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CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS 5

Above: ‘Peephole’ inserted to surface of drawing

RHA SUMMER SHOW, 2011

‘The exquisite corpse’ is a drawing with ‘peepholes’ allowing glimpses of the room models within. This piece was developed following the invitation to participate in the Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Showin Dublin. The drawing merges our first project, as yet unbuilt, with our most recently completed project, a rennovation of a Georgian house in Rathmines.

Right: Steel, plywood, diffuse acrylic

Following pages:- Slender steel supports plywood case- Viewer participation with the piece - Section drawings for both houses

Below: Entrance hall to exhibition

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Above: Paper model of ‘time zone’ moving wall

ARTS CENTRE, TULLAMORE 2011

Competition entry for a new theatre, art gallery and studios for Tullamore. A series of discreet, specific rooms are connected by internal streets as slack public space, defined by the glazed roof supported on plywood beams.

Right: Layout plan and theatre section

Following pages:- External theatre/ cafe terrace from park - Internal street between studios/ theatre

Below: Roof layout for plywood structure

Above: Design development model for site

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CULTURE IRELAND, 2012

To celebrate the Irish Presidency of the European Union, our proposal for the entrance atrium to the EU headquarters in Brussels describes the political, geographical, cultural and relative populations of the EU member states, using sculpted, charred and bleached timber plates suspended within a steel cable meshwork.

Right: Model detail of suspended states

Following pages:- Irish links made with green fibre-optics- Moving shadows cast on floor from sun - Design model of 3 x 3 x 3 metre frame

Above: Sculpting, charring and bleaching to timber

Below: Side view shows chronology of state membership

Above: View from Anthony Gormley beach sculptures

Below: Observation platform, view to Liverpool

Below: Aerial photograph showing main viewpoints

MERSEY OBSERVATORY, 2007

Our entry to the international competition for a new viewing platform adjacent to the Anthony Gormley installation offered three distinct views - Liverpool City, the Welsh Mountains and the Anthony Gormley sculpture installation on the adjacent beach. A tubular truss is developed in timber between the triangles at the base and platform to rise 100m above the new pier.

Right: Design model for timber structure

Following pages:- View at approach along new pier - Overview of tower and pier - Section and plan of tower proposal

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Above: Site sections through housing and gallery spaces

Below: Site context, housing in foreground, gallery beyond

EUROPAN 10, DUBLIN 2009

A new Art Gallery, suspended artist’s studios and densely stacked courtyard residences are combined with a social housing need for this site in Ballymunn, located at the old district heating boilerhouse.

Right: View of housing from sculpture garden, above and site plan, below

Following pages:- Layering of spaces across site - Art gallery from street, housing beyond- Perspective section, Art complex

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