Rebecca Moore Portfolio

Architecture Portfolio

Rebecca Moore

Phone: +353 85 151 1556

Email: rebeca.m1224@gmail.com

Address: Ardrums, Rathmoylon, Co.Meath, Ireland, A83RW72.

|Work Experience|

Ruby Arcitectural

October 2023 - Present

Internship

Ballycahene Equestrian Centre

October 2021- September 2023

Groom and Rider

Castltroy Community College

September 2021 - April 2023

Hockey Coach

Camp Tamakwa in Canada

Summer 2022

Tripper

Castletroy Hockey Club

September 2021 - April 2022

Hockey Coach

Michael Mcnally Eventing

September 2019 - September 2021

Stable Hand

National Aquatic Centre

Summer 2019

Lifeguard

|Physical Skills|

Card models

Plaster cast models

|Education|

Third Level:

University of Limerick

Architecture 3rd Year

September 2020 - Present

Secondary School: The King’s Hospital School

Palmerstown, Dublin.

September 2014 - June 2020 |Referee|

Peter Carroll MRIAI, A2 Architects, 20 Ormand Quay Upper, Inns Quay, Dublin 7 +353 1 872 7393

4th April 2023

RE: Reference for Ms Rebecca Moore

To Whom it May Concern,

I have known Rebecca for this last academic year as Senior Lecturer at The School of Architecture, University of Limerick (SAUL) I am currently Rebecca’s Year 3 Design Studio Tutor

I consider Rebecca to be extremely thorough, very hard-working, dedicated and interested in every task to hand. She is well able to produce excellent models, drawings of a high design standard and a very good proficiency in detailed construction drawings

Rebecca’s application and commitment to architecture are without doubt. She is highly regarded amongst her peers and is someone who gets along with everyone in a very genuine manner. It is a pleasure to be in her company.

I have no doubt that Rebecca will make an invaluable contribution to both her profession and society in the coming years.

I wish her the best.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Carroll B.Arch MRIAI

Mobile: 087 9063282

Senior Lecturer, SAUL & Director, A2 Architects

Grainne Mhaol’s Secondary School

Year 3 Semester 2

In third year of design studio, we focused our studies on the development of Clare project, we thoroughly investigated the History, Tourism, and the overall nature of Clare provide what Clare Island need.

In semester two of third year, our brief for design studio was to design a secondary as the library and a general-purpose hall. We approached this project with our original knowledge research and sketches. I chose to locate my boarding school on a site next to the harbour I felt attracted to work with this site for this project, as I wanted to create a school that would atmosphere for the students. Aswell, I was drawn to the rehabilitation of Grainne Mhaol’s in Barcelona, to share this journey of a village community throughout my scheme. To try showing the relief site aswell as the site’s connection to the castle. In the model I included

Clare Island. An island with a population of 140 just off the coast of Mayo. Prior to our Clare Island. This base of research allowed for us to design projects that could work and secondary - level boarding school, which also served for the public through amenities such knowledge of Clare Island from semester one and developed upon it by doing more harbour and the rest of the community. The site also held the ruin of Grainne Mhaol’s castle. would work with the community and would create this “home away from home” Mhaol’s castle. I was inspired by the subtle rise of floors inside the Enchants Flea Market try and develop this idea of a flow through my scheme, I began by plastering a model included walls and paths to show a guided pathway to show the flow through the scheme.

After my concept model, I learnt how I could achieve a significant flow of people through the scheme. I took factors such as everyday use of the library and the hall for the public into consideration. But as well taking into consideration the privacy for the students while boarding and in class.

The scheme resulted in a boarding school with a serious of entries and routes that sweep through the port and onto Lady’s beach, while still relating back to the streetscape of the rest of the village. The scheme opens from the port, therefore allowing people to be guided into the scheme. I decided to keep the students further back into the scheme to allow further privacy but however there is still a connection to the school and the boarding facilities maintained. In relation to the castle, I decided to maintain it as a focal point of the scheme. I figured this should be the case considering the castle gives so much history to the island, I figured it’s something I should be working with, not working against. I decided to have it renovated into a public space for the public to experience.

Is Dublin Overrated for Ireland’s Growth?

A study of the issues of Spatial Planning in Ireland, primarily in Dublin

Year 3 Dissertation

I remember it so clearly, the dark wet morning, rushing to make the bus in time, The noise of the rain pelting off the window, the hum of the wipers rushing to keep up with rain, the anxious anticipation to only arrive to the bus driving off, for the next one to not arrive for another half hour. On my way to school from Supervalu Enfield bus stop to the Liffey Valley bus stop, a distance of 34 km, for 6 years. The 38-minute journey on the bus could easily turn into a 2-hour journey depending on that half hour difference.

My 6 years of commuting to and from school, what this difference of a half an hour would do to traffic baffled me. I found it difficult to understand why I was having to experience what should be a twenty-five-minute journey to school turn into an hour possibly two-hour journey. Throughout my time I tried the various methods of public transport available to me to get in and out of school, only to conclude that the easiest way for myself was to drive in and out of Dublin. It’s disappointing this must be the case. I live in Summerhill Co. Meath, which happens to be close to the local towns of Kilcock, Maynooth and Enfield. These towns have become influential members for Dublin’s sprawl. I would’ve thought such prime towns would have been able to provide the services I required to get to school on time. However, sadly the towns are folding under the pressure of the sudden rise of density. I have watched the toll this has had on the towns not only for the commute to Dublin but aswell as the impact it has had on the schools and communities surrounding them. From experiencing first hand, the impact of urban sprawl I’ve become interested in the spatial planning of Ireland. I’m curious to find if there is an alternative route to improving Ireland, then in the words of Mark Lynas the “The Concrete Isle” (Lynas, 2004) it is rapidly becoming.

