francis keane portfolio/
CV FrancisFrancis CV Keane Keane BArchBArch MRIAI 1982 Born in Born in Dublin, 1982 Dublin, Ireland Ireland
1994-00
Education/
Education/
Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co.Kildare, Ireland
1994-002000-07 Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co.Kildare, Ireland Dublin School of Architecture, DIT Bolton St, Dublin, Ireland (part I & II) 2000-07 of Architecture, DITof Bolton St,(part Dublin, 2009-10 Dublin School Royal Institute of Architects Ireland III) Ireland (part I & II) 2009-10 Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (part III)
Employment/
Employment/
2006 2003-04 2007-09 2006 2007-now 2007-09 2007-now
Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Brian O’Halloran & Associates Architects, Dublin, IrelandIreland (BOH)(DS) Director European Architects Students Assembly Ireland Ltd. (EASA 2008) Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS) Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS) DirectorDesign European Architects Students Assembly Ireland Ltd. (EASA 2008) Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS)
2003-04
Brian O’Halloran & Associates Architects, Dublin, Ireland (BOH)
Projects/
2003 Projects/Donnybrook stadium redevelopment planning permission (BOH) 2006
Fitzwilliam Square upgrade & restoration feasibility (DS)
2003 2007 2007 2006 2008 2007 2000-09 2007 2007-09 2008 2008 2008 2010 2000-09 2010 2007-09 2010 2008 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2002
Donnybrook redevelopment planning permission (BOH) Royalstadium Irish Yacht Club protected structure declaration & planning permission (DS) Silver Birches residential extension feasibility design & tender Fitzwilliam Square upgrade & restoration (DS) (DS) No1Yacht The Hill residential architect(DS) Royal Irish Club protectedextension structureproject declaration & planning permission (DS) Foxrockresidential Manor residential extension project Silver Birches extension design & tenderarchitect (DS) (DS) event director from inception to completion No1 TheEASA Hill residential extension project architect (DS) (spare time) pavilion inception to completion ClontarfEASA Mewsheadline House design &from planning permission (DS) (spare time) Invited submission to exhibit at the Royal Hibernian Foxrock Manor residential extension project architect (DS)Academy (RHA), Dublin (spare time) No2 The Hill residential extension project architect (DS) EASA Ireland 2008 event director from inception to completion (spare time) St Fintans Villas proposed new house (DS) EASA Ireland headline pavilion from inception(DS) to completion (spare time) Killiney2008 house design & planning permission Invited submission to exhibit at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin (spare time) No2 The Hill residential extension project architect (DS) St Fintans Villas proposed new house (DS) Awards/ Killiney House design & planning permission (DS) Tullamore Community Arts Center Competition (spare time) Architecture Association of Ireland (AAI) student competition winner
Awards/
2007 2009
OPUS Award first prize winner for final architecture thesis in Ireland Architecture Association of Ireland (AAI) award for EASA headline pavilion
Published/ 2002 Architecture Association of Ireland (AAI) student competition; first prize winner 2007 OPUS Award for part II thesis in Ireland; first prize winner. 2008 European Association for Architecture Education (EAAE) magazine article 2009 Association of Ireland (AAI) award for EASA headline pavilion 2008 Architecture Plan Magazine article 2008 Architecture Ireland magazine for OPUS award 2008 Architecture Ireland magazine various EASA coverage 2009 Published/ Architecture Association of Ireland annual for EASA headline pavilion
2008 2008 2008 2002-06 2008 2006 2009
European Association for Architecture Education (EAAE) magazine article Interests/article Plan Magazine Architecture Ireland magazine for OPUS Award Rugby coloursmagazine for Dublin University Football Club (Trinity College Dublin) Architecture Ireland various EASA coverage Dublin Marathon of Ireland annual for EASA headline pavilion Architecture Association
Interests/
2009 2007-now
Dublin to Santiago de Compostela cycle trip Full member of Connemara Golf Club Weblinks/
Rugby colours for Dublin University Football Club (Trinity College Dublin) Dublin Marathon www.designstrat.com {Current employment} Dublin to Santiago de Compostela bicycle trip www.easa008.ie {EASA 2008} Full member of Connemara Golf Club {RHA submission} www.happyarchitectureblog.wordpress.com Memberwww.pilgrimagetosantiagodecompostela.blogspot.com of the Irish Georgian Society {Cycle trip}
