Modern office lounge with green seating, wooden tables, metallic pendant lights, and workers on laptops in a bright, minimalist workspace.

Office · Dublin, Ireland

The Ormond Foundry, Dublin: brick behind new glass

An adaptive reuse of a century-old industrial building, rendered to sell the contrast rather than smooth it away.

Overview

The Brief

Everything in the scheme answers to the exposed red brick, and old Dublin brick is the hardest thing in the room: rough, light-absorbing, the opposite of the crisp glass standing in front of it. Three surfaces had to read at once, matte brick, sharp reflections on black-framed partitions, the soft nap of fabric. Get one wrong and the office visualization stops being believed.

Software

3ds Max, Corona Renderer

Year

2025

Timeline

15 days

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The craft

An honest grey Dublin afternoon

The cameras were set for bright overcast rather than hard sun. Sun would have over-dramatised the brick and crushed the shadows in the meeting rooms, while soft northern light lets every material read true. Faking a Mediterranean afternoon is how a client ends up wondering why the finished office looks flatter than the pictures. The move that ties the two halves together is simpler: brick left visible straight through the glass partitions.

800sq m

Total Area

Renders Delivered

Days Turnaround

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