5 cultural environments

pacstudio ARCHITECTURE + ENVIRONMENTS

CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

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pacstudio ARCHITECTURE + ENVIRONMENTS

RHA SUMMER SHOW, 2011

Above: ‘Peephole’ inserted to surface of drawing

‘The exquisite corpse’ is a drawing with ‘peepholes’ allowing glimpses of the room models within. This piece was developed following the invitation to participate in the Royal Hibernian Academy Summer Show in Dublin. The drawing merges our first project, as yet unbuilt, with our most recently completed project, a rennovation of a Georgian house in Rathmines.

Below: Entrance hall to exhibition

Right: Steel, plywood, diffuse acrylic Following pages: - Slender steel supports plywood case - Viewer participation with the piece - Section drawings for both houses

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ARTS CENTRE, TULLAMORE 2011 Competition entry for a new theatre, art gallery and studios for Tullamore.

A series of discreet, specific rooms are connected by internal streets as slack public space, defined by the glazed roof supported on plywood beams.

Above: Paper model of ‘time zone’ moving wall Above: Design development model for site Below: Roof layout for plywood structure

Right: Layout plan and theatre section Following pages: - External theatre/ cafe terrace from park - Internal street between studios/ theatre

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CULTURE IRELAND, 2012 To celebrate the Irish Presidency of the European Union, our proposal for the entrance atrium to the EU headquarters in Brussels describes the political, geographical, cultural and relative populations of the EU member states, using sculpted, charred and bleached timber plates suspended within a steel cable meshwork.

Above: Sculpting, charring and bleaching to timber Below: Side view shows chronology of state membership

Right: Model detail of suspended states Following pages: - Irish links made with green fibre-optics - Moving shadows cast on floor from sun - Design model of 3 x 3 x 3 metre frame

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MERSEY OBSERVATORY, 2007

Above: View from Anthony Gormley beach sculptures

Our entry to the international competition for a new viewing platform adjacent to the Anthony Gormley installation offered three distinct views - Liverpool City, the Welsh Mountains and the Anthony Gormley sculpture installation on the adjacent beach. A tubular truss is developed in timber between the triangles at the base and platform to rise 100m above the new pier.

Below: Observation platform, view to Liverpool

Below: Aerial photograph showing main viewpoints

Right: Design model for timber structure Following pages: - View at approach along new pier - Overview of tower and pier - Section and plan of tower proposal

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EUROPAN 10, DUBLIN 2009 A new Art Gallery, suspended artist’s studios and densely stacked courtyard residences are combined with a social housing need for this site in Ballymunn, located at the old district heating boilerhouse.

Above: Site sections through housing and gallery spaces

Below: Site context, housing in foreground, gallery beyond

Right: View of housing from sculpture garden, above and site plan, below Following pages: - Layering of spaces across site - Art gallery from street, housing beyond - Perspective section, Art complex