2023 CCAE Summer Undergraduate Catalogue: Years 1, 2 + 3

ARCHITECTURE SOCIETY

Publication + New Article Links

Tripe + Drisheen (Feb .23)

Irish Examiner (Feb .23)

Design Anthology (Feb .23)

Tripe + Drisheen (Nov .22)

Motley Magazine (Nov .22)

Echo Live (Oct .22)

discussion and activism within the Society and provide a social setting where students gather together on Tuesday evenings. Notable lectures included architectural activists Frank O’Connor + Jude Sherry of Anois and Orla Egan of the Cork LGBT Archive. The Society endeavoured to sustain this kind of student engagement and interest by organising two larger scale events that would become part of our Anti-Dereliction campaign. The first of these events is the ‘24hr Charette’ dereliction protest, where students spent the night in our satellite campus brainstorming solutions to Cork City’s dereliction crisis. The second was the ‘2023 Symposium: The Future of Cork City’, where students engaged in both a day of discussion and debate and active workshops held by architects and city actors.

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UCC Architecture Society Logo

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UCC Architecture Society Committee 2022.23, Best

Photograph

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Exotherm Guest Lecture Series, Photo + Posters

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Conor Ryan, 24hr Charrette + The Future of Cork Posters

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2023 Symposium: The Future of Cork City Workshop Photos

We have also provided several social events, including quizzes, socials, Bake Sale, and our leading Social Event - The Architecture Ball, which this year was in collaboration with UCC’s Planning Society. The Society engaged in various forms of protest and debate this year and offered students a platform to share and discuss their thoughts on architecturalrelated matters. The success of the Society is seen through our Dereliction Campaign, for which we got nominated for a BICS award. We also achieved great success with the UCC Society awards, winning Best Poster, Best SEFFS event, and Best Campaign, as well as being nominated for Best Photo and Best Social Media.

The Society hopes that efforts initiated this year will continue its work in architecture and design and will continue to highlight the dereliction crises and other architectural related crises through the form of active protest while connecting nationally to join forces, and highlight such topics collectively through various forms.

Cathal McLoughlin, Architecture Society Chairperson 2022.23

Images + Photographs courtesy of UCC Architecture Society

YEAR 01

Year Coordinator

Orla McKeever

Design Studio Staff

Patrick Creedon

Adam D’Arcy

Helen Devitt

Dr. Sarah Mulrooney

Seán Ó Muirí

Studio Contributors

Maroun Tabbal

Applied Technology Staff

Dermot Harrington

Brian McKeown

Seán Ó Muirí

CO-LAB Workshop

Aoife Browne

Life Drawing

Megan Eustace

The first year of the undergraduate programme involves equipping students with key design skills and representation techniques to enable communication of ideas. Students entering the course arrive with different skill sets, some creative and others technical. A strong emphasis is placed on the development of analogue sketching, drawing, and model communication methods within the first year of the course.

The year commences with a series of skills-based projects that aimed to strengthen both creative and technical ability across the whole group. The initial projects included, sketching within the urban fabric of the city, the surveying and completion of orthographic drawings of Georgian doors, and the investigation of light as a material, through modelmaking and photography. Students learnt by testing ideas, supported by presentations, workshops, readings and site visits. On completion of the introductory skills-based projects, the students were asked to design a work-live unit for a bicycle shop, fruit and vegetable or book shop. Each student was allocated one of three sites, located within the city. The sites were on Barrack Street, Shandon Street, and the Coal Quay.

Second semester commenced with the Maker Project which took place for 1 week. The ‘Maker Project’ explored how we might build more sustainably. Critical themes such as, abundance, complexity, stability and evolution, were investigated through a one week workshop led by Maroun Tabbal, followed by concept development.

The securing of funding from the MTU Learning and Teaching Unit contributed towards the translation of the students’ designs from maquette to one to one scale prototypes. The exploration of lowcarbon materials, reinforced investigations within the Applied Technology module.

