Hidden in Plain Sight: The Sandy Quarter
Architect led tour with Paul Mannion & Sawsan Bassalat, Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Wednesday 01 October 2025, 11:00-12:30
Tickets FREE
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The Land Development Agency (LDA), commissioned the RIAI in January 2020 to carry out a Design Review for a c.20-acre site near Galway city centre. The Design Review was undertaken by five RIAI Registered Architects - Dr. Alice Casey, TAKA Architects; Paul Mannion, Scott Tallon Walker Architects; Jonny McKenna, Metropolitan Workshop; Valerie Mulvin, McCullough Mulvin Architects and Michael Pike, GKMP Architects. Each Architect put forward different proposals and visions that show a range of possible ideas for the site. These ideas were reviewed in an online discussion at the 2020 ATTE. Since then, the LDA, in partnership with Galway City Council (GCC), has engaged a team led by Reddy Architecture + Urbanism to develop a Spatial Framework for the lands bounding Sandy Road. The future development of a new urban quarter at Sandy Road will be known as “Ceathrú an Ghainimh” – The Sandy Quarter.
Paul Mannion & Sawsan Bassalat, Scott Tallon Walker Architects will give a short presentation followed by an exploratory walk around the Sandy Road Quarter currently being master planned influence the surrounding areas including the hidden corners of Liosbán.