Foreword

Twenty seven years ago the School of Architecture at UCD was in real danger of being closed down. The dramatic events thatled to this near tragedy began innocently enough. The Masonic Boys School at Richview, a boarding school for younggentlemen, which had been in decline for decades decided to close the school and sell the buildings and the land of about 10hectares. The government promptly decided to have UCD buy Richview and to move the School of Architecture from EarlsfortTerrace and so make more space for the new National Concert Hall which had been planted in our midst. This was shockingnews and was likely to lead to trouble. Architects had been to the fore in criticising the move to Belfield in the 1960’s as wepassionately believed that the city was the only suitable environment for the study and practice of architecture. As expected, thestaff was totally opposed to the move and the students had the same view.

On a practical level, the move to Richview would create problems getting there, difficulty finding accommodation, and for thetutors there was the problem of commuting from their city offices. All I could offer was the promise of more space for studios, critspaces, library and exhibition areas and a building laboratory as well as the opportunity to associate with the students from agreater number of faculties, albeit at a distance of a kilometre.

In October 1981 the School of Architecture moved to Richview (the Planning Department moved the following year) and in thefollowing November the first Richview Ball was held that attracted such a large attendance, including many graduates from thepast, that the large marquee, and all the rooms on the ground floor were filled to capacity for the dinner and the subsequentdancing.

It has been an auspicious first quarter century at Richview during which the School has expanded and prospered educationallywith new courses and post-graduate degrees, and physically with the addition of the new buildings for Planning, the UrbanInstitute, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Hopefully the quality of the work will remain high and the premises willcontinue to support the educational ambition of the school and the high standards which have been achieved. My thanks aredue to the many staff and students who encouraged me during the difficult days and made my time in the School a very happyone.

The students were indeed prescient at least with regard to me when they declared at the time of the move “it may be a rich viewfor Cathal but it is a poor lookout for the rest of us.”

Cathal O’NeillStudent: 1949-1955

Studio Lecturer: 1961-1973Professor and Head of School: 1973-1996

IntroductionThis is a watershed year for Architecture at UCD. It is now 25 years since the School of Architecture moved from EarlsfortTerrace in the city centre to its present home in the former Masonic Boys School at Richview. It is coincidental that this year alsomarks the final departure of the university from the Earlsfort Terrace site. By the next academic year Civil Engineering andLandscape Architecture colleagues will join us on this campus in the newly formed School of Architecture, Landscape and CivilEngineering.

The primary intention of this catalogue is to provide a window into the work being undertaken at all levels in UCD Architecture. Itreflects the changing world of architectural education in this university. As well as documenting the Architecture end-of-yearexhibition, it contains a selection of work from our sister disciplines, Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering, and from theUCD Architecture programme at CESUGA in Galicia, Spain.

The end-of-year exhibition in Architecture is a significant event. As well as being a celebration of achievement, it provides anopportunity to see the design work of the students of architecture as a collective endeavour, and to reflect on how the workrepresents the ambitions of the programme. The exhibition is bounded in space and time. The catalogue provides more enduringdocumentation and covers a broader range of work, outlining the areas of study and research that form a challenging andsupporting environment within which architectural design can flourish. Such environments come about through the thoughtful,passionate engagement of creative people, students and staff, operating in a climate of intensity and freedom. They cannot betaken for granted and the conditions for their existence are ever changing.

The catalogue is a testament to the work, an opportunity to open that work to others, and an invitation to experience this andfuture exhibitions. The inclusion of work from Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering suggests that the multi-disciplinaryadventure that our School represents can provide new conditions through which design education at UCD can explore thedemands of the emerging future.

Loughlin KealyProfessor of Architecture

BSc Architecture

First Year Design StudioThe programme introduces students to architecture and seeks to awaken individual creativity. Students are encouraged todevelop a method for their creative work. They are asked to discover, to craft, to reflect and to judge their own way of working.This process is supported by teaching a broad range of skills, including various drawing techniques and model making, bymotivating the student's response and invention, and is informed by inviting students to apply analytical skills to diverse contexts.The idea that constructional technique and understanding of materials are embedded in the design process is encouragedthrough the strategic integration of design and technology studio. Moving through a series of projects of varying length, theprogramme begins with a close consideration of things and places, and gradually introduces a wider range of constructional,social, cultural and environmental concerns.

Studio Programme 2006/07In the first project students undertake the intense observation of an object through drawings, collage and photography. Thenstudents observe, record and analyse various spaces and buildings in the urban environment. They are introduced toarchitectural texts debating constructional, social, environmental and cultural concerns. There follows a design project for abench in an urban space, exploring material and construction. The first semester culminates in a long design project for thedesign of a bookshop within an existing building. Issues of scale, light and movement are addressed. At the beginning of thesecond semester, students make studies of particular pieces of architecture, using collated information to create a model and arepresentative drawing. The students are then introduced to the challenges of designing a building which responds to its context.This year they were asked to design a sculptor’s house and studio in an urban setting, requiring them to think about bothdomestic space and work space and to create various layers of privacy. The final design project allows an in-depth study ofbuilding in the landscape. After a field-trip to Sligo, the students were asked to design a seaweed baths on the coastline. Theproject invited the creation of an architecture for the senses, thereby focussing attention on construction methods.