The student went on a field trip to Amsterdam, producing a sketchbook of their architectural observations to serve as references for their later semester projects.

Upon return, an in-depth investigation of precedent studies. Each student was assigned a twentieth or twenty-first century architecture project. The students researched the architect and the extent of their work through temporal, social, cultural, and technical perspectives. Scale models were prepared and presentations of their research were communicated to fellow students.

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Year 1, Test Models, Maker Project

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Maria Kozbial, Contextual Plan, Marina

presentation of ideas and concepts.

We revisited the Maker Project towards the end of the semester, employing the combined knowledge we gained over the last few months to round up the end of the year.

Orla McKeever

Colm McCarthy, Elevation Detail,

Figures 1.06—1.10

Lightbox Models:

Clodagh O’Mahony

Maria Kozbial

Colm McCarthy

Feidhlim Jennings

Figure 1.11 (opposite top)

Jurie El-Shenawi Assadi, Sectional Model, Work-Live Unit

Figure 1.12 (opposite bottom)

Feidhlim Jennings, Sectional Model, Work-Live Unit

Edmar

Colm McCarthy, Technical Section, Artists Residency

Figure 1.15 (bottom)

Kate Scannell, Contextual Section, Work-Live Unit

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Basilio, Contextual Plan, Artists Residency

Figure 1.14 (middle)

Figure 1.16 (top) Riley Burdock, Elevation, Artists Residency

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Feidhlim Jennings, Section, Work-Live Unit

Figure 1.18 (bottom) Quinton Kelly, Elevation, Artists Residency

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Various Test Model Studies:

Quinton Kelly

Clodagh O’Mahony

Kate Scannell

Maria Kozbial

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Year 1, Models, Precedent Study

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Quinton Kelly, Model, Precedent Study

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Year 1, Models, Precedent Study

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Year 1, 1:1 Models, Maker

Project Figures 1.28 + 1.29 (opposite top)

Clodagh O’Mahony + Celina

Piesch, Site Model, Atlantic Pond

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Celina Piesch, Model, Precedent Study

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Year 1, Technical Booklets, Material Study

Figure 1.32 (opposite top) Year 1, Sketchbooks, Amsterdam Field Trip

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Kate Scannell, Perspectives, Artists Residency

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Maria Kozbial, Models, Artists

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Celina Piesch, Model, Artists Residency

Figures 1.39 + 1,40 (middle)

Celina Piesch, Model Interior Perspectives, Artists Residency

Figures 1.41 + 1.42 (bottom)

Jin En Chia, Model, Artists Residency

Year Coordinator

Declan Fallon

Design Studio Staff

Kevin Busby

Dr. Jim Harrision

Maroun Tabbal

Applied Technology Staff

Seán Ó Muirí

Henrick Wolterstorff

CO-LAB Workshop

Aoife Browne

Studio Contributors

Agnieszka Cebo

Greg Collins

Ailbhe Cunningham

Eoghan Horgan

Shanes Jones

Lorraine Kennedy

Aisling O’Sullivan

Sketches

Isabelle Shelly

Kamil Labula

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of Barcelona Field Trip: Ellie, O’Connell

Figure 2.05 (right) Year 2, Model Study, Castletownbere

In semester 1, the primary focus in the Design Studio was ‘wide -span’ structures within an urban context. We partnered with Ailbhe Cunningham of TEST SITE who worked with Year 2 students to understand the history and development of Cornmarket Street. The major project brief was to design a building that would reactivate the former market space.

Staying on the Cornmarket Street site, we worked with CCAE workshop tutor, Aoife Browne, to design and fabricate street furniture using recycled scaffold boards kindly reused from projects undertaken last year. Each piece of street furniture was ‘tailored’ for a specific part of the Cornmarket Street.

