Fionnuala Bhreathnach Portfolio of Selected Works
Fionnuala Bhreathnach- CV Personal Details Name: Fionnuala Bhreathnach Date of birth: 20th July 1988 Contact: 0035 087 6628757 F.bhreathnach@gmail.com Education 2007-2013 Bachelor of Architecture University of Limerick 1.1 Degree 2006-2007
Yeats College. Leaving Certificate. 525 points received. (7 honors)
2001-2006
Taylors Hill Secondary School. Junior certificate. (9 honors)
Computer Skill Proficient Basic Autocad Revit Vector works Rhino Sketch up Adobe illustrator Vray Artlantis Render Maxwell Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Achievements Irish Design 2015 - First Place. I received fist place in an open competition for designers of all disciplines to explore the potential of Limerick’s extensive network of Mews Lanes. All designs were invited to propose a concept that will attract and encourage people to live in the city center. The competition was funded by “Irish Design 2015. In 2013, I was a main curator of the “Designing Policies” exhibition in Limerick, Ireland. The exhibition ran for two weeks and received both national and international media coverage. My thesis research was selected to be exhibited at the International Womens day conference in February 2013. I received a presidents letter for high grades received in my fourth year at the University of Limerick. My work was placed second in a design competition in collaboration with the Photography society at the University of Limerick.
Past Employment September 2015 - January 2016 Junior Architect at Seamus Walshe Architectural Associates. Galway, Ireland. I worked as a junior architect as this firm from September 2015 to January 2016 and also carried out a summer internship from June 2012 to August 2012. At the office, I worked preparing planning files for numerous domestic projects at varying scales. I was also required to make 3D sketch up models. September 2014 - August 2015 John Maniscalco Architects - San Francisco, USA Junior Designer Last year, I spent the year working at John Maniscalco Architecture. The firm specialized in the design of beautifully crafted single family homes. At the office, I gained extensive experience in multiple stages of the design process. During the year, my teammate and I worked extensively on three projects which are still ongoing. March 2014-June 2014 Construct Concept - Berlin, Germany. Junior Architect. I spent several months working for Michelle Howard at Construct Concept on a free lance basis. In the office I worked extensively on a competition project for the Fraunhofer Institute in Kassel. The project was completed in collaboration with Bucholz Mc Evoy Architects in Dublin. The project was of a large scale including 165 offices and 30 different lab types. June 2013-August 2013. Intelligence Unit, University of Limerick, Ireland Architect and researcher. The intelligence unit was a research project between the School of Architecture and the Kemmy Business School base in Limerick City Gallery. My work in the project was concerned with the establishment of a new approach to the current education systems in Ireland. The findings of the projects were displayed in an exhibition in Limerick city Gallery and was also published in the national press. September 2013-Novemeber 2013. Architect for private dwelling, Ennis, Co. Clare. Ireland. References: John Maniscalco. Peter Carrol 442 Grove Street, A2 Architects, San Francisco,94102. 3 Great Strand Street, Dublin 1, Ireland 415 - 864-9900 . pcarrol@a2.ie
Seamus Walshe, Walshe Architectural Assoc, Taylors Hill, Galway, Ireland seamusanthony@eircom.com 01353 - 87 - 6445116
Contents
Productive Fragments- Competition Irish Design. First Place
Thesis Research. Reconfiguring Binaries;Gender and Architecture. Engendered Block. Limerick
Y4 Doolin Theater School.Prt1&2 Doolin, Co. Clare
Y3 Moyross Community Campus Moyross, Limerick
2014Institute. Kassel. Germany
Cuffe Household. Circular Road, Ennis
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The Laneways - Competition - First Place Irish Design 2015 Limerick Ireland
The following project recived fist place in an open competition for designers of all disciplines to explore the potential of Limerick’s extensive network of Mews Lanes. All designs were invited to propose a concept that will attract and encourage people to live in the city centre. . The aim of the project is to offer a new perspective on how to reinvigerate th city and activate Limerick’s under-utilised lanes. The Pery grid offers a unique and masterful means of organization. The problems address in “The Laneways” projec is that the city has turned away from much of what makes it so unique. The idea of merging a new grid with the preexisting grid is an intriguing one. The new network of pedestrian lane ways has been established to pull together loose strands of the city. The network focused attention back to its lanes and, importantly, back to the River Shannon. Unity and connection is something the city lacks and desperately needs. The porject brings an unbiased framework to the city. By following a geometry solely based on need and connection, a new, richer, city fabric can be created. Left: Mater plan of Limerick city showing a new grid network imposed over the existing Pery grid. The nuances grid connects all areas of the city and offers the city a new dimension. Below: Conceptual collage.