Studio StaffTiago Faria, Irena Kondratenko, Mary Laheen,Max O’Flaherty, Mark Price, Brian Ward

Guest Lecturers & CriticsShane DeBlacam, Noel Dowley, Jamie Doyle,Loughlin Kealy, Jim Murphy, Peter Tansey, JohnTuomey

StudentsDavid Ahearne, Aisling Ahern, Eimear Arthur,Marian Balfe, Leila Budd, Moira Burke, EmmaByrne, Jarlath Cantwell, Rachel Carmody, Niall

Carroll, Claire Cleland, Daniel Collins, AlanCoughlan, Eimear Daly, Christina Devereaux,Raymond Dinh, Andrea Doyle, Rachel Dudley,Megan Etherton, Edward Feeney, Kate Griffin,James Hayes, Michael Hayes, Matthias Horn,William Hutch, Jonathan Janssens, JamesKennedy, Shirley Kenny, Hyung Joon Kim,Damien King, Philip King, Donal Lally, Colm MacEochagáin, Sarah Madigan, Conor Maguire,Jennifer Martin, Suzanne Maverley, Ciara McCurtin, Aonghus Mc Donnell, Kevin McGonigle,Patrick McGrath, Sarah McKendry, LouiseMoriarty, Scott Morton, Sorcha Murphy,

Stephen Murray, Sean Naughton, Christina NíRiain, Fiona Nulty, Caitriona O'Connor, JenniferO'Donnell , Aoife O'Leary, Aisling O'Sullivan,Darren Snow, Patrick Stack, Patrick Stokes-Kelly, Albert Tobin

Stephen MurrayObject Study

Jarlath CantwellBookshop

James KennedySmall Building Study

Matthias HornArtist's House & Studio

Andrea DoyleSeaweed Baths

SSeeccoonndd YYeeaarr DDeessiiggnn SSttuuddiiooThe Second year studio programme aims to develop the student's understanding of the role and responsibilities of architecture inthe world. Through a series of projects, the interaction of functional, social, technical, aesthetic and environmental factors inarchitecture is explored. The exploration of materiality and construction is fostered through both the technology and designstudio and through joint projects, and the insights of history and theory are brought to bear through tutorials and seminars. Theprogramme is structured to enable the student to develop their design methodology that encompasses both the ability to workstrategically and creatively, and the skills to develop a design project through every stage from inception to a good level ofcompletion.

SSttuuddiioo PPrrooggrraammmmee 22000066--0077This year we changed the focus from the study of place to the study of particular issues where architecture has a significantsocial role. In the first semester the students explored the issue of housing, beginning with an analysis of typologies andorganisational strategies. Three sites were chosen for the design project dealing with the distinct conditions of urban, innersuburban and outer suburban. The focus of the project was on the mediation between the housing unit and the city. To this endthe two scales of 1:500 and 1:50 were used for precedent studies of 20th Century housing and returned to as the requirementsfor the final presentation, seeking to achieve an exploration of both strategy and detail.

Studio StaffVivienne Brophy, Gerry Cahill, Kevin Donovan,Fiona Hughes, Stephen Mulhall, Orla Murphy,Michael Pike, Daniel Sudhershan, Simon Walker

Guest Lecturers, Workshop Leaders andCriticsJohn Tuomey, Shelley McNamara, Peter Tansey,Brian Ward, John Casey, Sterrin O’Shea

StudentsRahman Salma Abdel, Timothy Brick, LisaCassidy, Claire Chawke, Ciaran Conlon, AlexCrean, John Crowley, Brendan Dalton, Rachel

Delargy, Michael Doherty, Leonie Fitzgerald,Sean Finnegan, Padraig Flynn, Denis Forrest,Alessandra Fugazzi, Katy Giblin, David Hannon,Riona Hartman, Karla Hayes, Leah Hogan, EoinHorner, Mary Hughes, Alison Hyland, RachelJennings, Elaine Johnson, Fergal Joyce, SorchaKenneally, Anthony Lambert, Elspeth Lee,Meabh McCarthy, Patrick McGlade, PadraigMcMorrow, Cillian Magee, Alva Maguire, BrianMassey, Caitriona Moloney, Laura Moran, ConorMorrissey, Maria Mulcahy, Mark Murphy, KieranMurray, Matthew Nagle, Banbha NicCanna,Aisling NiDhonnchu, Aedamair NiGhallchoir,

Donncha O Brien, Maurice O Brien, LukeO’Callaghan, Jennifer O Leary,Caoimhin O’Maollaigh, Patrick Phelan, OrlaPhillips, Sarah Prendergast, Hugh Queenan,Patrick Roche, Conor Rochford, Cian Scanlon,Sean Schoales, Enida Skalonjic, Ruth Stewart,Robert Tobin, David Walsh,Su Wang

Sean Schoales & Conor MorrisseyPrecedent Study: Lina Bo Bardi

Sean FinneganPublic Baths Sectional Model

Ciaran ConlonPublic Baths Sectional Model

Leonie FitzgeraldPublic Baths Roof Studies

Jennifer O’LearyPublic Baths Light and Materials

Third Year Design StudioThe course focuses on developing an understanding of the demands and opportunities for architecture in collective and civicbuildings. The course deals with buildings at many levels - from materiality and detailed design to analysis of intention andmeaning. There is an emphasis on development and refinement of skills and design technique in the studio course, in particulardrawing, model making, analysis of context and analysis of buildings and building types in the form of precedent studies. Anumber of short projects deal with observation and visual interpretation. Students are encouraged to use a wide range ofdescriptive and interpretative models and drawings.

