi-dimensional room will act as an attractor of citizens not just from Ballymun but also from Dublin City and further afield (www.europan-europe.com)
