The new Malahide Rugby Football Clubhouse and playing pitches were completed in June 2006. The twelve acre site is located on Estuary Road and overlooks Malahide Estuary to the west of the Village. The client required a ‘state of the art’ clubhouse which would maximise the potential of the sloping site and the views over Malahide Estuary.
The two storey ‘Pavilion’ has a floor area of 1,200 sq.m. Changing rooms are located on the ground floor with the public areas, viewing decks and members’ areas on the first floor overlooking the pitches and the estuary. A strongly dynamic arc cuts into the site forming a retaining wall in stone gabions. The clubhouse sits neatly interlocking with the arc presenting a two storey elevation to the Estuary and a single storey to the new rugby pitches to the rear.
The building is entered through a space between the clubhouse proper and the triangular shaped object which houses the committee room. This element is deliberately shaped like a bow of a ship, emphasising the maritime location of the clubhouse.