Studio Programme 2006/2007The year objectives were pursued through three design projects in Cork city. These consisted of a short introductory project,involving urban analysis and design interventions in the existing city context, and two major design projects. The first of thesemajor design projects used the standard brief for an eight-class primary school and addressed issues of functional analysis,repetition, ordinariness, the social role of architecture, appropriate expression and relationship to context. A subsequent projectfor a Library and Exhibition Space for Cork City again confronted all these issues as well as requiring the design of a major spacewith more complex functional demands and the careful consideration of the appropriate expression of a public building in thecity. Technology studio studies were integrated with the detailed design development of the major design projects. Selectedprecedent studies were carried out in relation to each of the design projects. The course was supplemented by lectures andseminars on survey and landscape drawings, model making as a design tool, the role of drawing in design and presentation,elevation studies, and structure and form in architecture. Parallel themes on the city, utopian ideas and sustainability werecovered in the History and Theory and Ecology lecture courses.

Studio StaffWendy Barrett, Will Dimond Eileen Fitzgerald,John-Barry Lowe, Jim Murphy, Ruth O’Herlihy

Guest Lecturers & CriticsJulia Barrett, Miriam Fitzpatrick, SeánHarrington, Mary Laheen, Pierre Long, MichaelMcGarry, Alan Mee, Andrew Morrison, OrlaMurphy, Liam Ronayne, Emmett Scanlan,Sarah Sheridan

StudentsGillian Brady, Elizabeth Burns, Blaine Cagney,James Casey, Amelie Conway, Peter Cosgrave,

Cait Elliott, Dara Farrell, Amy Fitzgerald, JosephFlood, Paul Flynn, Danielle Fox, Shea Gallagher,Patricia Gavin, Edin Gicevic, Ciara Grace,Aideen Hannon, Eimear Hanratty, Patrick Hunt,Raphael Keane, Caroline Kennedy, CarolineKiernan, Ronan Kenny, Dominic Lavelle, JamesMcBennett, Dermot McGlade, Liam McInerney,Claire McMenamin, Steven McNamara, SarahMaguire, Beatrice Moran, Eoin Murphy, NiamhMurphy, Enda Naughton, Roisin Ni Bhuadain,Aine Nic an Riogh, Colm O’Brien, Iseult O’Clery,Tapologo Odubeng, Lisa O’Kane, BlathmhacO’Muiri, Alison Rea, Cliodhna Rice, Katya

Samodurova, Deirdre Spring, Joseph Swan,Gabriel Sweeney, Martin Tiernan, Aisling Walker,St John Walsh, Brendan Ward, James Young

School in a Walled GardenJames Casey

School on Riverside SitePatrick Hunt

Perspective of Library Park SiteSarah Maguire

Library on Riverside SitePatricia Gavin

Model of Library on Riverside SiteJames Casey

History & Theory of ArchitectureThe first year course follows the evolution and metamorphosis of architectural form from antiquity to modernism. This narrative ispunctuated by lectures dedicated to selected cultural contexts, and diversions and eulogies on particular architects andindividual buildings. Central to the course is the exploration and understanding of building forms, their evolution andtransformation and the pressures that effected these changes. In this the great pieces of architecture can been seen in relationto traditions of building, and insight gained into how traditions, images and ideas have been assimilated to create new forms thatrespond to new requirements.

The second year course deals with the development of modern architecture from the latter half of the nineteenth century to thelatter half of the twentieth. While concentrating on key figures and movements, the course situates changes in architecture overthis time in their wider social, cultural and technological context. It firstly analyses the way in which social imperatives and idealshave shaped modern architecture, before changing its focus to the influence of aesthetic theory and cultural critique in itsdevelopment. The course then examines how modern architecture adapted to changing technologies and structural theories.The lecture course aims to enable students to use history as an integral part of their architectural understanding and of their owndesign process.

The third year course investigates the forces and ideas that have shaped architecture, the city, the landscape and gardens fromantiquity to the present. Particular emphasis is placed on the interaction and inter-dependencies of the range of different scales,from architectural space of the interior through to the wider landscape.StaffJohn Olley, Finola O’Kane, Brian Ward, Loughlin Kealy

Architecture and its EnvironmentThe course introduces the student to the relationship between the built and natural environments in the context of sustainability.It considers architecture in a broad environmental context with emphasis on climatic response. Course topics include:environmental concepts, landscape & site ecology, natural resources, comfort, climate, wind and shelter, shading and solaraccess. Students acquire the ability to develop, represent and articulate environmentally responsible siting of buildings and toutilise analysis techniques to inform and interpret design decisions. The latter is achieved through a major project undertaken aspart of the course work.

