ADS Kells

Clear glass walls traversed by timber door planes help create a flexible open space.

The Building

The Archaeological Development Services Ltd. (ADS), a company providing a range of archaeological services to the construction and development sector, required the fitting out of a mid-terraced industrial unit. The brief required that the industrial feel of the unit be retained and the use of natural daylight be maximized. The architects thus inserted a series of objects into the building around which the plan hence evolved.

View of the Reception area on the ground floor of the two-storeyed unit.

On the ground floor the reception and administrative areas are held to the front of the unit while the preliminary processing and storage area is pushed to the rear of the two-storyed void. The laboratory is located in the centre of the building flanked on both sides by utility elements which contain the vertical circulation. These elements connect the mezzanine, toilets, dark room and air abrasive room, allowing for daylight to penetrate deep into the volume from the translucent roof lights above.

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