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The walkway system is held in unity by a series of anchor points tucked in the heard of various Georgian blocks. Pedestrians are brought into the center of the blocks and journey upwards to gather a new, previously unseen glimpse of the Georgian backspace.
The objective of the grid is not to establish its own exclusive identity but to relate and enhance the city by plugging into existing amenities. As the infrastructure for the project grows, it will revive and resurrect decaying areas by directing foot traffic to these areas.
Each of the anchor points serves to connect Limerick’s lanes to other key points in the city. One can arrive into Limerick city coach and train station, easily see the nearest anchor tower just off Davis Street, and connect from there. All of the exit points from the walkways lead you directly back into Limericks lanes.
These new anchor points establish a new grid which directly links the back lanes of limerick. The new grid, however, turns the point of the city towards the River Shannon and beyond.
Increased footfall into the city from the new network will bring with it new economic and commercial engagement. The influx of pedestrian traffic in the lanes will create a demand for shops or kiosks. The areas where anchor points are located are, for the most part, unoccupied, and these backstreet offer a unique social experience waiting to be explored.
The journey throughout the network offers an ever changing walk-scape. Walkways narrow and swell to great ideal gathering places and encourage spontaneous interaction. As you walk, you gather a unique perspective of the city and of the River Shannon currently unavailable anywhere else.
Right: 3D printed model and conceptual collage showing position of anchor points in the centre of the city blocks
Right: Perspective view showing anchor point loacated in the heart of a city block.
Reconfiguring Binaries;Gender and Architecture. Engender Block. Henry Street. Lmk
For my thesis investigation, I decided to position myself within the vast context of gender and architecture in the hope to gain an enlightened insight into the topic. As a female on the verve of entering into the profession, I felt compelled to gain an understating of the women’s ever changing status in society and in the architectural profession. I concerned myself with a critique of the pervasive heterosexual assumptions and sought to counter those views which made presumptions about the limits and the propriety of gender and the restricted meaning of gender to received notions of masculinity and femininity. Feminist theory that restricts the meaning of gender in the presuppositions of its own practice sets up exclusionary gender norms within feminism, often with homophobic consequences. Feminism needs to be careful not to idealize certain expressions of gender that, in turn, can produce new forms of gendered hierarchy and exclusion. I feel more compelled to open up the field of possibility for gender and rather than trying to prescribe a new way of gendered life. The pairing of gender and architecture leads to a immeasurable amounts of ideological, sociological and theoretical studies on the topic, many of which I considered and investigated in my thesis writing. While doing so I also tried to find ways to physically express what I was reading and writing and am continually working on establish a work ethic and politic that I could carry on to my professional career. The project shown was the outcome of the years research. The aim of the project was to design a new piece of engendered city space and insert it into the georgian model of Limerick city. I was drawn to the Georgian grid in the heart of Limerick city for a number of reasons. The unitary system outlines a strict divide in public and private space. The relationship between the public and private spheres (and its gendered implications) is one which I was most concerned with during the year. The most prevalent aspects of joint control of spatiality and identity has related to the culturally specific distinctions between the public and private spheres. The Georgian model of Limerick city exercises strict control on the type of public space experienced within the city center. The project was led by a desire to establish a new architectural typology in the city. A typology that, rather than re enclosed space sought to make new connections within the city.
Left: South west street perspective looking towards the porject. The corner of the block is eroded away and the entire project raised up making the entire block permiable, allowing the public to flow through. Right: Early movement map drawings showing main the flow of pedestrians in the city.
Top Right: Map of Limerick city highliting georgain grid.
