Ballyglass Lighthouse Keepers Cottage

Date: Sunday 08 October

Time: 15:00

Location: Ballyglass Lighthouse, Ballyglass  

Accessibility: There is level access on the exterior but not to the interiors; the ground is also rough with some cobbles

Please wear closed-toe shoes. Tour duration - 60 minutes.

Prebooking is advised as spaces are limited [Book HERE]

Summary

Architect - guided tour with Mark Stephens MRIAI, Architect Accredited in Conservation at Ballyglass Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage, Ballyglass, County Mayo. Adjacent to Ballyglass Lighthouse at Gubbacashel Point, the tour will focus on the history of the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage, and the approach and methodologies employed to realise the restoration of the structure.

About

The Built Heritage Investment Scheme and Mayo County Council’s Architectural Conservation Office supports works to promote the repair and re-use of historic structures.

Mark Stephens, MRIAI Architect, Accredited in Conservation at Grade 3 will discuss his approach to the conservation repair and restoration of the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage.

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 sets out a roadmap for Ireland’s transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich and climate neutral economy. This shift to a climate neutral future means that the conservation and repurposing of existing historic building stock has become increasingly more important. Increased maintenance and repair will be key to building resilience in our historic buildings to enable them to withstand the effects of a changing environment.

Ripple Paradise Garden Tour

Date  Sunday 08 October

Time 2 - 3pm

Location Ripple Paradise Garden – Greenhills Estate, Ballina Co. Mayo

Not fully accessible – some uneven paths and grass to cross to get to the garden

Link to location / View on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/Dov2A7nCm7DX6Xyv8

Summary

Visit Greenhills’ Paradise Garden – a climate friendly intergenerational amenity space that was co-designed and built during the Ripple project funded by Creative Ireland.

This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but places are limited and will operate on a first come first serve basis. 

Event Organiser: UCD Centre for Irish Towns (https://www.ucd.ie/cfit/)

About

Public green spaces, common in housing estates throughout Ireland, represent a significant untapped resource for climate action, through their potential transformation as water resilient, productive and socially cohesive public spaces.

Ripple was one of fifteen projects supported by the first Creative Ireland Climate Action Call. UCD Centre for Irish Towns was the lead applicant in collaboration with Ballina Green Towns, artist Ríonach Ní Néill, and a local community in Greenhills Estate, Ballina. 

In this session we invite you to visit Greenhills' Paradise Garden - the climate friendly intergenerational amenity space that was co-designed and built during the Ripple project. It is a haven for wildlife, provides nature based play, and crucially slows rainwater through a series of rills, wells and natural attenuation features on its way to the river.

WHAT’S LEFT US THEN

A film by: Yvonne mc Guinness

2023 / Ireland / Art, Architecture

A thought provoking, often funny reflection on the development of modern Ireland through the lens of rural concrete structures, their ruin, repair and intrinsic maleness mediated by a female narrator.

World Premiere

Pálás cinema Sunday 08 October, 12pm

Commissioned as part of the Engaging with Architecture programme funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. 

DOP: Michael Kelly 

Editor: John Murphy

Sound Design: Guillaume Beauron

Grade and finishing: Michael Higgins

Yvonne Mc Guinness is an Irish artist based in Dublin. Her research interests explore art as a social and relational practice and the critical and contextual debates that evolve from this area of study. With an emphasis on collaboration and ethnographic approaches she is particularly interested in our sense of belonging, embodied experience of place and the spectator as active participant. Mc Guinness’ work involves a variety of media: film, performance, collage, sculptural and textile elements, sound and writing.

Film Shorts

Premiere of short 3 min films produced during the past week from participants at the AATE/ CAFx film + architecture workshop, 2023

Time: 16:30pm – 18:00pm / 45min screening + 45min Q&A

Date: Saturday 07 October, 2023

Location: Screen 3 - Pálás Cinema, 15 Merchants Road Lower, Galway H91 F6DF 

FREE but prebook is advised as places are limited.

Architecture at the Edge and Copenhagen Architecture Festival partnered up to organize a film & architecture workshop in response to the AATE23 thematic provocation of ‘re-mapping’, focusing on filmmaking and environmentally conscious, socially inclusive design, architecture and urban planning. This is the result!

A series of 3min film shorts made in and about Galway City.

About

During the one-week program, through lectures, group exercises and guided explorations of Galway, we invited participants to response to the AATE23 thematic provocation of ‘re-mapping’. Participants were introduced to practices of investigative observation, archival research, and new ways of mapping the city - interrogating issues of land ownership, material extraction, environmental, ecological and physical qualities of the landscape but as well considering the human interactions, the convivial strategies of resistance created by citizens, and apply this knowledge to create your own short film documenting or addressing design solutions found in the built, grown and/or planned environment of Galway city.

