‘City, Neighbourhood, Home’
Presentation
to
COLLOQUE EUROPEEN SUR
"ARCHITECTURE AU FEMININ: LES METIERS DE LA REHABILITATION"
Paris, September
30 – October 1, 1999
School of Architecture of Paris – La Villette
by
Yvonne Farrell, B. Arch, FRIAI
Grafton Architects
City and Neighbourhood
Temple Bar
Framework Plan,
Temple Bar, Dublin [Group 91]
The competition, the realisation and the assessment of its effect on the changing of Dublin.
Temple Bar Square
Mixed use development, the culture of a new public space, retail / cafe culture, apartments. [Group 91, Grafton Architects]
Densille Lane, Dublin
Mixed use development, screening-room for film production company with office and apartments. The site is a long and narrow one at the back of Merrion Square, one of Dublin’s 18th.century squares.
Earl Street, Dublin. NABCO
(National Association of Building Co-operatives).
Making a Modern street, Millenium project with Dublin Corporation site, then Co-operative Housing [ Group 91 - GA + Derik Tynan Archiects]
North King Street /Church Street Dublin Apartments.
Current city initiatives. Smithfield HARP, North King Street Residential Competition.
[Joint venture between Dublin Corporation and a Developer]
Dublin Docklands Competition
Competition scheme for the development of the Docklands site. Issues of sustainability, urban living in an Irish Urban context, Life style.
Domestic Architecture - Single Family Houses
Boland & Kane Mews Houses, Clyde Lane, Dublin.
The site is in a 19th century inner suburb of Dublin. The brief was to convert and extend a stone mews into two independent living units - one for a business-man and the other for an artist.
Hall House, Ranelagh, Dublin
Located on a confined corner site, the programme requiring living rooms,s tudy and three bedrooms is contained within brick & stone screens.
The Eco House [with Conservation Engineering]
Energy efficient prototypical house or apartment of 120 sq. metres for a group of four people - two adults and two children.
Thoughts… questions…
CHANGES in home life .... knocking down walls ..... meaningful life... houses, homes... community... the city... architectural language, place. distance, work, money, ....... more time ,..... less time, ..... family, place, the kitchen,...friends, neighbours, the dog, the cat....... who minds the spare key........... Traffic..... work..... time..... place...... shopping.... schools.... Play .... safe places to play... who do our children play with...... secrets... fun ... happy childhood...... happy adulthood... play..... happy old age ............ minding parents............ Space, light, form, function.. materials.. structure... Architecture.