Dublin Flats, photographs of social housing 2006-2009. Exhibited at the Irish Architectural Archive.

“Clear and detached, these photographs record a number of Dublin social housing schemes built between the late 1950s and the early 1970s. All were photographed as they were being, or just after they had been, cleared of tenants in preparation for their impending demolition.”

“Heeffer’s camera looks beyond the common-place perceptions of the subjects as hubs of disappointment and discontent. The buildings emerge from layers and years of preconceptions and prejudice to be examined on their architectural merits. What, if any, those merits are is a judgement the individual viewer will ultimately make.”

More information please visit Irish Architectural Archive.

 

Ballymun, Shangan Road, Dublin 9
50 X 35 cm, September 2007

O’Devaney Gardens, Dublin 7
35 x 80 cm, Series of three, November 2008 / June 2009

O’Devaney Gardens, long blocks, Dublin 7
34 x 98 cm, Series of three, June 2009

O’Devaney Gardens, four crops, Dublin 7
34 x 45 cm, Series of four, September 2007200 x 200 cm, January 2008

St. Michael’s Estate, Dublin 8
42 x 70 cm, Series of three, July 2009

Cromcastle Court, Cromcastle Park, Dublin 5
42 x 70 cm, Series of three, August 2009

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Ballymun, Coultry Road, Dublin 9
55 x 180 cm, September 2007

St. Teresa’s Gardens, side view, Donore Ave, Dublin 8
21.5 x 80 cm, Series of eight, July 2009

St. Teresa’s Gardens, rear view, Donore Ave, Dublin 8
21.5 x 80 cm, Series of eight, July 2009

Killarney Court, block 1, Upper Buckingham Street, Dublin 1
35.5 x 55 cm, December 2006

Killarney Court, block 2, Upper Buckingham Street, Dublin 1
35.5 x 55 cm, December 2006

Chamber Court, east side block I, Chamber Street, Dublin 8
45 x 100  cm August 2008

Chamber Court, west side block I, Chamber Street, Dublin 8
45  x 100 cm August 2008

Chamber Court, living room two floor apartments, Chamber Street, Dublin 8
96 x 123 cm, Grid of 56, August 2008

Chamber Court, living room with removed fireplace, Chamber Street, Dublin 8
96 x 123 cm, Grid of 56, August 2008

Chamber Court, removed staircases, Chamber Street, Dublin 8
96 x 118 cm, Grid of 45, August 2008

Weaver Court, Chamber Street, Dublin 8
40 x 120 cm August 2008

Ballymun, Dublin 9
200 x 200 cm, January 2008