3 PEAT REGENERATION & HORTICULTURE CENTRE

Drummin Bog, Co. Carlow

Fourth Year Project.

This project was structured so that we could discover and develop our critical position in relation to climate action. This took the form of group research, analysis, and strategies for areas of interest within Co. Carlow.

The scheme I developed over the course of a semester was a centre for the protection, celebration and education of Peat, a valuable method of carbon sequestration native to Ireland. The architecture aims to blend into the bog landscape it inhabits and use materials from the area, exemplifying their value and giving them dignity. A trail wraps around the site with two pavilions along the route. The first is used as an entrance to the site informing the beginning of the route and architecture to follow. The second is deep into the site and stands tall amongst the surrounding tress. It provides a viewing platform to appreciate the site and bogland as well as a water collection point to provide consistent water dispersal across the site during dry periods.