Dundrum Town Centre - Glass Otis LiftsBrief Summary Dundrum Town Centre (often referred to colloquially as simply "Dundrum") is Ireland's largest shopping centre. Spanning 3 main levels, 3 smaller levels, 3 basements and 2 mezzanines, there are over 165 outlets with 5 primary anchor stores, a 13-screen cinema, outdoor terrace buildings and over 2,300 car parking spaces. Anchor stores include Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Marks & Spencer, Penneys and Brown Thomas. Previously, House of Fraser occupied a 4-floor unit at the north section however this was closed down in 2020; Penneys moved from their smaller unit into Levels 2 and 3 and Brown Thomas did likewise with Levels -1 and 1. Dundrum has 8 travelators, 29 escalators and more than 30 lift installations.
This Recreation Previously, I began to create a full recreation of the shopping centre, however my hard drive failed and I lost my entire Skyscraper folder. Included in this recreation are the 4 main glass passenger lifts which are Otis 2000s installed in 2004. In 2016, they received a cosmetic refurbishment of the cabs and the car operating panels, however nothing else was changed. These are some of the best lifts in South Dublin and some of my favourites of all time.
I aim to make an as-realistic-as-possible recreation of the current variation of these lifts, including the lift interiors, lift shafts, lift structure and extra features. Machine rooms will not be fully accurate. At a later stage, I may recreate the original version of the lifts when they had the typical Otis 2000 interiors.
As of May 2024, the indicators inside the lifts have been replaced by Irish Lift Services. A variant with these indicators will also be available.
TimelineUnfortunately, due to my job, I cannot give an exact project outline for this recreation. I will try to progress when I can, however I cannot guarantee any release dates. The following is the plan I will likely follow; any text in
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Stage 1 - Building elements part A - i.e. ceilings, walls, floors.Stage 2 - Lifts 1 and 2 interior details - i.e. COP, handrail, lights, glass.
Stage 3 - Lifts 1 and 2 shaft details - i.e. shaft walls and LOPs
Stage 4 - Lifts 3 and 4 interior details
Stage 5 - Lifts 3 and 4 shaft details
Stage 6 - Lift machine rooms
Stage 7 - Building elements part B - i.e. staircases, signage, windows, retexturing - Phase 1 release
Stage 8 - New variant creation with newer indicators - Phase 2 release
Stage 9 - Older variant creation with old interiors - Phase 3 release
Download links:Phase 1: Coming soon!
Phase 2: Coming soon!
Phase 3: Coming soon!
Notes and References-- Several lift lobbies will not be exactly accurate to real life. As the lifts are located in the middle of an open-plan shopping centre, the simulated version's floor space will be very heavily reduced.
-- The lift machine rooms will be very inaccurate. As I have never been in them, unfortunately I do not know what they look like.
Credits and AttributesWill be updated as I progress.
Any questions, queries or suggestions, please feel free to ask!
Latest Update: 10th of May 2024The Level 1 entrance has progressed further and now has all elements except the rainshelter and roof. Soon I hope to begin creating the lifts themselves once these elements are put in place.