The Indoor EnvironmentThe course explores the relationship between the external microclimate, the indoor environment and occupant comfort. Itconsiders the physical role of the building and its components in modifying the internal environment. Subject areas consideredinclude the visual, thermal and auditory environments, ventilation, indoor air quality and health, comfort and the energy andenvironmental consequences of related design strategies. Students learn about key concepts of sustainable and healthy designand of generic environmental attributes of contemporary buildings and their indoor spaces. They become familiar with buildingenergy modelling and performance assessment tools and techniques, understand their applicability to informing design decisionsand use them to assess comfort, environmental impact and performance of buildings and urban spaces. This is, in part,achieved through a major project undertaken as part of the course work. StaffPaul Kenny & Irena Kondratenko (project work)

Architectural TechnologiesThe first year course introduced Architectural Technologies in its broadest sense, including its principles and applications in orderto provide a foundation for an understanding of the construction methods and performance of a building at a domestic scale.The module examined in detail the building envelope: materials, their properties and appropriate applications; foundations to roofstructure was examined through a formal lecture series, which was complemented by demonstrations in the Building Laboratory.In particular, the course focused on the interconnection of materials, construction and maintenance of a domestic scale buildingat an elementary level. In the Technology studio, which is part of this module technical drawings, simple surveying methods andgeneric material studies are introduced. The aim of this interconnected approach was to help to recognise the important role ofArchitectural Technologies in the creative process of making Architecture.

In the second year the emphasis changed gradually from domestic scale load bearing walls to medium-sized framed multi-storeypublic buildings. Timber frame walling was used to facilitate the transition, which was followed by a detailed study of concreteand steel structure. New materials and structural methods as well as relevant environmental issues and technologies wereintroduced. The second semester furthermore encompassed related environmental issues and technologies. The principles ofbuilding services and fire safety were also examined in this year. Simultaneously, the Technology Studio accommodated struc-tured technology projects to emphasise the connection between design and technology. The Building Laboratory continued tocomplement the lecture series with demonstrations of non-domestic trades and technologies. The aim of this interconnectedapproach was to help to recognise the important role of Architectural Technologies in the creative process of makingArchitecture.

In the third year the emphasis was placed on medium-rise complex public buildings. This encompassed the introduction ofmodern building components, construction and structural methods as well as related environmental issues and technologies.The scope of the subject area was broadened to examine the implications of industrialisation, mass production and designintentions, and the processes of assembly. The subject of building economics was introduced, while the principles of fire safety inbuildings were discussed in depth. In the Technology Studio students undertook an extended technical study on timber, concreteand steel, examining their structural and architectural properties, which accommodated structured technology projects toemphasise the connection between design and technology.

Throughout the course the Building Laboratory continued to complement the lecture series with demonstrations of non-domestictrades and technologies. Moreover, the importance of interdisciplinarity was emphasised in the lecture series. The aim of thisinterconnected approach was to help to recognise the important role of Architectural Technologies in the creative process ofmaking Architecture.StaffVivienne Brophy, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Joseph Gannon, Anne Gorman, Paul Hughes, Irena Kondratenko, Pierre Long, Seoirse MacGraith,Andrew Morrison, Michael Murphy (Senior Technician – Building Laboratory), Daniel P Sudhershan

StructuresIn the first year objectives for satisfactory structural design are addressed to develop an intuitive understanding of structuralbehaviour and the geometry of structural form. Issues addressed include the properties of structural materials and theirappropriate use, the properties of common structural shapes and their appropriate use, the nature and magnitude of loading inbuilding structures, the significance of force equilibrium and Newton’s Laws, the structural consequences of designing for com-pression, tension, bending, and shear. The course also covers serviceability and deflection and reviews approximate methods ofmember sizing.

In the second year a review of the concepts underlying the limit-state design philosophy is undertaken. Applied topics addressedinclude; the geotechnical aspects of foundations with a discussion of the appropriate use and preliminary sizing of concentricand eccentric pads, strips, combined bases, rafts and piles; the preliminary sizing of beams, slabs and columns in reinforcedconcrete framed buildings; precast concrete floor systems and preliminary sizing; preliminary sizing of columns and beams insteel framed buildings; an introduction to trusses and space frames; preliminary sizing of joists, laminated beams and posts intimber structures and finally an introduction to more specific applications such as prestressed and post-tensioned concrete, thinshell structures, cable structures and the stability of tall buildings.

In the third year significant systems such as domes, vaults, arches, long-span roofs, high-rise buildings, cable structures andglazed facades are examined affording students the ability to identify the structural system inherent in any building.StaffHolger Falter, Amanda Gibney, Mark Richardson

Visualisation and Photographic TechniqueThe elective explores the use of visual images in communication. It introduces the student to digital imagery, focusing primarily onphotography. The basis of the module is a project in which the student acquires a broad range of skills including camera tech-nique, image composition, computer manipulation and presentation. The syllabus includes both a historical context and practicalapplication. The course is delivered through a series of lectures with tutorial support.

