pac 5 learning environments
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5 of our designs for learning environments from the first 5 years, 2007 - 2012TRANSCRIPT
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 5
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Above: Views into the secret house interiors
ENGAGE WITH ARCHITECTURE
Public exhibition and secondary school workshops for South DublinCounty 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.
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
Below: View inside model city with reflected sky
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POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL, 2012TALLAGHT, COUNTY DUBLIN
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.
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
Above: Sketch model of landscape/ school
Below: Classroom in environmental greenhouse - diagram
Below: View from sports pitches to east
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Above: Sections showing extent of architecture studiosBelow: View of main studio space
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.
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
Above: Early design development model
Below: Site location showing area of sports facility
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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCARLOW, 2008
Feasibility/ funding proposals for a new sports stand, timber canopy, changing areas and teaching rooms for new physiology department, including all landscaping.
Right: Timber structure of new stand
Following pages:- View to mounded spectator landscape - Elevation/ section of proposed stands - Overview of pitch/ stadium
Below: Development sketches
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.
Right: Site layout and section, bottom
Following pages:- Photographs of development models - View of entrance to sports facilities
Above: Paper model with daylight across roof structure
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