Left: Section Right: Plan showing how the block is dissolved Below Right: Concrete context model. Below: Concrete and card model showing relationship between existing and new
The chosen block of the grid is dissolved. The ground level is completely permeable to the flow of pedestrians. The back land has been transformed into a public urban park. The brief was written in an attempt to provide a more holistic way of living in the city and prescribe a new housing typology within this test block. A way to live, work, learn and engage in community recreation all within the same complex. The housing towers sit on top of the entire scheme. The plan was designed in such a way to try and move away from a solely commodified lifestyle. Communal laundry room and cooking areas are provided to allow the individual living cells to exist without the need for a head of the household. Crèche space is also provided on the lower levels. There is a hostel tower to the west of the site, providing temporary accommodation to those wanting to visit the city. Currently there are no hostel facilities provided anywhere in Limerick city. There are 4 library floors, classrooms spaces, communal computer halls, workshops, some rent able office spaces,a large community hall and a public forum space are all included to provide an new, more intense urbanity the city. As stated previously, the ground level is completely public. As one moved up through the scheme the relationship between public and private becomes more distinguishable but remain in close contact visually through section.
Housing towers - mixed housing typologies
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Above: Rendered perspective of communal living room in housing tower.
Left: Wood and concrete base “Binary� model. Right: Detail of handing brick facade at edge of the block. Upper library level extends over the footpath, handing facade further encloses.
Doolin Theatre School Doolin, Co. Clare. Irealnd. There are three nodes in Doolin town where the road and river intersect, two of which have become the main hives of activity in the town. The third, at Roadford bridge, has become a place to pass through rather than to stop an enjoy the beauty of the place. Littered with sign posts and advertisements, passersby are constantly hurried off in another direction. The three pubs, McGanns in particular, are well known music hubs amongst trad musicians and are renowned for their lively music sessions. It seems a shame however, that same life and excitement experienced in the pubs at select times during the years, cannot be translated into a more permanent encounter. Mc Dermots pub, located at the north side of the bridge, was once the main post office serving Doolin town and one can imagine that it was once an active place with a frequent flow of people. Thus, the fundamental aim of the first semesters project was to make a place to stay at Roadford bridge and to try and break todays tradition of simply passing through the site. This was hoped to be achieved by going against the existing gain of the site to encourage passersby to come off the road to experience the surrounding landscape and also become more aware of the river. The project itself was quite subtle and became more about slight changes in textures and surface to lead one into and around the site. Following on from the first semester I decided to stay on the same site but rather than trying to encourage people to stop, stay and take in the site alone, I was interested making a place where one could learn something about the surrounding area and was compelled by the notion of ‘learning from the land’. How do our opinions of a place change once we know a little bit more about it and its history? Can we feel a stronger connection to a place on learning about the happenings of years gone by? I feel we as humans beings can indeed empathize and connect with a place on a much higher level if we have a stronger knowledge and understanding of a place and thus felt a learning center of some kind would be a valuable addition to Doolin town.
Above: Conceptual drawing of the Burren landscape and tower of the theatre school. Below: Early exploration drawings. I had been interest in the Irish round tower and used a similar typology in the housing tower in the project. The housing tower overlooks the entire project. The top being a place of reflection where one can reminisce on the days learning.
Above: Site plan showing roofscape. The roof is mad of a glue laminated timer beam system which changes in direction allowing optimum light in each space. Also shown are the paved areas commanded by the new intervention and surrounded landscape.
Above and below: Diagram showing changing performance spaces (interior and exterior).
Left: Map highlighting main nodes of Doolin
Above: Section thorough the main hall and adjoining reception area. The reception area opens onto an outdoor decked area which steps down towards the water. The hallway overhead is widened to allow for group gathering becoming an impromptu performing space. The hallway can be closed off with sliding partitions when the main hallway is in use. All areas of the building can become a performance space and plays encourages a continuous conversation between the observer and performer. Below: A series of sections showing intervention at the waters edge. A series of stepped walkways brings one to the waters edge and allows for gathering and enjoyment of the water and the scenery.
Right: Birds eye perspective looking down into the student entrance way. From here, one can see the gathering area outside the classroom spaces, which has access onto the stage gantry. The gantry can expand onto these gathering spaces and can also be used for backstage services.