On completion of this module students should be able to:• Demonstrate the ability to develop a contextual story based on a project brief.• Demonstrate the competence to compose original visual imagery using photographic equipment and a palette of computer

based tools.• Demonstrate the ability to communicate a storyline through the use of visual and textual content.

The skills acquired are transferable to other contexts where generation and presentation of visual imagery is relevant. Thesespecifically include photographic technique and computer based manipulation.StaffPierre Jolivet

Drawing SystemsThis module examines the geometries that underlie drawing and design, both in terms of their historical development and theirpractical construction. The projection of solid form onto surface is the basis of most drawings. Two dimensional drawings areused by artists and designers to invent and represent three dimensional form. The geometries of representation have bothcultural and historical significance, as well as everyday practical application. They inform architectural design, fine art, graphicdesign and typography.StaffBill Hasting

BArch

Fourth Year Design StudioIn the fourth year studio, students re-evaluate what has been learnt in the first degree and on their year-out experience. They areencouraged to develop a more personal direction in their own work, drawing on the various debates operating withincontemporary architecture. If the first three years were devoted to learning and acquiring design skills, the next two years areabout applying knowledge and skills in an increasingly rigorous manner, about engaging with the broader culture of architectureand questioning how architecture can operate in the world. Students are invited to develop a solid intellectual basis forarchitectural endeavour and to advance ideas through design, writing and research. The focus is on the development of skills incritical thinking, in research analysis and critical evaluation, and in the use of design as a means of investigation and research.

Studio Programme 2006/2007Each year the work in the 4th year studio is based around a set theme, with a number of linked projects investigating issuesthrough analysis, strategic planning, building design and detailed design studies. The year starts with a short building designproject with a set brief and site, which introduces aspects of the year’s theme, and re-integrates students with the studioenvironment after the year out spent working and travelling.This year the project was the design of an architects house andstudio and included a detailed three dimensional study of a part of the building. The theme for the rest of the year has beenLiving and Learning, explored through the development of the UCD’s Belfield Campus. In the first semester students worked ingroups to analyse the campus, made comparative studies of relevant precedents in campus design and eventually madestrategic development proposals for the future of the campus.

Studio StaffChris Boyle, Peter Cody, Merlo Kelly, SheilaO’Donnell, Emmett Scanlon, Stephen Tierney

Guest Lecturers, Workshop Leaders & CriticsHugh Campbell, John Tuomey, AndrzejWejchert, Edward Jones, Hugh Campbell,Michael Pike, Daniel Rosbottom, ShelleyMcNamara, Alan Mee, Philip Nolan

StudentsMichael Bambrick, Darragh Brogan, IgnacioDeMema, Christiansen Finn, Brian Collins,

Christopher Collins, Cathal Curtin, JoaquinDabezies, Catherine DeGroot, John Dobbin,Tara Doherty, Hugh Dolan, Michael Duffy, Clement Duranton, Cormac Fahey, Paul Finn,Graham Fitzpatrick, Moritz Fritz, Neil Gleeson,Brian Guckian, Brian Hagan, Clare Heffernan,Heikki Karppinen, Orla Kennedy, PascaleKlaunig, David Leyden, John Lineen, MatthewMcCrum, Aoghan MacDomhnaill, DeirdreMcKenna, Claire Meunier, Emma Murtagh,Celine NiChonchuir, Conor O’Brien, KittyO’Brien, Sorcha O’Higgins, Orla O Loinsigh,

Carl O’Reilly, Kevin O’Sullivan, Neal Patterson,Kaisa Paavilainen, Magdalena Paskiewicz, AlicePlatriez, Jan Patalon, Patrick Quinlan, JohnQuinn, Kate Rhatigan, Shane O’Reilly, AndreuSantacreu, Janette Scott, Mark Skehill, LauraSloan, Caroline Stieghorst, Bryan Tormey, TimVarian, Sonja Waloszek, Bent Westendorp,Ruben Weyers, Patrick White

New School of ArchitectureJohn Dobbin

New School of ArchitectureBrian Guckian

Civil Engineering Research Laboratories & Teaching RoomsDeirdre McKenna

New School of ArchitectureMark Skehill

Fifth Year Design StudioThe thesis programme has been structured as a series of research studies on a theme of the student’s choosing which is intend-ed to culminate in both a written dissertation, summarizing their investigations and conclusions, and one or more design projectswhich manifest this research in architectural form. As a thesis is about defining a position within a broader architectural discourseit involves articulating an argument that is identifiable and comprehensible in reference to other ideas. To achieve this studentsare expected to draw upon a variety of sources, architectural and otherwise, to identify, develop and support their arguments.Equally critical to this study is the continual testing and translation of these ideas into architectural form, as the most productivemeans of investigating any architectural polemic is through design experiments. The thesis research is pursued through readings,precedent studies, lectures, workshops and a series of design investigations or a single substantial design project. In the firstsemester a series of lectures and workshops allow students to investigate their thesis ideas relative to certain fundamentals inarchitecture [environment and economy; material and structure; context and brief] through group design work and individualdesign experiments which are intended to focus their research, clarifying and developing the argument. In the second semesterthe emphasis shifts to the development of one or more significant design studies that tests this position in an effort to evolve andstrengthen the argument. The final dissertation submission is an articulation of the position within the larger culture of architectureand a critique of the research undertaken thus forming an important part of the overall submission at the end of the year.