Weblinks/
www.designstrat.com {Current employment} www.easa008.ie {EASA 2008} www.happyarchitectureblog.wordpress.com {RHA submission} www.pilgrimagetosantiagodecompostela.blogspot.com {Cycle trip}
portfolio | francis keane | Currilculum Vitae
2002-06 2006 2009 2007-now 2011-now
No2 The Hill | project architect Following the recent completion of an extension at No1 The Hill, we were commissioned to undertake a similar job at No2. The Client required auxiliary bedroom and living spaces. As with it’s neighbour, the existing Regency period house has a half basement which needed to establish a better relationship with the garden to the rear. The Client’s brief was met by preserving and restoring the notable pieces of period fabric within the existing house, overhauling the basement and adding a contemporary extension to the rear. The extension is realised as a series of white volumes that tumble down to address the back garden. Planning constraints arising in No1 helped to inform these volumetrics. Roof lights and large glazed iroko sections draw light into, and release views from, all new and existing areas to the rear of the house. The project was completed in November 2010.
No2 The Hill | design strategies | francis keane | portfolio
above; site plan left; internal photograph of kitchen area below left; exploded axonometric below right top; restored cornice detail below right bottom; restored hallway with view to the back garden opposite (clockwise from top); external view from garden; exit stair from kitchen/dining area; external details.
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | No2 The Hill
No1 The Hill | project architect This 70m2 contemporary extension to a Regency period residence was completed in 2009. The extension appears as two interlocking wedges and is accessed from the main hallway via a bridge. The first wedge brings the user down to garden level and it’s stucco finish matches that of the existing house. The second wedge releases large views down the garden and is dressed in hardwood to reflect it’s more verdant aspect. The build is separated from the existing house by a sunken courtyard in order to preserve a supply of natural light to windows in the rear of the existing house. The southern boundary wall provides a datum for the louvered section to the rear elevation, and a bank of storage units which runs the length of the boundary within the extension. Each shift in level is discernable via the choice of material underfoot; polished reinforced concrete carries the bridge and steps down into the living spaces, where timber was the Client’s preference. Outside timber deck decking abuts a shuttered concrete stairway and tiered planter garden, which leads down to a reclaimed, Liscannor stone patio at basement level.
No1 The Hill | design strategies | francis keane | portfolio
above; site plan left; internal photograph of dining and living area below left; exploded axonometric and section below right top; end elevation below right bottom; junction between new & old opposite; external view at dusk
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | No1 The Hill
Silver Birches | design & tender A small extension housing a new kitchen and dining space was added to a semi detached house in 2007. The form is simple and cubic, dressed with a complimentary palette of prepatinated copper cladding and iroko joinery. A tiered landscape scheme successfully negotiates a difficult existing levels between the house and sloping garden.
Silver Birches | design strategies | francis keane | portfolio
left; external view of new patio and extension below; construction section through main elevation opposite; internal view of bespoke dining table
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | Silver Birches
Foxrock Manor | project architect We opened up the entire width of a 1970s detached house and added a small projection to greatly improve the existing kitchen, dining and study space within. The Client’s desire was to make the outdoor spaces immediate to the house as habitable as possible. This was achieved by recessing an iroko screen within a painted masonry portico and providing an automated awning set into the soffit above. Integrated infrared heaters were also requested to allow the Client to sit outside late into the evenings.