Section showing spatial relationship between the theater hall, reception space, and the outdoor pavilion space. All spaces flow into one another. Sliding doors separate the upper walkway from the theatre hall. When opened the theatre space extends out on to the walkways. Every space can become a performance space. The hierarchical relationship between spectator and performer is blurred.
Above: Section from behind the stage. The partitions, shown in red open up turning the back stage area into a performance stage area with space outside given for spectators.
Concert model with sketch super imposed. I used this method as a way of designing. The concrete element is a model of the ground plane.
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Moyross Community Learning Campus. Limerick
Moyross, a sprawling housing estate in Limerick, where property prices were tumbling even in the Celtic tiger boom years. It has gained national notoriety for its drug-fueled gang warfare, raised questions about how widely the benefits of the Republic’s new-found wealth have been spread and provoked a national debate about arming the police. With fewer than 100,000 residents, Limerick, which straddles the mouth of the River Shannon, has been trying for years to live down its reputation as “Stab City”, a nickname acquired a decade ago because of a spate of fatal knife attacks in a time of high unemployment. The latest violence involves youths wearing bullet-proof vests and equipped with machine guns and hand grenades. Six people were murdered there last year, at least four in gang-related feuds. The homicide rate, per head of population, is equivalent to that of Glasgow, the murder capital of western Europe. The site given for my third year project housed the Moyross community center. For the project, I wanted to examine the social perimeters confining Moyross in its somewhat stagnant state. How to benefit those. In looking at some of the statistics of the area, I noticed a trend of early school leavers and high unemployment. I began to think about how a new attitude to education in the area could help build a better standard of living. Moyross’ bad reputation has been causes by a small, but overpowering minority. There is a strong sense of community beyond the shadow of the “stab city” reputation. Building on this community bond already, I decided to develop a large community learning hub. There is an existing train line that runs at one end of the site which offers a chance to reconnect Moyross with the rest of the city that is has been isolated from.
Section showing direct passage through the building, overlooked by the various learning spaces
There was an intention to an educational landmark for the community. Two large auditorium lecture spaces are suspended above a newly manipulated grade allowing people to pass in and out of Moyross. Nestled around these two auditorium’s are a variety of dynamic of learning spaces. Classrooms, audio laps, computer rooms and a sports hall for physical education and exercise. A climbing wall grows from the sports basement level up through the whole building.
Render showing view from public cafe
The building has a public route permeating through its center. Subsidiary routes meander off this main public access and allow those wishing to engage in community learning to flow through the rest of the building. Control and security is important. The blocks of learning spaces can be completely closed off at different times of the day. When walking through you are in the epicenter of community learning. When walking towards the train stop, you overlook a large sports hall with a climbing wall and are overlooked by numerous classrooms, library and a restaurant. The building acts as meeting place for all member of the community hall. There is a cafe on the ground level that sits on a slightly higher plateau allowing those to sit and watch passers by. The area outside the front of the building is landscaped and littered with concrete benches to allow members of the community to gather.
Ground floor plan showing spacial relationship of public passage and learning spaces.
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Circular Road, Ennis, Co. Clare The site is located on a residential road just outside the town of Ennis in Co. Clare. The house is for a mother and her two daughters. The site in question already has planning permission for a house that seems unfitting to the site. The plot is long and narrow in proportion, the previous proposed plan was short and wide. I proposed a design that is narrows inwards and is elongated to allow for maximum daylight penetrate the house. The kitchen is pulled out to make a semi enclosed outdoor deck. This deck is also overlooked by a kind of faux internal courtyard where one can sit and enjoy a book or relax on a summers evenings with the doors opened. There are tree bedrooms upstairs. The girls share an en-suite and the master bedroom has its own.
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Section showing cut through kitchen, hall, downstairs bathroom and upstairs bedroom.