Studio StaffMarcus Donaghy, John Parker, ElizabethShotton

TutorsChris Boyle, Michelle Fagan, Tiago Faria, BrianGallagher, Roisin Henegan, Mary Laheen, TomMaher, John McLaughlin, Shelly McNamara, JimMurphy, Shi-Fu Peng, Michael Pike, EsmondeO’Briain, Mark Price, Jimmi Sheilds, JohnTuomey

Lecturers, Workshop Leaders & CriticsHugh Campbell, Peter Cardew, Adam Caruso,Tom de Paor, Michelle Fagan, Tiago Faria,

Francois Fleury, Brian Gallagher, Alan Jones,Donal Lennon, Aidan Madden, Laura Mays,Fiona McDonald, John McLaughlin, CiaranMcNally, Roger Mullin, Jim Murphy, MichaelMurphy, Max O’Flaherty, Finola O’KaneCrimmins, Michael Pike, Mark Pimlott, JimmiSheilds, Peter Tansey, John Tuomey

StudentsJerome Breslin, Niamh Burke, Elizabeth Burns,Sinead Cahill, Fiona Carroll, Aoife Cleary,Gordon Chrystal, Cillian Collins, Sinead Collins,Anne Marie Cooke, Maire Costelloe, JacintaCurley, Sarah Curran, Una Daly, Robert Denvir,Matthew Fagan, Brian Flynn, Alan Flood, Kate

Gannon, Cillian Gray, Eimear Hassett, JustinHayes, Zoe Hayes, Gary Hoban, Gary Holt,Sinead Hugh, Paul Jeffries, Dierdre Keeley,Jennifer Kenefick, Brian Mallon, Hilda Markey,Mercedes Martinez, Ashling McCoy, JillMcGovern, Barry McNaboe, Owen McSwiney,Brendan Money, Marcus Mulvihill, Trevor Nolan,Mark Noonan, Paul O’Brien, Lucy O’Connor,Ronan O’Connor, Cathal O’Fearghail, SuzyO’Leary, Nick O’Shee, Nicki Power, BrendanRedmond, Robert Salmon, Clara Seeballuck,Sandra Sibley, Niall Small, Padraic Ward, ChrisWhelan

Experiments in TranslucencySinead Collins

Material Structure WorkshopLes Grands Ateliers, France

Gordon Chrystal, Jacinta Curley, Dierdre Keeley, Sandra Sibley,Padraic Ward, Lucy O’Connor

Infrastructure Studies Diary of a Small House, Day 13Niall Small Gordon Chrystal

Datum PitchEnvironment Economy WorkshopFiona Carroll, Gordon Chrystal, Una Daly, Cillian Gray, Jill McGovern, Clara Seeballuck

Urban ForestClara Seeballuc

Reading Place: Ennis Brendan Redmond

Poolbeg Recycling PlantRobert Salmon

History & Theory of ArchitectureThe course involves a weekly seminar and is examined by the production of a dissertation usually but not necessarily in writtenform of at least 5000 words. Seminars are offered on various themes that address contemporary and historical issues in archi-tecture, urbanism and landscape. These seminars lay the foundations from which individual study and research can emerge forthe preparation of a dissertation. The dissertation involves critical reappraisal of built or published materials, or original researchdealing with primary documents. The seminar groups for 2006/07 were:

StaffUrban Open Space – Vandra CostelloArchitecture and Metaphor – Kevin DonovanSocial Use of Real and Virtual Space – Loughlin KealyThe Productive Landscape – John OlleyExperience and Design – John OlleyTheatre and Spectacle – John OlleyThe Lived-in House – John TuomeyGlobal and Local Spaces – Brian Ward

Design Technologies IIntegrated Design StrategiesThe emphasis of this course is on environmentally based building technologies and structural systems with a view to developinga more integrated and holistic approach to design. The lectures and projects run in parallel to studio design work to enable asynthesis between the design process and the technology programme. The term begins with an overview of sustainablebuilding principles leading to more specific lectures on issues such as embodied energy, life cycle costing, advanced envelopetechnologies and the appropriate selection/assembly of materials for energy performance. Lectures and projects on preliminaryscheme design principles and design tools with respect to both structure and enclosure technologies also form a major part ofthe course content, including an introduction to performance based specifications, a review of material based criteria in structuraldesign and the evaluation of alternative structural systems. The course is principally project based and includes a sharedworkshop on Materials | Structure with the design studio.StaffPeter Flynn, Elizabeth ShottonGuestsAidan Madden, Graham Fitzpatrick

Design Technologies IISpecial TopicsThe Special Topics course varies each year, representing emerging issues in contemporary architectural technologies andresearch interests of staff. Representative topics include Irish Timbers and Sustainability; Light Perception Experience; Researchin Concrete Design; Conservation of Historic Materials; Advanced Envelope Design; Lightweight Structures; and PerformanceAnalysis Methods. Offered in the 2006-07 were;