Supported by Screen Ireland

Note: Spots are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else

Groundwork: A Short Film

Date:  Saturday 07th October

Time:  4pm - 4:30pm

Location: Screen 3 - Pálás Cinema, 15 Merchants Road Lower, Galway H91 F6DF

FREE but prebook is advised as places are limited  

Note: Spots are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.

Summary

A collage of drawing, field recording, image, score and word, GROUNDWORK: A Short Film presents a drawn journey along an imagined section line cut through the town and hinterland of Ballinasloe.

About

A collaborative work led by architectural graduate Dominic Daly and filmmaker Josh Meany, GROUNDWORK: A Short Film presents a drawn journey along an imagined section line cut through the town and hinterland of Ballinasloe, County Galway. The film presents a collage of drawing, field recording, image, score and word, reflecting on fieldwork gathered by Daly for his dispersed exhibition in the town as part of AATE’s 2022 edition. A study of identity, place and material culture, in the context of a wider reconsidering of the place and potential of towns in contemporary Ireland. Entirely of this community, the film features the voice, crafts, texture and people of Ballinasloe. Architectural tools become a means to reimagine local identities, through understanding the nuanced personality of what is already there.

Dominic Daly explores materiality, process and identity through drawing, design and photography. Currently working for TAKA Architects, he was awarded a masters in architecture from UCD in 2022 receiving the Bruce Shortt Award and RIBA President’s Medal nomination. Dominic’s solo works have featured in publications including: Making Belfield (UCD Press); Foreign Exchange (Story, Building), Architecture Ireland (RIAI Journal). He has previously worked for African Futures Institute (La Biennale 2023); LAN Paris; Architecture at the Edge.

The living and lost heritage of Clonfert

Dr Christy Cunniffe

Time, 15.00pm, Duration approx.1.5 hours

Date(s) Saturday 07 October, 2023

Location, Saint Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co.Galway H53 W8X0

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Summary

“Paper Maps to Photogrammetry different approaches to recording the living and lost heritage of Clonfert” with Dr Christy Cunniffe.

About

This presentation will look at various ways that the Built, Archaeological and Landscape Heritage of Clonfert has been explored and recorded over the years. This will include techniques from simple sketches from memory of the grounds and gardens to dedicated geophysical survey of the broader landscape, to a measured drawn survey of Clonfert Romanesque Doorway. It will look at how digital modelling can enhance our understanding of a place. It will also raise the question for open debate as to how we should use that digital technology to plan for the long term conservation of the Romanesque Doorway.  

Supported by; Galway County Council

Blacksod Architecture Tour

Date: Saturday 07 October

Time: 12 noon

Location: Blacksod Lighthouse

Restricted Accessibility – Stepped access to historic Lighthouse

Event

Designed and constructed by the biggest names in 18th Century engineering, Blacksod Lighthouse, Keepers’ Dwellings, Coastguard Station, Boathouse and Pier are remarkable components of our maritime architectural heritage.

Event Organiser: CFID Eachléim, Blacksod Lighthouse Tours

About

We don’t shout about this enough, but Blacksod is pretty special in the world of architecture and engineering. With world famous engineers designing and overseeing the construction of our pier and lighthouse, we were at the cutting edge of innovation in the late 1800s. With plans afoot to connect London to the USA and the Caribbean via Blacksod Pier, our little village was at the centre of the world back then.

To bring these facts to light, we delved into the history books to examine the past of Blacksod Lighthouse from an architectural angle. Join us on a fascinating architecture-based tour. Learn the rich history of this protected building, the connections between the lighthouse and its landscape, and the many world-renown characters involved in its construction. Hear tales of huge projects undertaken by Nimmo, Bald & Co. and learn about the proposed ‘All Red Route’ land connection linking Blacksod to London. See the state-of-the-art Fresnel Lens up close, installed in June 1866 and still in operation today!

Supported by CFID Eachléim

Paper Cities

Plattenbaustudio, Jennifer O’Donnell & Jonathan Janssens

Time 10:30am - 4:30pm, lunch break from 1:00 - 2:00pm

Date(s) Saturday 07 October,

Location The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, Galway H91 N5X9

FREE but prebook is essential as spaces are limited

Note: As spaces are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.

This one-day workshop invites you to be part of a large-scale collective model-making exercise with the city centre streets as our focus. We will begin the day with a short talk about architectural drawing and model-making, after which we kick off the workshop with two rounds of urban sketching and modelling. No prior model-making experience necessary, we will use a system of templates and cut-outs to draw and piece together a 3D map of the city. You are invited to use the blank templates to call up fragments of the city as you once knew them, the city as observed today, and the city we dream of for the future- all of which will slot together to form one large-scale collective model of an alternative Galway. We will provide all materials, just bring yourself.

Event Organiser

Plattenbaustudio, Jennifer O’Donnell & Jonathan Janssens

plattenbaustudio is an architecture and drawing studio based between Berlin and Ireland. Alongside built projects the studio is active in the fields of architectural communication, exhibition and research, focusing on the realities of architecture in use and on the far-reaching consequences that our built environment has on human lives.