In semester 2, Year 2 students were asked to consider the architecture of ‘Housing’ and ‘Home’, its issues and solutions. We studied our own living environments in minute detail and developed digital drawing skills in 2D draughting. Varying housing types were explored in precedent studies to provide an insight into housing design.

Early in the semester we undertook a class field trip to Barcelona in late January. The trip involved sketching and recording the urban landscape, iconic buildings, and specifically Markets of Barcelona.

Thee semester culminated with a design project of a notional housing scheme based in Castletownbere. This project was supported by Cork County Council and provided the students with the experience of working for a ‘real’ client. The flexible housing scheme had to cater for varying age groups, abilities and lifestyles while protecting the context of the site.

CCAE is very grateful for the input and efforts of Greg Collins and Shane Jones from the Cork County Council Architects Department.

Declan

Fallon

Figure 2.06 + 2.07 (top) Year 2, Elevation Models, Cornmarket Street.

Figure 2.08 + 2.09 (bottom) Ellie O’Connell, Market, Site Model + Study Models, Market Structure Project

Figure 2.10 (opposite) David Henry, Dereliction Site Analysis, Cornmarket Street.

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May Lucey, Elevation + Plan

Detail, Sir John Benson St. Patrick’s Bridge

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May Lucey, Axonometric, Stairs Project

Figures 2.13 + 2.14 (top) Anna Murtagh, Perspectives, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figure 2.15 (middle) Molly Kelleher, Section, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figures 2.16 + 2.17 (bottom) Abby McCarthy, Plan + Section, Home Study

Figure 2.18 (opposite) Sean Ahern, Model, Stairs Project

Figure 2.19 (top) Dylan Garnett, Model, Hempcrete Window Detail

Figure 2.20 (middle) Abby McCarthy, Model, Timber Long Span Structure

Figure 2.21 (bottom left) Olivia Nervall, Model, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figure 2.22 (bottom right) Tomás Ó hAiniféin, Model, Castletownbere Housing Project

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Ellie O’Connell, Model, Precedent Study

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Year 2, Models, Castletownbere Housing Project

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Molly Kelleher Model, Castletownbere Housing Project

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Tara Buckley, Model, Precedent Study

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Amy Cotter, Model, Precedent Study

Figure 2.28 (opposite top) Ellie O’Connell, Contextual Elevation, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figure 2.29 (opposite middle) Queensly Inegbenosun, Contextual Elevation, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figure 2.30 (opposite bottom) Year 2, Competition Posters, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figure 2.31 (opposite bottom) Isabelle Shelly Model, Castletownbere Housing Project

Figures 2.32 + 2.33 (left) Amy Cotter, Sketch Perspectives, Castletownbere Housing Project

YEAR 03

Year Coordinator

Kevin Busby

Design Studio Staff

Willie Carey

Dr. Jim Harrison

Andrew Lane

Ed Raftery

Applied Technology Staff

Kevin Busby

Paul Carpenter

CO-LAB Workshop

Aoife Browne

Digital Skills

Niamh Hurley

A RESILIENT APPROACH

As a primer to both Design Studio + Applied Technology, project work again commenced with various technical + experiential studies of the CCAE building leading to an analysis of detailed aspects of the wider environment of Nano Nagle Place in cognate modules.

Each year we try to source ‘live’ projects dealing with real buildings + real clients. This year we were invited to consider design proposals for Nano Nagle Place in response to the following concerns: a reinforcement of ownership of the courtyard; a clarity around the entrance from the street into the building and, once in the building; an opportunity to tell the story of the site and guide people onwards to the points of interest.

The nature of the projects in Year 3 continues to provide opportunities to closely integrate the Applied Technology Studio, Conservation, + Environmental Design modules with Design Studio. While we continue to encourage the ethos of freehand sketching, particularly in the design process, CCAE also sees Year 3 as an appropriate stage to further integrate CAD teaching, both in formal 2D draughting, 3D modelling, + the use of presentation software.

