KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Andrew Clancy, Clancy Moore Architects
Tickets: Free admission, but pre-booking is advised.
Andrew Clancy: Is a director of Clancy Moore Architects, a practice he founded with Colm Moore in 2008. He is full Professor of Architecture in the Kingston School of Art, a role he has held since 2018, and where he directs Register - a research group concerned with the fullest range of architectural practice. Since 2023 is has acted as visiting Professor to the Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, and was Visiting Professor at the Arkitektskolen Aarhus, Denmark in 2015. He has examined and been a guest critic in a wide range of schools including ETH; HKU; EPFL; TUM; AHO; AA; London Met and TU Dublin. He frequently writes critically about architecture, and has co-authored a book on the innovative housing work of the Danish Architect Kay Fisker, and acted as guest editor of the Japanese publication A+U on three occasions. He has a PhD from RMIT and is a member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. He is a board member of the Irish Arts Council / An Comhairle Ealíon.
Image Arklow Waste Water Treatment Plant, Clancy Moore Architects, by Camilla Crafa and Piera Bedin.
The construction of the plant follows decades of failed attempts to gain planning. Here the architects design steered the design to approvals in a highly sensitive context. The result has been a dramatic improvement to local ecologies, amenity areas, and the economic prospects for the town.