Tuatha of Terryland Forest Park

‘Bringing the Jungle back into our Urban Lives’

Date:  Saturday 07 October

Time: 9.30am, Duration approx. 2.5 hours

Meeting Point Woodquay Pitch

This event is FREE and open to the public. Pre-booking is advised as places are limited.

About

Enjoy a guided walk through a landscape of woods, meadows and wetlands in the heart of Galway city and find out why we need to integrate nature into our urban infrastructure. 

In an increasingly urbanised planet, humanity’s growing disconnect with the natural world has led to the climate and biodiversity catastrophe that threaten its very existence. Hence there is an urgent need now to redesign our cities in order to integrate nature into urban infrastructure. Brendan Smith will provide an informative walk along the banks of the River Corrib and into the Terryland Forest Park to show how this can be achieved. He will enlighten participants on the origins of Ireland’s largest community-local government urban woodland, on how since its inception in 2000 it has served as a 'carbon sink’, a wildlife sanctuary, an ecological corridor, an Outdoor Classroom and an outdoor passive recreational facility. Brendan will also talk about its built heritage, on how it can serve as a template for other cities but also about the threats that it faces and what needs to be done to enhance its future.

Founder of the Galway National Park City initiative, Brendan Smith has been a community and environmental activist for over four decades, involved in programmes to protect and enhance biodiversity in urban Galway. He spearheaded the campaign in 1995 that lead to the opening in 2000 of the council-owned Terryland Forest Park, an area of over 120 acres comprising wood, wetlands, waterways and pasture. Brendan is a member of the EcoEd4All team, which includes renowned environmentalist Duncan Stewart, that has developed the first Sustainability educational modular programme for Transition Year students in Ireland.

Tuatha of Terryland Forest Park, Galway National Park City

The Moy Catchment Area Geodesign Project

Date: Friday 06 October

Time: 19:00, Duration 1h.

Location: The Coach House at the Mary Robinson Centre, Ballina 

Summary

In the context of the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge, more than 50 local groups worldwide will collaboratively employ shared methods and tools to create climate-oriented actions. An Irish team, including University College Dublin, Mayo County Council, and stakeholders, will envision a sustainable future for the Moy Catchment area using geospatial tools.

This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but places are limited and will operate on a first come first serve basis. 

Event Organiser University College Dublin

About

How can we collaboratively create climate-oriented design actions, organize them into various alternative design scenarios, assess their impacts on carbon emissions and sequestration, and negotiate the final design among the public and decision-makers? 

More than 50 local groups from around the world have actively joined the Global Climate Geodesign Challenge, embarking on the creation of local designs guided by a shared framework that combines sketching methods, numerical analysis, and consensus-based decision-making. Initiated by the International Geodesign collaboration, this project brings together local authorities, researchers, and communities. They will collaboratively work to design climate action interventions with the aim of significantly reducing emissions and enhancing carbon sinks by 2050, thereby reversing atmospheric carbon accumulation.

University College Dublin is currently in the process of creating a local interest group as part of this initiative. The team includes Mayo County Council, master's students in Architecture, and a range of stakeholders. Together, they will proactively tackle climate change, pooling their expertise to construct a strategic vision for the Moy Catchment Area. Geodesign methods, geospatial modelling and map-based tools will be used to support group work and collaborative tasks.

The Mary Robinson Centre is a Centre for Change - a focal point for schools, the Irish public and for tourists to see and understand Mary’s legacy, located in Ballina, Co. Mayo in the childhood home of the former President. It will address the key themes and issues of Mary Robinson’s legacy as an influential world leader from the West of Ireland, including climate change, human rights, equality and women in leadership.

A Fragile Correspondence – Scotland + Venice 

Date: Friday 06 October 2023

Time: 18.00 - 20.00

Location: The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid ln.

FREE but prebook is essential as spaces are limited

Note: As spaces are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else

Event Summary

A very special presentation of A Fragile Correspondence, Scotland's exhibition at the 2023 Venice Biennale.

Organiser Architecture Fringe

About

A Fragile Correspondence is Scotland’s national contribution to this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. 

From the forests around Loch Ness, to the seashore of the Orkney archipelago and the industrialised remnants of the Ravenscraig steelworks, A Fragile Correspondence takes us on a journey through three Scottish landscapes; the Highlands, Islands and Lowlands. Highlighting cultures and languages that have a close affinity with the landscapes of Scotland, the work explores alternative perspectives and new approaches to the challenges of the worldwide climate emergency.  In response to Architecture At The Edge’s provocation of Re-Mapping, the curators of A Fragile Correspondence will present ideas on how we might deepen our correspondence with these landscapes, to renegotiate our perceptions of language, land and place. 

Presented by co-curators Aoife Bláithnaid Nolan, Mia Pinder Hussein, and Andy Summers 

Aoife Bláithnaid Nolan, Co-Curator Scotland + Venice  
Aoife Bláithnaid Nolan is Editor-in-Chief and Founder of -ism architecture magazine. Her background in art and architecture has fed a continuous interest in language, tradition and architecture that responds to culture and climate. These are interrelated and isolated through her affection for designing, writing and graphical play.  

