The Square Town Centre - Tallaght, Dublin, IrelandImportant notice: This project has been cancelled as of 31-07-2023. Due to serious HDD trouble, I have lost all of my Skyscraper assets, buildings and references. From what the technician has said, the drive has gotten infected with a very catastrophic virus and he doesn't know how it got in, what it is or what it's doing. All we know is that every time the drive is plugged in, the virus continues to slowly, but surely, destroy it. The technician tried using Disk Drill at one point, however the drive health went down to 2% which essentially meant it is a write-off.
I will still leave the topic here as an archive, however I can no longer progress on this project anymore.Brief Summary The Square Town Centre is a medium-sized shopping centre located in Tallaght which is in the southwest of Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. Opened on the 23rd of October 1990, it has over 100 retail units and was the largest shopping centre in Ireland at the time. It also has three anchor stores: Tesco, Penneys and Dunnes Stores. Tesco is a large supermarket, Penneys is a clothing store and Dunnes Stores is a supermarket and clothing store. Prior to 2022, the current Penneys unit on Level 1 housed Debenhams, although due to the Covid-19 pandemic Debenhams in Ireland was forced into liquidation. All Debenhams stores in Ireland closed permanently on March 15th 2020. The Square also has various other big-brand stores and restaurants such as Sports Direct, GameStop, H&M, McDonalds, Costa and Subway.
The Square has seven public car parks:LEVEL 1: Southeast (Surface) 55 spaces + 3 GoCar spaces
LEVEL 1: Northeast (Surface) 138 spaces
LEVEL 1: East (Multi-Storey) 780 spaces over 6 levels + 20 disabled spaces
LEVEL 2: South (Surface) 153 spaces + 5 disabled spaces + 4 charging points
LEVEL 2: North (Surface) 285 spaces + 7 disabled spaces
LEVEL 3: West (Surface) - 653 spaces + 4 disabled spaces
LEVEL 3: Overflow (Surface) 123 spaces
Most of these are surface car parks located on the street level, however the Level 1 East is a 6-level multi-storey car park featuring three lifts. The Level 3 Overflow car park appears to be on street level too, however there are two lifts to access the shopping centre.
The Square has seven public lifts.There are two glass ThyssenKrupp Evolution MRL lifts in the central atrium. These serve centre floors 1, 2 and 3. In 2020, these replaced Pickerings lifts which were from 2008. The Pickerings lifts were modernizations of older lifts dating back to 1990. It is unknown as to what these were originally.
There are three Pickerings lifts in the multi-storey car park. These serve floors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. This car park does not have a direct link to the shopping centre; you must go down to 1 then walk outside. These lifts are modernizations of older lifts from 1997 or 1998. It is unknown as to what these were originally.
There are two hydraulic Pickerings lifts in the Level 3 Overflow car park. They serve centre Level 2 and the car park, however are labelled as 1 and 2. These are also modernizations of older lifts, and it is also unknown as to what they were originally.
The Square has six escalators and four travelatorsThere are two Otis travelators from 1990 that go from Level 1 to Level 2. These are located adjacent to the glass lifts in the atrium.
There are two Kone travelators from 2021 that go from Level 2 to Level 3. These were also originally Otis travelators from 1990 that got replaced due to reliability issues.
There are two Otis escalators from 1990 that go from Level 1 to Level 2. These are located at the rear of Level 1 and dont get much use.
There are two Otis escalators from 1990 that go from Level 2 to Level 3. These are very heavily used as they are the quickest route to the Level 3 exit.
All escalators and travelators meet at the central stage area on Level 2.
There are also two Thyssen escalators from 1990 inside Dunnes Stores. These aren't used very much.
Progress So FarSo far, I have completed the Level 1 east entrance as well as some of the Level 1 shops. The outdoor Level 1 shops are also complete, however are not accurate. This is a building from 2020 and is currently in the process of renovation. It may take a long time to fully renovate it.
The Level 1 Entrance:
In other buildings, I have made recreations of the lifts in this centre. Please note that the following photos are
not from this particular building.
Glass lifts from the rear:
Glass lifts from the front:
Inside the left-hand glass lift:
Multi-storey car park lifts from the front:
Multi-storey car park lifts in the shaft:
Inside the right-hand multi-storey car park lift:
The Plan I do not have a timeline for this project, but it will be released in stages. Depending on the complexity of a certain area, it is possible the project may progress slowly at certain points such as the central atrium.
Stage 1 - Main Centre + Multi-Storey Car Park
Stage 2 - All of above + exterior Level 1 units
Stage 3 - All of above + Luas stop
Notes-- Due to Skyscrapersim limitations, the escalators from Level 1 to Level 2 will not be made as they are at an angle. Instead, I will put hoardings around them as if they are under replacement.
-- Due to Skyscrapersim limitations, the travelators from Level 2 to Level 3 will not be made as they are at an angle. Instead, I will put hoardings around them as if they are under replacement.
-- In real life, the glass lifts are at a slight angle. In this building, they will be at 90° due to Skyscrapersim limitations.
-- There is a spiral staircase that goes from Level 1 to Level 2 near to the escalators. Due to Skyscrapersim limitations, this will be several small staircases instead.
-- The Square updated their logo and styling in September 2022. For now, this project will use the older logo as I know it much better.
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