Liffey Riverbank Restoration
Urban2024Dublin, Ireland

Liffey Riverbank Restoration

Client

Waterways Ireland

Area

3.2 km linear

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Services

Riparian RestorationUrban DesignFlood Mitigation

A proposal to reconnect Dublin to its river through naturalistic planting and gentle interventions that would soften the Liffey's engineered edges. Native willow, iris, and meadow grasses would transform sterile quay walls into living habitats.

Liffey Riverbank Restoration detail

Our Approach

We would develop a "soft edge" strategy that introduces floating wetland platforms and terraced planting shelves along sections of the quay wall, creating riparian habitat without compromising flood capacity.