-ism magazine 
-ism is an independent architecture magazine that celebrates bold and critical reflections on the discipline. Initially established in 2019 during the Architecture Fringe, -ism most recently launched its fourth issue on the theme Land. With each launch, the magazine holds a discussion-centred event that invites relevant speakers to address the themes being explored while simultaneously celebrating the work of contributors through a self-curated exhibition. The nutrition of collaboration is central to the publication’s ethos.  
 
Mia Pinder Hussein, Co-Curator Scotland + Venice  
Mia Pinder Hussein (she/her) is a Co-Founder of /other. Through exploring the relationship between architecture, the arts and critical texts, her work seeks to challenge current architectural norms in both education and practice, centering the identities and cultures of those often pushed to the periphery.  

/other 
/other is a collective of POC creatives that started in 2019. Placed at the intersection of critical research and a contemporary culture of diverse expression, /other centres the marginalised individual within architectural discourse. /other considers itself a collective whose limits are in flux by constantly reaching out to its growing network of collaborators - peers, architects and creatives - in order to amplify the voices of the many. 
 
Andy Summers, Co-Curator Scotland + Venice 
Andy Summers (he/him) is a Glasgow-based architect, educator, curator, and public programmer specialising in architecture and the built environment. He is interested in developing and contributing to a pluralised, progressive culture of architecture which seeks to support a just common good. His work questions and explores the conditions within which architectural cultures emerge, often challenging existing structures and cultural norms. Andy is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Architecture Fringe, a Studio Tutor at the Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture at the University of Edinburgh, and Co-Pilot for Stage 4 Architecture at the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art.  

Architecture Fringe 
Founded in 2015, the Architecture Fringe is a self-initiated non-profit volunteer run organisation which explores architecture and its impact within our collective public life. Initiating and supporting a counter-culture, the Architecture Fringe seeks to pluralise architectural culture in Scotland and further afield. 

The Core Programme for the Architecture at the Edge Festival 2023 has been made possible through support from the Arts Council of Ireland.

GreenRoofCraft Workshop:
Designing nature-based solutions in Minecraft

Date: Friday 06 October

Time: 13:30 -15:00

Duration: 1.5hr

Location: Breaffy NS, Ballina, County Mayo

Summary

In an era where digital engagement is a prominent aspect of youth culture, the GreenRoof Craft workshop bridges the virtual realm of Minecraft with nature-based solutions. This playful activity invites players to collaboratively reshape urban areas into climate resilient landscapes.

 Event Organiser: University College Dublin 

Dr Ítalo de Sena is a postdoctoral researcher at UCD School Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy. His research relies on the combination of geospatial data and digital games, investigating applications in education, geodesign, urban and landscape planning, geoconservation and community engagement.

Dr Chiara Cocco is a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Digital Technologies and Environmental Design at UCD School Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy. Her research mainly focuses on the use of digital technologies for citizen engagement in the observation, interpretation and co-design of their place and local issues. She is an expert in the development of geodesign methods to support co-design processes.

Dr Micael de Sousa is a postdoctoral researcher at UCD School Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy. With expertise in spatial planning (University of Coimbra, Portugal), he is the creator of several serious games, including those that supported the UrbSecurity project (Urbact) to foster collaborative planning dynamics with the local community.

About

Climate change and sustainability are increasingly being integrated as transdisciplinary subjects in formal and informal learning. However, effectively communicating the intricacies of these topics presents challenges in adapting complex concepts to young people. Recognizing the popularity and playful game mechanics of Minecraft, the GreenRoof Craft workshop was designed to introduce the concept of green roofs and nature-based solutions to young people. Through the manipulation of blocks and items, players can develop a deep comprehension of the intricacies of environmental systems, ultimately fostering the communication of key concepts and promoting a greater awareness of the importance of sustainability.

The workshop presents these concepts and invites players to join the virtual world to explore ways to transform urban landscapes. In addition, round table discussions are facilitated with the support of a board game created to foster engagement and negotiation.

Supported by

https://heritact.eu/

Ahascragh Distillery

Date: Friday 06 October   

Time: Tours at 10:30am and 3pm

Location: Ahascragh Distillers Ltd. | Chapel Street, Ahascragh, Co. Galway

FREE but prebook is essential

Summary

Guided tour led by Liam Loughrey BE C Eng, Project Manager Construction.

About

Experience whiskey history in the making at Ahascragh Distillery, Ireland’s first zero-emissions whiskey and gin distillery.

Built within a restored nineteenth century mill in the village of Ahascragh, Co. Galway, tours of the state-of-the-art distillery include a journey through the history of the old mill and an exploration of whiskey and gin production from grain to glass. Located in the heart of the countryside village and steeped in history, the mill complex has been given a new lease of life. The eco-distillery is powered by renewable energy – wind, solar and coming soon, hydro, using heat pump technology and an energy efficient storage system. This is a first for the industry.