Light Perception ExperienceIrish Timbers and Sustainability Conservation of Historic MaterialsCoordinatorElizabeth ShottonStaff Paul Arnold, Pierre Jolivet, Loughlin Kealy, Paul Kenny, Donal Lennon, Michael Murphy, Elizabeth ShottonGuestsLight: Donal Lennon, Michael Pike, Sarah SheridanTimber: Seamus Heaney, Mike Keane, Dr. Maarten Niewenhuis, Bill RobinsonConservation: Dr. Aubrey Flegg, Alistar Lindsay, Dr. Sara Pavia, Grellan Rourke, Susan Rowntree, Linzi Simpson, Dan Sudhershan

Irish Timbers andSustainability

Light PerceptionExperience

Professional StudiesThe intention for the course is to enable graduates to be confident, effective, knowledgeable and comfortable in their work andto be able to choose their mode of professional activity. The fourth year course content is designed to engage the interest of thestudents and to stimulate them to develop their own knowledge and understanding of the architect as a professional. The courseprovides a picture of the architect at work and of the skills required with which they survive and flourish. The course contentdeals with these skills which are encompassed in the headings: communicating, leading and working effectively.

The intention of the fifth year course is to equip graduates with the knowledge skill and attitudes which will enable them to havefreedom in choosing their professional mode of activity within their working life. The course provides the outline of the knowl-edge of the practice of architecture having regard to the graduate’s need to be able to work effectively as a junior member of ateam, and to be able to advance to running smaller projects under the supervision of a senior member of the office.StaffDorothy Jones

Research & Advanced Studies

Research DegreesArchitecture supports a wide range of research leading to the degrees of PhD, MArchSc, MUBC and MSc(Urban Design)

Current doctoral research covers the history of designed landscapes, sustainable development and landscapes, quality of life inthe built environment, historical and critical architectural studies, and conservation:

Daylight DynamicsPaul Kenny, supervisor: John Olley

Landscape, Water and SustainabilityElizabeth McNicholas, supervisor: John Olley

Health, Pedagogy and Sustainability: the Quality of the School EnvironmentSarah Sheridan: supervisor: John Olley

Notating Space: Music, Architecture and Acoustic PerformanceFiona Smyth, supervisor: John Olley

Technology and 20th Century Irish ArchitectureDan Sudershan, supervisor: John Olley

The Landscape of the Garden CityBrian Ward, supervisor: John Olley and Hugh Campbell

Later Medieval Irish Wall PaintingsKarena Morton, supervisor: Loughlin Kealy

Scottish Vernacular ArchitectureAudrey Dakin, supervisor Loughlin Kealy and Finola O’Kane

Conservation Policy and GlobalisationMarie Robinson, supervisor Loughlin Kealy and Finola O’Kane

Indoor Air Quality in Irish DwellingsLiyan Guo, supervisor: Owen Lewis

Energy Performance Evaluation of BuildingsPatxi Hernandez, supervisor: Paul Kenny

Notating Space:Music, Architecture and Acoustic Performance

DaylightDynamics

Later MedievalIrish Wall Paintings

Degree of MSc In Urban Design The programme in Urban Design was introduced in response to the developing awareness and perceived need for advancedskills in urban design. The degree is offered as a two year part-time programme, leading to a research thesis. Studentsundertake a programme of introductory projects and seminars / lectures, and develop their thesis over the rest of the two years.The course addresses the current urban situation, responding to legislative change and the political/social parameters of urbandesign, and engages in the environmental issues associated with the rapid process of urbanisation. Models for action areexamined in the broader European context. The thesis subject may incorporate a design element. The course is seen asinterdisciplinary and is open to professionals in the fields of architecture, planning, engineering and surveying.StaffHugh Brady, Philip Geoghegan, Loughlin Kealy, Alan Mee, Derry O Connell

Invited SpeakersMichael Creegan, Douglas Gordon, Seamus Mc Gearailt, John Prosser, Sarah Rock, Aine Ryan

Degree of Master of Urban and Building ConservationThe programme in Urban and Building Conservation prepares students and the professions for an enlarging role in theconservation, rehabilitation and restoration of buildings and the re-vitalisation of urban areas. The degree of MUBC is a researchdegree. A supporting programme provides an advanced course of study to enable the preparation of a thesis. The programmehas an emphasis on methods of recording, researching, analysing and evaluating the heritage of buildings and towns, and on theability to make considered judgements on the issues involved in their conservation and continuing use. The programme providesa balance between theory and practice through a combination of project work, lectures, seminars and study visits to significantbuildings and sites. The course culminates in the preparation of a substantial thesis on a chosen research topic. The purpose ofthe thesis is to enable each student to develop an in-depth knowledge of a particular area within the field of conservation.StaffPaul Arnold, Loughlin Kealy, Finola O Kane Crimmins

