Gather At The Wall
A Bayanihan Project led by Brian Ó Curnáin & Eduard Valenzuela
Festival Printworks Gallery, Market St.
Exhibition:
Thursday 17th September - Sunday 27th September
Round Table / Talk at the Table :
18:00:00 - 20:00hr, Saturday 19th September
FREE entry - All are welcome, no booking required
This event will be hosted around the remnants of a rammed earth wall built in Waterford as part of the European Architecture Students Assembly (EASA) in July 2026. Over two weeks, twenty participants came together to learn and test contemporary ways of making, while sharing stories and experiences with one another. The wall became more than a structure; it became a place to gather. It was activated through a series of events, from a communal meal and film screening to storytelling, before finally becoming a place to rest beneath the stars.2
The work of those two weeks will now be brought to Printworks Gallery through the original formwork and supporting structures. Here, the wall will be given a new life once again - becoming a place for conversation and exchange. The exhibition will host talks and a discussion on the spatial role of walls today. From the Irish field boundary to contested borders, and from shared civic infrastructure to architectures of exclusion. This conversation will be led by young voices from across the built environment.
Project credits:
Aine Dunne, Davidhenry Oghenetejiri Uyovbisere and Daniel Fehily.
Supported by:
Grafton Architects
Tec7
EASA Seanchaí