The Ireland of “mist-wreathed mountain vistas, wild open bogland and friendly, brightly painted little towns”, (Lynas, 2004) that people dream of coming to experience is disappearing. As shown in figure 1., this rural Ireland that people imagine. Journalist, Mark Lynas describes Ireland now as this “tamed landscape dotted with off-the-shelf mock-Georgian houses,congested with nose-to-tail traffic and suffused by an ugly suburban sprawl” (Lynas, 2004). Dublin being the international gateway into Ireland has become a central role in this change. It has established this role of control of the core system of work, travel, and entertainment within Ireland. However, the spatial planning of Dublin is leading to an ultimate dead end for it to help Ireland to continue growing. Some challenges of inflating costs and worsening conditions, created

by the poor city planning has resulted in many people having to move to the suburbs of Dublin. Results of a survey of 1,100 young adults by District Magazine show that “1.5% have considered moving out of Dublin for a more affordable place in Ireland in the last 18 months. 75% have contemplated emigrating over the last 6 months. 24% have had to leave Dublin over the past 18 months due to financial factors” (Voronov, 2022 ). This emigration of Dublin urban sprawl into the counties of Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, and Louth I believe is only having a negative impact on Ireland aswell as Dublin. I have watched the sprawl of housing to these neighbouring counties get out of control. The majority of the developments built now are lacking the infrastructure and facilities needed for these communities created to survive. I think more thought needs to be done if this movement is to continue.

There have been many ideas floated throughout the past few years that have highlighted the issue of the expansion of Ireland. Some work that has inspired my interest in this topic is the work of Patrick Little of Axis Architecture , the new republican political party Aontú and National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) at Maynooth university . In chapter one, I look back at the development of Dublin. I aim to discover why Dublin has development in the direction it has today. In chapter two, I want to ask the question what spatial planning is? I aim to understand how does it work? as well as to learn what really is good spatial planning? In chapter three, I consider the current influences upon Dublin today. I will study the census of Ireland and how it corresponds with the urban sprawl of Dublin. Finally, in chapter four, I want to reflect upon the direction we should consider moving forward.

Figure 1 Rural Road typically found in the West that is gradually not becoming as commonly found in Ireland.

Clare Island Regeneration

Year 3 Semester 2

In semester one of third year, our brief was to design a co-operative housing scheme in groups, whilst taking into consideration the Island’s existing ecology and materiality.

Our group concept arose upon our trip to Clare Island itself. When speaking to the local’s, they told us about their self-sustenance way of living. Together with our studies of the Island’s flora, fauna, farming, geology, and weather. We resulted in a coop scheme, that was to be built entirely using locally sourced sustainable materials.

We wanted to leave as minimal impact on the Island’s nature as possible, so we agreed to have schemes using natural materials such as stone, rammed earth, and sheep wool insulation. We wanted to have all the materials used to be sourced locally on the island or as close as possible.

Our housing scheme’s aim was to create a connection from the 12th century abbey and the primary school down to the already existing jetty. We developed a fully accessible market square at the entrance. Through the market we aimed to use it to sell our produce such as sheep meat from the abattoir or herbal remedies created from the wildflowers. The market was so we could give back to the islanders, or for the islanders to sell their goods aswell. The entrance of the market was also to entice the islanders to wind through the scheme down to the coast.

Other Projects

Brief display of other projects I’ve done.

In Semester two of second year, we were based in Kells, Co. Meath. The brief was to accommodate upwards of fifty residents in a high-density scheme.

Each site given had a different challenge given to it aswell. On my site I was given the challenge of pedestrianizing the site and changing out cars for horses as ways of commuting! so I had to incorporate the needs of horses like paddocks and stables into the housing scheme.

I took inspiration from Safdie’s Habitat 67. I enjoyed the experience of designing these interlocking spaces and buildings, resulting a serious of public and private spaces throughout the scheme. I included a variant of 2,3- and 4-bedroom houses each having its own private outdoor garden space and stable for their horse.

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Y2 Saul Construction Section Elevation CLT construction with timber cladding.

During covid I began a hobby of creating a travel diary for myself. It’s a little sketchbook, where I can include my sketches of moments I discover and see though my travels. I’ve found it an enjoyable way to improve my sketching. Aswell as a way I can gain a better understanding and experience of buildings I get to visit. I just wanted to share a recent hobby of mine.

In semester two of third year, we carried out a module called visual culture for with a sculpture with no purpose, that is to be located somewhere on Clare Island. We had done various works, working with water, and carried out exhibitions where he incorporated quite fascinating and decided to study the concept of water. We investigated various states movement of water and how we can direct it. Our final piece was a stone sculpture that would erode between the collision of the river and the sea meeting through sculpture. displaying the power of water.

for a week. We were advised for the week to “think outside the box” and to come up We had to begin by studying a certain artist, I studied the artist Olafur Eliasson. He incorporated the water inside into the exhibition. My partner and I found this concept states that water can hold such as freezing it. This developed into us looking at the that would alter the movement of water. We had planned that over time the sculpture We hoped through the various stages of erosion the sculpture would develop