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ENGAGE WITH ARCHITECTURE Public exhibition and secondary school workshops for South Dublin County Council/ the Arts Council, 2012. An interactive exhibition was designed for Tallaght Library, as part of the ‘Engage with Architecture’ programme of events - looking ‘beyond eye level’ at the role of housing in the development of the instant city of Tallaght.
Above: Views into the secret house interiors
Below: View inside model city with reflected sky
Right: Section of Tallaght housing conditions, secret model viewing Following pages: - Section of private houses/ public city - Public viewing of city model in Library - School urban design workshop
pacstudio ARCHITECTURE + ENVIRONMENTS
POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL, 2012 TALLAGHT, COUNTY DUBLIN
Above: Sketch model of landscape/ school Below: Classroom in environmental greenhouse - diagram
Competition for new 1000-pupil secondary school at Kingswood, Tallaght. Our entry proposes a loose arrangement of flexible classrooms within a simple climate shelter, protecting from rain and wind and allowing an extra layer for activities in-between the classroom and the playground.
Below: View from sports pitches to east
Right: layered drawings showing distinction of building interior layout and simple structure of climate skin/ buffer Following pages: - Design development model - Sectional/ persepective views - Ground floor/ site plan layout - Detail of time zone marquetry
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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK As well as teaching environmental design studio, PAC Stuio director Graham Petrie was also involved in the alterations to the existing structure and insertion of new mezzanine floors to accommodate the new School of Architecture, phased between 2007 and 2010.
Above: Sections showing extent of architecture studios Below: View of main studio space
Right: inflatable structure installed in studio by students from Vienna Following pages: - New rooflights admit sunlight to space - Adaptive use of studio space for reviews - New gallery floors inserted to existing
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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CARLOW, 2008 Feasibility/ funding proposals for a new sports stand, timber canopy, changing areas and teaching rooms for new physiology department, including all landscaping. Above: Early design development model Below: Site location showing area of sports facility
Right: Timber structure of new stand Following pages: - View to mounded spectator landscape - Elevation/ section of proposed stands - Overview of pitch/ stadium
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LORETO ABBEY, DUBLIN 2011 Proposed timber structure for sports facilities at a girl’s school in South Dublin, including two flexible sports and performance halls, within the historic context of the existing school at the shore of Dublin Bay.
Above: Paper model with daylight across roof structure
Below: Development sketches
Right: Site layout and section, bottom Following pages: - Photographs of development models - View of entrance to sports facilities