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IU (Intelligence Unit) is an independent multi-disciplinary research body consisting of the University of Limerick (School of Architecture, Kemmy Business School and the Graduate Entry Medical School) Limerick City and County Council and the City of Culture body. Initially based in the Limerick City Gallery of Art over the course of 7 weeks (with a view to establishing a year long program), we are here to design policies and approaches that will change Limerick. We identified a number of key areas that have the potential to act as a catalyst for positive change in the city and region. If tackled with rigor and actively engaged by as many people as possible, in Limerick and beyond, we believe that real and lasting change is something that is very much achievable. Potential must be harnessed in order to promote and encourage dormant and new industry in the city. More cohesion and collaboration between individual businesses is needed. The value of networks must be encouraged in order to grow a collective identity that will aid the image and economy of the locality. With 40% of the population without a Leaving Certificate (CSO 2011), Limerick City suffers from a lack of formal education. Incentives are needed that will work beside further education structures in order to cater for the people who do not fit into existing models. 11% of Ireland is considered a Special Area of Conservation, 2.5% of which is within Limerick City bounds. This undervalued and underused natural asset needs to be developed in a progressive and strategic way for economic, social and health reasons. The city center is suffering from low amounts of habitation and footfall. The Georgian Quarter in particular is vacant in large portions and in need of new strategies to promote more intensive use into the future. Currently, it is too challenging for many new occupants to utilize the vacant space in the city. Taking these issues into account, we proposed a number of policies that will directly incentives courses of action. After researching existing structures and policies, a re-examination of public perception and how they work is critical. We reorganized these challenges into the following categories; Education Systems, Georgian Quarter, Special Areas of Conservation and Food Networks.
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Public Exhibition and Discourse The outputs of the program were showing in a dynamic format within the gallery setting for one week at the end of August bringing together the visual and the analytic in a compelling exhibition. Each project original. Each project fully articulated as an idea, but also as a policy. The project brought people from outside academia to input and help text the robustness of the ideas. Policy makers such as Paul Williams from Canteen Food Limerick and Shane Mc Alister CEO of MobaNode, venture capitalists, local business people such as Bassam Cl Baroni of Eva International 2014, property developers, local architects such as Hugh Murray, accountants such as BDO Simpson Xavier, quantity surveyors, economic development officers, city officials, local towns people and school kids all came to offer their thoughts. IU Limerick also engages the public throughout the project and their ideas will became part of the exhibition.
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DIRECTORS PETER CARROLL BARCH MRIAI CAOMHAN MURPHY BARCH MRIAI
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July 25 2013 RE: Reference for Ms. Fionnuala Bhreathnach To Whom it May Concern, I have known Fionnuala for the last six years as Course Director and Tutor at The School of Architecture, University of Limerick (SAUL) I was Fionnuala’s Final Year Thesis Design Studio Tutor. While at SAUL Fionnuala’s design work was sensitive, engaging and of the highest standard. In particular her remarkable capacity and ability with model casting and pencil hand drawing has allowed her develop a personal and consistently thoughtful approach to design. This was particularly evident in her thesis project that re-‐considered an city-‐centre block in Limerick and speculated on the role of women in urban design. Fionnuala’s thesis research process was easily one of the most engaging I have witnessed in all my years at SAUL. Her engagement with community and interest groups during her thesis year certainly challenged the conventional design process by actively engaging others outside of design disciplines in considering the potential of urban design. Fionnuala very capably presented her thesis research to an International Women’s Conference in UL during the year and her work was very well received. Since graduating Fionnuala has been a key collaborator this past eight weeks in IU (Intelligence Unit) 2013, a joint research project between The School of Architecture University of Limerick and Kemmy Business School based in Limerick City Gallery of Art. Fionnuala’s input on this project was invaluable and involved extensive fieldwork beyond desk-‐based work. I consider Fionnuala to be extremely thorough, very hard working, dedicated and interested in every task to hand. Her application and commitment to architecture are without doubt. Fionnuala is highly regarded amongst her peers and is someone who gets along with everyone in a very genuine and honest manner. It is a pleasure to be in her company. I have no doubt that Fionnuala will make an invaluable contribution to both her profession and society. I wish her the very best. Yours Sincerely,
Peter Carroll B.Arch MRIAI Mob. 00353 87 9063282 th SAUL 5 Yr Studio Tutor SAUL Course Director Director A2 Architects