A Pop-Up Park for Dublin, one of our projects of Summer 2012, closes our entries for this year. In collaboration with Upstart and StreetFeast this Summer, A2 Architects developed a temporary park to last a set period of three months in Dublin City Centre. Situated on the proposed CIE Central Bus Station site just south of the busy Jervis Luas Stop, the project sets out both with an ambitious programme and with a light foot: An information portal, classrooms, dining area and exhibition space are housed within a repeating parallel-bay layout of prefabricated and sheathed aluminium poly-tunnels on a square 50x50m mat of conditioned timber palettes. The palettes are arranged so as to allow propogation of existing foundation trenches for food growth. As well as offering rest to park users, seating is designed to collect rainwater from the roof and to provide raised planting beds. It is very much intended to realise this public project in Summer 2013.