Greaney, Deirdre2013Greaney , D 2013 , ' A case for the urbanisation of future Irish shoppingscapes ' , Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação .1646-6756Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e EducaçãoThis paper puts forward a case for the urbanisation of future Irish shoppingscapes. It does so out of concern over the lack of urban design that factors in urban social sustainability found in Irish shoppingscapes built during the Celtic Tiger years. With reference to the challenge set to designers by De Solà-Morales (1992): “the urbanization of the private domain as a new challenge,” this research investigates urbanisation from the socio-cultural perspective. It informs itself from the discourse in urban theory focusing on conditions that allow for urban social sustainability. In attempting to define design’s role in the creation of these conditions, an evaluation criterion is drawn from this discourse and applied to shoppingscape case studies, to determine if their designs factor in urban social sustainability. The findings highlight Celtic Tiger shoppingscapes and also demonstrate how the concepts derived from urban theory can inform the design of future shoppingscapes, emphasising conditions that allow for socio-cultural urbanisation.application/pdfengopenAccessARQUITETURAPLANOS DE URBANIZAÇÃOSUSTENTABILIDADE URBANAIRLANDAPROJETOS ARQUITETÓNICOSCENTROS COMERCIAISARCHITECTUREURBANIZATION PLANSURBAN SUSTAINABILITYIRELANDARCHITECTURE PROJECTSSHOPPING CENTRESarticle