Now open for tours, Ahascragh Distillery is an authentic destination for whiskey and gin enthusiasts and anyone interested in history, tradition and craftsmanship.

Supported by;

ahascraghdistillery.com

Archaeological Investigation in Medieval Claregalway

Open Day Hosted by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd

Date: Friday 6 October

Tours will be offered in four time-slots: 9.30 am, 11.00 am, 1.30 pm and 3.00 pm. (Thus, two morning and two afternoon, each of max. 90 mins duration.)

Location Meet Claregalway Castle

FREE but prebook is essential
*Registration online is required for this event (morning and afternoon tours).

About

The Norman invasion of Connacht in the 1230s was led by Richard de Burgo (afterwards Clanricarde). The Norman barons and knights who supported de Burgo were rewarded with grants of land. The conquered territory was soon consolidated by castles and fortified manor villages. Many of the military monuments of this period of conquest and consolidation survive, in the form of motte mounds, moated earthwork enclosures and masonry castles. But what was the character of daily life for the incomers? And how did things change for the native Irish?  An ongoing archaeological excavation in Claregalway, on an island in the River Clare that was fortified and settled by John de Cogan, is offering some answers.

Open Day Hosted by Irish Archaeological Consultancy Ltd

The elements of the Open Day will be a) a slideshow and b) finds show and c) excavation visit.

Special Thanks to Mr Eamon O’Donoghue for use of meeting room at Claregalway Castle.

The excavation was commissioned by Galway County Council and is funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. 

Note; There will be no parking at the excavation site by IAC Ltd personnel or visitors on the day.

Remapping Places:
Imagining our Past, Present and Future   

Symposium

Date/ Time  5 October 2023, 6.00 pm -7:30pm

Location Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane.

This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but as places are limited it is advised.

About

To re-map is to engage with landscapes, cities and places in new ways. It can uncover hidden pasts and bring to light emerging connections. Re-mapping can involve a range of activities and mediums including digital and audio technologies, artistic interventions, working practices and much more. It allows us to critically engage with our surroundings, identifying present concerns as well as articulating hopes for the future.

Hosted by UrbanLab Galway, Eugen McKeown, Marcos Dias and Oliver Dawkins discuss the importance of remapping practices among delivery drivers in Dublin, the use of gaming technologies to analyse the built environment and the ways in which we can engage with ecological spaces through sound. Taking place at the Mick Lally Theatre on Druid Lane, the symposium combines reflections on landscape, urban space and everyday life to provoke discussion on how re-mapping can shape the world around us.

Event Organiser

UrbanLab Galway

Marcos Dias, Dublin City University

Marcos Dias is an Assistant Professor and Programme Chair of the BSc in Multimedia at the School of Communications, Dublin City University. He completed a PhD in Media Studies in the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2015 and a MSc with Distinction in Interactive Digital Media from Trinity College Dublin. 

Oliver Dawkins, Maynouth University 

Oliver Dawkins is currently Creative Technologist on the Data Stories project at Maynooth University. His work focuses on real-time 3D visualisation and interaction using geographic information, IoT sensors and Mixed Realities (AR/VR). Recently he has worked for the UCL Energy Institute and the Connected Environments lab at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA). Previously Oliver also worked on the Building City Dashboards project in Ireland and participated in the Intel Collaborative Research Institute (ICRI) for Urban IoT at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

Eugene McKeown, University of Galway

Eugene McKeown is an acoustician. Having held various roles in industry, academia and consulting for forty years, he is now a PhD candidate at the University of Galway studying coastal soundscapes. He has a personal and professional interest in the natural environment and has significant experience on both airborne and underwater acoustics.

Presentation by Conor O’Dowd, CEO Port Of Galway.

The Galway Harbour Project represents a once-in-a generation opportunity to develop a new and sustainable urban quarter in Galway city. Together with the proposed Port extension, there is an opportunity to expand our City to the water’s edge, future proof the port as a transport and renewable energy hub and support employment in the short, medium and long term. 

Central to the vision is a transformative public realm strategy which pledges to give the people of Galway a renewed sense of place by delivering approximately 22,300 sq metres (5.5 acres) of new public spaces for the city and repurposing the Inner Dock basin for marine recreation.

The Plan also aims to deliver:

• a sustainable mixed-use urban quarter; 

• the development of a cultural space on the iconic Centre Pier site;

• a realignment of the city to the sea.

About the speaker;

Conor was appointed as CEO at the Port of Galway in November 2018. A Chartered Accountant, Conor worked with KPMG in their Dublin and Galway offices prior to joining the Port.

As CEO, Conor is responsible for managing the Port’s day to day operating activities and for implementing the Port’s strategic objectives. These objectives include the proposed new Port and the inner dock regeneration project which will be facilitated by the relocated and expanded new Port facility. Conor also has responsibility for the Port’s efforts to play a key role in the renewable energy transition in the short, medium and long term.

