Joint presentation by Dermot Foley, John Keogh and Andrew Harrison.
Thursday 20th May
Conference Room, Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2
Doors open 5.45pm. Admission is free.
DBFL
Consulting Engineers and Dermot Foley Landscape Architects recently
launched SuDS First
- a
joint consultancy to provide integrated landscape architecture and
civil engineering solutions for sustainable drainage. Sustainable Urban
Drainage Systems (SuDS) is a relatively
new approach to managing rainfall that replicates natural systems.This
presentation introduces concept and design considerations fundamental
to integrated SuDS strategies as well as the main benefits and
limitations. Case studies, their costs, maintenance requirements and
lessons learned are discussed. Integration of landscape architecture
and civil engineering at site planning stage is emphasised
Upcoming Events:
25th March: Eelco Hooftman, Gross Max
20th May: SUDsfirst
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here
for
more
details
Is there too much emphasis placed by designers on the visual beauty
of our landscapes and not enough appreciation for the people who
actually use them? The speakers will discuss ‘Inclusive Landscapes’ as
a concept of designing for all kinds of people in different kinds
landscape types—an idea that developed out of their collaboration on
‘Building for Everyone’ and ‘Play Space Guidelines’.
*
Feargus McGarvey is a Landscape Architect and associate Director with
Mitchell + Associates where he has headed up a diverse range of garden,
landscape and urban design projects such as Dundrum Town Centre,
Smithfield Market, and Eyre Square, Galway. He was President of the
Irish Landscape Institute from 1999–2001. He is author of the external
environment section for the 2nd edition of Building for Everyone and
Play Space Guidelines for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.
*
Maureen Gilbert is an independent disability and equality consultant.
She provides expertise, mentoring, training, research and facilitation
on disability and equality policy, strategy and practice to UN bodies,
Government Departments and agencies, local authorities, third-level
institutions, professional bodies, community groups and other national
and international organisations, both commercial and not-for-profit.
Maureen was equality consultant with Mitchell + Associates on the
project to develop play guidelines for the Dublin Docklands Development
Authority (2007). She edited both editions of Building for Everyone
(NRB 1997, NDA 2002), the recognised bestpractice guidance on access
issues in the Republic of Ireland.
Pearse St. Library, 138-144 Pearse St,
Dublin 2. 6.15pm, February 11th 2010
Alan Mee is invited by the Irish Landscape Institute to open the
2010 Public Lecture Series with a positive yet critical view to
responding to a decade of unique opportunity. Research for 'Unbuilding'
grew initially out of an invitation to speak at SAUL (School of
Architecture, University of Limerick) in January 2009.
Alan Mee Architects examined the context for thinking about taking
away, or 'Unbuilding' some of the development which has taken place
inappropriately in
Ireland in recent years.
The presentation deals with definitions, scale, methodologies of
analysis, and the
economic context for the proposal.
Pearse St Library, 138-144 Pearse St, Dublin 2, 6.15pm, January
28th 2010
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RIAI Urban Design Seminar and Workshop Series After a very
successful launch in late 2009 in Dublin and Cork, The RIAI, in
partnership with PlaceMakers, is pleased to run a further Urban Design
Seminar and Workshop Series. The six day course is designed
specifically for professionals involved in the design and management of
urban places and spaces. PlaceMakers is an organisation specialising in
urban design education, research and advice. The central aim of
PlaceMakers is to improve the quality and experience of our urban areas
and to equip the built environment professions with the tools and
knowledge needed to do so.
Event Dates: Monday & Tuesday 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th
& 16th February 2010
Venue: RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
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information
The winners on the night included Desmond Fitzgerald for The Omagh
Bomb Memorial, Dermot Foley for Sculpture in the Parklands at Lough
Boora, Sophie Giglin von Maltzan for The Recession Prosperity Garden,
Stephen Diamond for the walled garden at Dun Laoghaire IADT campus and
Mitchell and Associates for the Dublin Dockland Development Authority
Play Space Guidelines.
Highly Commended entries included the UCD Arts Block Entrance Deck
(Stephen Diamond Associates), The Cork City Landscape Plan (Mitchell
and Associates), Residential Courtyard, Rockbrook (Bernard Seymour
Landscape Architects), Dorset St. (Mitchell and Associates),
Dundrum Town Centre (Mitchell and Associates), Tullamore Town Park
(Murray and Associates) and the Public Square, County Cork Library
(Dermot Foley and Co.)
The prize for research was awarded to Dominick Comerford for his study
of Landscape Character Assessment & Wind Farm Development in
Ireland. It was agreed by the judges that "as a pioneering paper
it forms the platform for further work in this vitally important area".
The President's Award went to the Heritage Counil for their
Multidisciplinary Training Course on Landscape Character Assessment
The student award was won by Michael Cunniffe for 'In the Fields',
a
landscape
planning
approach
to
North
Dublin
and
Simon
Ronan
was
highly
commended
for
his
Model
for
the
future
form
of
Irelands
suburbs.
Commendations went to Kylemore Park Refurbishment (Dublin City
Council), West St. Drogheda (Mitchell and Associates), Lower Chichester
St, Belfast (Scott Wilson), Cortober Park, Roscommon (Murray and
Associates), Joyces Court Pedestrian St, (Dermot Foley and Co.),
Tallaght Zip and Plaza (Sean Harrington Architects), Riverfront Amenity
Park (Stephen Diamond and Associates), Walled Garden Dun Laoghaire
Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Stephen Diamond and
Associates), IDA Western Region Science and Technology (Murray O Laoire
Architects), Beacon South Quarter (Scott Wilson), Public Realm for Birr
(Paul Hogarth Company) and student Marie Claire Kerrin for Urban
interactions with nature.
Email: deirdreblack@ireland.com