0241 - Community Engagement and My Practice

In this episode we go to UCD’s Building 71 where the 2nd year Architecture class of 2024 played host to three visiting architects, talking about how collaborative work has shaped their own practices.  

I hope you enjoy listening to these inspiring accounts by architects navigating their own deliberate practice in the world, working alongside communities and a range of other stakeholders. 

I think the insights they share can inform and inspire anyone involved in designing for others; practices for learning about client’s expectations, how technologies are really used by people, about their goals, needs, desires; discovering new ideas, unmet potentials, and importantly, negotiating shared understandings. All of which comprise an intrinsically democratic design process.

Talk timeline -

(00:00:00) Preamble - Allen Higgins, UCD College of Business.

(00:03:37) Nathalie Weadick, UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy. Introduction.

(00:07:36) Laurence Lord from AP+E  talking about Lusk for Life

(00:33:28) Evelyn D’Arcy from 12th Field presenting an overview of her work and focus on the Bog Bothy project.

(01:03:7) Kevin Loftus, ACT Studio  presenting an overview of his work including Reimaging Lisdoonvarna.

(01:28:00) Audience discussion.

Speaker bios:

• Nathalie Weadick Hon FRIBA, is a Design Fellow, School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, PhD Candidate Queen's University Belfast and RMIT Melbourne - nathalieweadick.com
• Laurence Lord is an architect with AP+E and a lecturer in Queen’s University Belfast.
• Evelyn D’Arcy is an architect and educator with a passion for helping people to develop a stronger connection to their world.
• Kevin Loftus is a co-founder and design director at ACT (Accelerating Change Together), a social enterprise of architects, designers and policy specialists that have been established to accelerate the green transition in Ireland.

Acknowledgements

Music 

Title: Monologue Lu-Fugi octave climb with extra notes with wa wa with other tweaks

Artist: Allen Higgins

Source:  introoutro

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0  

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Cover Art 

Title: Complex collage

Artist: Allen Higgins

Source: vignette_version.pptx

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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