ContributorsEd Burke, John Cahill, Mary Clark, Jackie Donnelly, Lisa Edden, Jason Ellis, Dr Aubrey Flegg, David Griffin, Aideen Ireland, Frank KeohaneDonal Lennon, Alistair Lindsay, Charlie Lyons, Daniel McInervey, Paul McMahon, M. McParland, Emily Moore, Rachel Moss, Conor MurphyCiaran O Brien, Dr Freddie O Dwyer, John Olley, Mona O Rourke, Aighleann O Shaughnessy, Sara Pavia, Margaret Quinlan, Noel Riordan, SusanRoundtree, Pat Ruane, Linzi Simpson, David Wall

Urban DesignAnalysis

Affiliated & Associated Courses

UCD Architecture @ CESUGAUCD Architecture has establish its programme at the Centro de Estudios Superiores Universitarios de Galicia (CESUGA), locatedin La Corunna. CESUGA was established in the early 1990s with a view to providing high quality university level education inGalicia in the north west of Spain. UCD offers three degrees there, the BSc (Architectural Science), the BArch and the BComm inpartnership with CESUGA, and other programmes will follow. The Architecture programme is now in its third year. The staff aredrawn from varius regions of Spain but with a strong Galician character, and UCD staff contribute to the teaching programme. Itis hoped to established an exchange programme for students and staff as the programme develops.The benefits for UCDinclude bringing an international perspective to our programmes in Dublin, and hopefully creating further possibilities for post-graduate research and collaboration.

Landscape ArchitectureThis four-year undergraduate degree prepares students for careers in landscape architecture or associated professions such asplanning. The two main elements of the undergraduate programme are studio work and lectures. The study of landscapearchitecture involves learning many skills, but design is essential to this specialist degree and site-based projects are the basis ofstudio. Design methodology is taught and practised in the studio-based modules that make up almost 50% of this 4-yearcourse.

Students learn to inform their design decisions by analysis of information concerning the natural and cultural processes affectingparticular case studies. There is an important element of self-direction to these modules. Studio work is supported by lecturesproviding theoretical material in the areas of biology, ecology and the earth sciences, landscape planning, management, materialsand construction techniques.

Structural Engineering with ArchitectureThis programme focuses primarily on the design of structures. The aim of the programme is to develop an appreciation for archi-tecture and the mathematical ability to challenge the traditional boundaries of structural design. It has been said that engineersuse the language of mathematics in developing their designs whilst architects use a visual and graphical language. Through thedesign content of the programme we aim to interlink these thought processes encouraging exploration of structural forms andmaterials.

Stage 1: This includes mathematical and science subjects, graphics, thermodynamics and fluid mechanic. History and theory ofarchitecture is introduced in addition to theory and design of structures. Students are challenged to build structural models usingthe knowledge gained relating to structural form and shape and stability.

Stage 1 Students: Arthur Avkhadiyev, Ruth Baldwin, Jack Buggy, Julie Clarke, Sean Connon, Daniel Coyne, John Daly, Paul Farrell, JamesForkan, Jason Goldrick, Laura Hannigan, Keelan Hegarty, Niall Keaveney, Brendan Kelly, Damien Kelly, Colin Long, Catherine McHale, EoinMcPartland, Stephanie Monaghan, Noel Moran, Thomas O’Boyle, Edel O’Connor, Alan Sherry, Manus Sweeney, Peter Wall, Robert Wasson

Stage 2: In stage 2 the modules providing the main foundation for structural design are introduced, including construction mate-rials, building construction and the mechanics of solids and fluids. Design studio work enhances the creative skills through intro-duction to model making and 3D computer aided design.Stage 2 Studio Staff: Fiona McDonald, Mark Price, Peter Flynn

Stage 2 Students: Jack Browne, Rory Burke, Emer Collopy, Bernard Conry, Michael Dowd, William Fadden, Michael Fenton, Michael Fitzgerald,Alan Garvey, Robert Harrington, Barry Kavanagh, Susan Keller, Fiona Little, Eoghan Maloney, Orlagh McHugh, Laura McLoughlin, Simon Mitton, DenisMurphy, Síofra Nolan, Cian O’Lionsigh, Aisling O’Shea, Brian Parades, Justin Perry, Conor Whelan

Stage 3: Stage 3 of the BSc programme takes the design and analysis skills to a more advanced level through both formal lec-tures and studio and design projects. The integration of building services within structures is also examined.Stage 3 Studio Staff: Chris Bakkala, Brian O’Brien, Mark Tucker, Judy McCabeStage 3 Project Supervisors: Mark Richardson, Holger Falter, Paul Kenny, Eugene O’Brien, Paul Fanning, Mike LongStage 3 Guest Lecturers: Keith Finglas

Stage 3 Students: Rory Beirne, Orlaith Bermingham, Maire Bradley, Cloragh Byrne, Eoin Casserly, Deborah Condon, Aifric Delahunty, AustinDevin, Kate Fitzgerald, Diarmuid Kelleher, Noel Kennedy, Claire Mullen, Richard Nelson, Blain Newsome, Aodhán Reane

AcknowledgementsThis document was produced by: Brian Ward & Pierre Jolivet. With special thanks to Gerry Hayden and to all the students who submitted material.AddressesUCD Architecture, School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering, Richview, Belfield, Dublin 4, IrelandT +353 1 716 2757 F +353 1 283 7778architecture.ucd.ie/07