Conor is a past President of Galway Chamber of Commerce and a founding and current director of the Galway City Innovation District (“ the GCID”). The GCID is the company responsible for the PorterShed innovation hub in the heart of Galway City.

Holy Trinity Church Errislannan

‘A shared and sustainable future for Holy Trinity Church, Errislannan’.

Date: Thursday 05 October

Time: 12pm

Location Holy Trinity Church, Drinagh, Errislannan, Co. Galway

Gravel car park, accessible throughout ground floor. etc.

Summary

Visit Holy Trinity Church in Errislannan for a short tour and talk about its future.

Guides Niamh Lunny, Irish Landmark Trust, Andrew Higginson and Willie Cumming

This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but as places are limited it is advised.

Irish Landmark Trust is an all-island organisation working to save, share and sustain our unique built heritage. ILT and local community stakeholders at Holy Trinity Church are looking at how they will develop the shared future of the building. This is a new partnership for both organisations, both wish to see the building preserved and recognise the power of collaboration in achieving this. ILT will seek to regenerate the building as a short term holiday let, using best practice solutions for sustainability and energy efficiency in heritage buildings, whilst also making it available to the community for occasional services. The aspiration for both organisations is to give the building a viable, sustainable long term future.

A short tour of the church will followed by a discussion about the future of Holy Trinity Church with Willie Cumming, retired Architect and Chair of the Property Committee of ILT, Andrew Higginson, Holy Trinity Church community member and Niamh Lunny CEO of ILT.

Event Organiser: Irish Landmark Trust & The Friends of St Flannan’s

Uncertain Futures: Ireland's Maritime Heritage with;

Dr. Elizabeth Shotton

Dr. Noel Wilkins

Time 17:00pm – 18:00pm

Date(s) Wednesday 04 October, 2023

Location The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, Galway H91 N5X9 

FREE but prebook is advised as places are limited

About

Ireland's coastal infrastructure of piers and quays

A presentation on Ireland's Maritime Heritage its past and future with speakers;

Elizabeth Shotton teaches construction technology and design at the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy. Her research interests focus on the sustainable use of material resources through advances in materials, construction technologies and design processes. She is currently leading a study on Ireland's Minor Harbours, examining the evolution of maritime engineering in small harbours along the coast of Ireland from the seventeenth century to the present.

Noel Wilkins is a retired Professor of Zoology of NUI Galway, where he studied and carried out research on fish and shellfish. Before that, he had spent ten years in the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland, working on fish and fisheries. He has travelled widely and lectured in many countries, and is the author of ten books. Two of these – the biography of Alexander Nimmo and Humble Works for Humble People deal with piers and harbours, especially those of County Galway and other western counties. He is currently working on another book on Irish fisheries research. He is author of 'Humble Works for Humble People: A History of the Fishery Piers of County Galway and North Clare, 1800–1922' - an extensive illustrated history of fishery piers along the coasts of Galway and North Clare, based on the original archives from the Office of Public Works and 'Alexander Nimmo, Master Engineer, 1783-1832: Public Works and Civil Surveys', (@merrion_press).

Supported by Patrick McCabe Architects

Patrick McCabe | B.Arch, FRIAI, RIBA, Grade 2 Conservation Architect, was instigator and chairman of Open House Galway, The West of Ireland Architectural Festival, and former chairman of the Western Group of Architects.

Hailing from Dublin, Patrick graduated in architecture from UCD in 1984. Having worked in London, he then became design director of a prominent practice in Galway, steering it to substantial growth and receiving multiple awards along the way.

He founded Patrick McCabe Architects in 2013, with a mission to make architecture that works, and now feels lucky to be able to concentrate on what he loves best—the contemporary home.

Patrick died suddenly in June 2021and sadly missed by his beloved wife of 35 years, Sarah Kelly, their children Barry, Grace and Cillian, the extended McCabe and Kelly family and also by his colleagues and friends in Architecture, Construction and sport in Galway, Mayo, Dublin and beyond.

Restoration Tour of Westport House

Date: Wednesday 04 October

Time: 2pm tour – Duration 45 mins

Location: Westport House

Accessibility: Level access. Fully accessible throughout the ground floor. etc. – we have 18 steps to the entrance of the House

Summary

A tour describing the architecture of Westport House - the current restoration and plans for the House and the Estate.

Event Organiser: Kathryn Connolly

About

Westport House was built for John Browne, first Earl of Altamont, to a design (1731) by Richard Castle on the site of the earlier O’Malley tower house in the picturesque landscape of Clew Bay.

Other distinguished architects involved in the later improvement of the house included Thomas Ivory, who significantly extended the house as a quadrangle around an open courtyard. 