As part of our commitment to the national Resilient Curriculum initiative, our Year 3 HCI Pilot project commenced in Mallow, County Cork, in October. After a week of introductory mapping of Main Street we were given a tour of the Patrician Academy by staff and students. The existing school site contained buildings ranging from a late 19th Century protected structure through to a number of poor quality 20th Century interventions. This provided us with opportunities to consider the balance between adaptive re-use + the potential for new-build architectural space.

Figure 3.01 (top)

Aisling O’Donovan, Model, CCAE Studio Study

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Darragh Bairead, Concept Model, Mallow Arts Centre

In parallel with Design Studio, where the students were asked to select from a number of educational-based briefs on the school site, cognate projects relating to life-cycle analysis and material selection were undertaken in Applied Technology Studio. The latter will attempt to improve both staff and students’ knowledge of climate-related impact of building materials. The school project continued into Semester 2 where

students undertook a more detailed analysis of classroom spaces within their schemes + considered alternative construction detailing solutions

Our field trip took place in Venice this year, looking at the design of the city project. Students were asked to produce a sketchbook of their observations and a

The students undertook their final project, the design of an Arts centre, on 3 sites in the centre of Mallow. As with previous years, an important aspect of the project was the design of an on-site public space as an integral element. We returned to Venice for a field study trip, where students were given the opportunity to research a number of public spaces that would inform their design ideas.

Kevin Busby

Figure 3.03 (opposite top left) Kah En Low, The Ministry, Nano

Figure 3.06 (top) Enda Traynor, Perspective, Nano Nagle Place Intervention

Figure 3.07 (bottom) Aoife Cowman Masterplan + plan, Nano Nagle Place

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Kevin O’Shea, Model, Working Classroom

Figure 3.09 (top)

Lucy Byrne, Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

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Rachel Fogarty, Interior Perspective, Mallow School

Figure 3.14 (opposite top) Mortimer Murphy, Section, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.15 (opposite middle) Rachel Fogarty, Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.16 (opposite bottom) Sean O’Neill, Sectional Perspective, Mallow Arts Centre

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Sinead Moynihan, Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.18 (middle)

Ellenora Zlenko Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

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Caoimhe Whelehan, Technical Section, Mallow School

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Feena O’Leary, Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.21 (top) Adam Nolan, Section, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.22 (middle) Kevin O’Shea, Thesis Spaces’, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.23 (bottom)

Caitriona Ryan, Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.24 (opposite) Kevin O’Shea, Contextual Plan, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.25 (opposite top) Ailbhe Carr, Sectional Perspective, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.26 (opposite middle) Megan White, Concept Study, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.27 (opposite bottom) Aoife Cowman, Perspective, Mallow School

Figures 3.28 + 3.29 (opposite bottom)

Feena O’Leary, Perspectives, Mallow Arts Centre

Figure 3.30 (middle) Emma Bradfield, Conceptual Section, Mallow Arts Centre

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Kate Madden, Model, Working Classroom

Figure 3.32 (middle)

Adam Nolan, Interior Perspective, Working Classroom

Figure 3.33 (bottom)

Aisling O’Donovan, Atrium Perspective, Mallow Arts Centre

Jack

Emma

Figures 3.36 3.40 (opposite)

Various Sections:

Kate Madden

Sinead Moynihan

Fiona McNamara

Shauna Murphy

Anja Kossi

Figure 3.34 (top)

Sheehan, Postcard, Venice Field Trip

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Bradfield, Postcard, Venice Field Trip

CCAE Director

Kevin McCartney

CCAE Administrator

Gerry McCarthy

Year Coordinators

Year 1 Orla McKeever

Year 2 Declan Fallon

Year 3 Kevin Busby

Year 4 John McLaughlin + Tara Kennedy

M.Arch Jason O’Shaughnessy

Publication Coordinator

Niamh Hurley

Cover featuring work from:

Year 1 Maria Kozbial

Year 3 Kevin O’Shea

Year 3 Feena O’Leary

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