In the 1780s, James Wyatt redesigned the interior of the house, and the north and south wings were added by his son Benjamin Dean Wyatt in 1819. Subsequently, the open courtyard was reconfigured to include an impressive staircase hall to a design (1857-9) by George Wilkinson, featuring an elegant Imperial staircase of fine Sicilian marble and cast ironwork supplied by Francis Skidmore of Coventry.

The Map

Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon

Time: 12:00pm – 1pm and 2-4pm

Date: Wednesday 04 October, 2023

Location: The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, Galway H91 N5X9

FREE but prebook is essential

Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon will give a visual presentation and talk on their monumental textile sculpture, ‘The Map’.  The artists will discuss cartography, memory, materiality, and the collaborative process by which they developed their concept of ‘The Map’; originally commissioned for The Magdalene Series by Rua Red Dublin, and on show until October 29th 2023 at the EVA International art biennial in Limerick. 

Following their presentation of ‘The Map’ Fallon and Maher will conduct a 2 hour workshop utilising simple collage and drawing techniques.  During this time the artists will provide an opportunity for participants to engage with the concept of map making through dialogue, image-making, and collective processes experienced through the lens of art practice and the unbound imagination. 

Note: Spots are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.

Big Ears Listen With Feet

Bêka & Lemoine

Date:  Tuesday 03rd October   

TIme: 7pm. Duration, 93 min

Location: The Pálás Cinema, 15 Merchants Road Lower, Galway

FREE but prebook is essential

Note: Spots are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.

About

Artist-filmmakers Bêka & Lemoine take us to Bangkok on a one day hectic journey through the chaotic concrete jungle of the South-Asian megacity. Led by the moving personal story of Boonserm Premthada, one of today's most important Thai architects, the film unfolds through a free wander, punctuated by stunning encounters, events and places, which have contributed to shape Premthada's unique identity and sensibility. Deaf from birth, the architect evokes how his disability led him to develop an alternative way of listening using his whole body as a resonance chamber of sound vibrations. Despite their large ears, elephants also perceive sound mostly through their feet. Learning from elephants, Boonserm has developed an architecture of the senses where sound vibrations become the voice of space. Walking through the dark streets of the slum where he grew up, flying to remote rural communities living in symbiosis with elephants, and observing old ladies’ devotion towards the buddhist monks of their village, the film reveals, through impressive sequences, the architect’s active commitment to work with people for whom architecture can have a strong social impact. When a road movie merges with a film diary, here comes the one of a kind style of Bêka & Lemoine’s performative cinema.

http://www.bekalemoine.com

CREDITS

Directors; Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ila Bêka EDITING: Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine

COLORIST: Melo Prino

SOUND MIX: Walter Amati, Fuji Studio

PRODUCTION: Bêka & Partners, France

Thailand, 2022, 4K, Color, 93 min

Coastal Imaginaries : How to live with water

- lecture on the Danish Pavillion from Venice Biennial x 2023

Josephine Michau

Date:  Tuesday 03 October  

Time: 17:00pm – 18:00pm

Location: The Mick Lally Theatre

FREE but prebook is advised

Note: Spots are limited, once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.

Summary

Presentation of "Coastal Imaginaries" the Danish pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, by the architect and curator, Josephine Michau. 

About

Josephine Michau, curator of the Danish contribution, calls Coastal Imaginaries “a laboratory for hope in a world of viral hopelessness” 

Coastal Imaginaries is a dramatic narrative that through future scenarios show how the Copenhagen coastline might evolve if we employ nature-based solutions. With a combination of speculative scenography and displays of novel research projects, the exhibition invites the audience to explore the fragility and beauty of the coastal landscape.

As a laboratory of hope in the midst of universal hopelessness, Coastal Imaginaries offers a catalogue of proposals for a coastal future grounded in nature-based and sustainable solutions. Visitors at the Danish Pavilion will therefore gain insight into concrete principles for how we can adapt to the rising sea levels and ever more frequent storm floods caused by climate change, which will dramatically change our coastal landscapes this century.

Josephine Michau has a master’s degree in business administration and philosophy and is co-founder and CEO of  Copenhagen Architecture Festival (CAFx). Since 2014, CAFx has communicated architecture and urbanism to the public through a program of 100-200 annual activities. In 2015 the festival received a prize from the Danish Architecture Association for its ability “…to think about the communication of architecture, highlight its qualities and diversity, and create relevant debate”

In 2019, Josephine Michau received the Henning Larsen Foundation Award for “…her tireless and fascinating commitment to understanding, communicating and engaging people in the landscape of architecture in our lives …”

In the context of CAFx she has initiated and co-authored several articles, publications and film productions + conducted yearly workshops on film and architecture since 2016.

Fragments of Change at Enniscoe House

Date : Tuesday 03 October

Time: 11.30 am

Location Enniscoe House, Castlehill, Ballina, Co Mayo. F26 EA34

Link to location / View on Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/aN96nb2phrGNtq1i6

Accessibility: Tour will take in parts of the house not usually accessible to the public. Some steep stairs and awkward turns.

Event Organiser: Susan Kellett

Summary

Material Mapping of Architectural Features; A guided tour and talk about the architecture of Enniscoe House and the changes that have taken place over the years.

About

Enniscoe House appears to be a classic Irish Georgian country house of the middle size. An older house, described as a fortified house (c.1740-1750) is perfectly preserved within the later house, completed in 1798. Retaining significant interior features it represents an important component of the domestic built heritage of north County Mayo confirmed by such attributes as the Classical-style chimneypieces; silk wallpaper of Adamesque design; and delicate plasterwork enrichments. The tour will provide access to interior fragments of change and architectural features.

Zoë will be delivering an online lecture as part of the film + architecture workshop on Monday 02 October at 2pm. Whilst this is event is designed to inform the workshop participants, anyone with an interest in progressive future for architecture is welcome to join the audience in the Mick Lally Theatre for this event!

Zoë Berman is an architect, university lecturer and founder of Part W – an action group founded in 2018 that campaigns for gender equality across the built environment sector.

Part W is driven by a desire to see places and spaces designed and delivered in a manner that is fair and beneficial to all. In 2019, the group launched a campaign raising awareness of the disparity in global architecture prizes, which are disproportionately awarded to male designers. That campaign led to a key moment of change, and featured in press including The Guardian, The Observer and Dezeen. Zoë has been a guest on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour and lectured extensively on design and equity, and has written for the RIBA Journal, Blueprint magazine and Architecture Today. Zoë is writing a book profiling women who are shaping the design of cities.

Part W launched their Women's Work mapping project on International Women's Day 2022, encouraging others to highlight projects individually and collectively designed, built and influenced by women. The resulting map won the won the inaugural Prize for Research in Gender and Architecture 2023. Zoë will be talking about why Part W launched this project, and why highlighting a diversity of built projects is of value for practitioners and future generations.

Zoë is director of Studio Berman, which operates as a network of designers, makers and engineers who work collaboratively on a project-by-project basis, on installations and cultural and educational projects. She advocates design as a tool to engender positive social, political and economic change.

Re-imagining a Line (in search of the Esker Riada)

Joe Laverty, Aidan O’Neill and Ruby Wallis

Date(s)/ Time

Walk 13:00pm – 14:30pm, Monday 02 September, 2023

Meeting, carpark, Church of the Annunciation, Main Street, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway H91 HW58

Exhibition, 11am -6pm, 29th September – 08 October 

Location Festival Printworks Gallery, 15 Market Street, Galway Behind PorterShed a Dó.

Joe, Aidan and Ruby will also be delivering an artists talk in the Festival Printworks Gallery on 2nd Oct at 5pm.

About

The Esker Riada / An Slí Mhór – is an ancient route, East-West, across the centre of Ireland, loosely following the geographical Eskers that were deposited from glacial riverbeds at the end of the last ice-age. Following the route mapped out by Hermann Geissel in his book: A Road on the Long Ridge, photographic artists Joe Laverty, Ruby Wallis and Aidan O'Neill have walked a section of the route, seeking to re-imagine the line across the map by paying close attention to the geological materiality of the land, exploring a multiplicity of possible meanings and layers.

Encountering this path is to find sites of social and political trauma, dereliction but also connection and belonging. Following Geissel’s meticulous maps, the artists will visually excavate hidden and buried signs of the ancient path, and explore its intersections with the contemporary, including the M6 motorway that criss-crosses the old road.

Event

Walk & photograph the final section of the Esker Riada / an Slí Mhór with the artists Joe Laverty, Ruby Wallis & Aidan O'Neill - departs from Clarinbridge on Monday 02nd Oct at 1pm.

This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but places are limited and will operate on a first come first serve basis. 

9ft in Common

Aisling Rusk, (Studio Idir) and Amberlea Neely

Date Sunday 01 October 2023

Time 3pm - 4.30pm

Location The Mick Lally Theatre

FREE but prebook is advised as spaces are limited

Note: once the eventbrite fills up we encourage those interested to join a waitlist by emailing info@architectureattheedge.com. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please let us know so we can give the spot to someone else.

Dr Aisling Rusk and Amberlea Neely of 9ft in Common discuss mapping as a way in to rediscovering Belfast’s alleyways. You are invited to reimagine a familiar place, creating your own ‘monomap’.

About

9ft in Common is a cross-disciplinary partnership between creative practitioner Amberlea Neely and architect Dr Aisling Rusk, long-time collaborators around matters of people, connection and space. The investigation was highly commended in the 2023 RIAI Architecture Awards, research category. In this event, we will share our discovery of Belfast’s alleyways and the making of the Belfast Alley Map. We will discuss mapping as a way of interpreting a space and the important strategic and inclusive response that the project offers in terms of public space, creative intervention, untapped heritage and climate emergency. During the workshop element, we will invite you to think about your own street, neighbourhood, or city, and you will have the opportunity to create your own beautiful, one-of-a-kind mini, mono-printed map. All equipment and training will be provided. Anyone can make a map!