Foxrock Manor | design strategies | francis keane | portfolio
left; external view of new patio and extension below; construction section through main elevation (1:20)
Killiney Heath | design & preplanning Killiney Heath is a small suburban estate of individually built houses occupying a rocky flank of Killiney Hill. The proposal involves replacing the exisiting house with a new structure, while reusing some masonry walls and substructure. The elevation shown address the Dublin mountains to the west. Belgian white brick is intended to reference the granite outcrops in the surrounding hills and reflect warm evening light on it’s textured surface. Within the deep reveals, flush glazing and pre patinated metal provide a contrasting texture and colour to the prouder brick. Concealed blinds provide the requisite adjustable levels of privacy and shading to each glazed aperature.
above; photoshop elevation below; working details in plan and section (1:40)
section bb
part plan
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | Killiney Heath
section aa
alocation of years
holistic learning at
Lyreen Primary School
Final Thesis | dit bolton st | francis keane | portfolio
In 2007 I graduated from the DIT Bolton St with a first class honours thesis. The project explored a new holistic type of primary school education in depth and proposed a new 16 classroom typology. Built of rammed earth the scheme was situated in Maynooth, a historic satelite town of Dublin. The thesis also won the 2007 OPUS Award for the best final project in Ireland.
exploration/play areas
climatic operations
rammed earth classroom prototype {a}
access & thoroughfares
rammed earth classroom prototype {b}
portfolio | francis keane | dit bolton st | Final Thesis
EASA Ireland 2008 | director The European Architecture Students Assembly is a non political platform for exchange of ideas, which brings together students from over 40 countries each year for a two week summer school. Following a successful competitive bid in Moscow in 2006, the 28th annual European Architecture Students Assembly was held in Ireland for the first time. A quarter of a million euro in sponsorships was raised in order to accommodate over 400 students and young professionals for the duration of the event. Full board was provided, as well as a high profile series of lectures and guest tutors, and materials for 23 workshops, which formed the focal point of the event. Our event was co-hosted between Dublin and Letterfrack on the west coast, under the theme of “Adaptation”. I was one of six directors who lead the event over two years. For further information, please visit; www.easa008.ie
EASA Ireland 2008 | spare time | francis keane | portfolio
left; campaign poster for EASA Ireland 2008 below; EASA 2008 Event Guide and Final Report opposite from top left; a lecture in the geodesic events dome at Letterfrack; external varnishing of the “zauna” workshop; the small workshops dome at Letterfrack; the workshop fair at University College Dublin; paper and craft based workshops; internal view of completed “zauna” workshop; headline timber pavilion and concept model; the completed “green room” competition workshop; national evening celebrations and craic!
portfolio | francis keane | spare time | EASA Ireland 2008
EASA Pavilion Letterfrack | spare time | francis keane | portfolio
above; concept models & drawings right; excerpt from AAI awards book 2008 opposite; night photograph
EASA Pavilion Letterfrack | director The pavilion is situated in the heart of Letterfrack Furniture College, on the extreme west coast of Ireland. It was the headline workshop at EASA Ireland 2008. The design, engineering and permission for the project was negotiated and agreed in advance, and the pavilion was realised during the Assembly by a team of tutors & international students. The pavilion was highly commended and published in the 2008 Architecture Association of Ireland {AAI} awards.
portfolio | francis keane | spare time | EASA Pavilion Letterfrack
Royal Hibernian Academy | invited exhibition Following the successful realisation of the EASA pavilion the group responsible were invited to submit a piece for the Royal Hibernian Academy 2010 Exhibition. The group of four launched a two point investigation, one material, the other academic. A study of Palladian architecture and associated proportions systems was undertaken, paying particular attention to Castletown House. In the meantime a collaboration with a well know bronze sculptor in Dublin tested plaster casting and silicon molding techniques. The ultimate realisation used a three step casting method to bring a detailed timber model into a silicon mould and back to its original form in herculite plaster. For a full diary of the project please visit; www.happyarchitectureblog.wordpress.com
Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibition | spare time | francis keane | portfolio
above; finished piece made of stacked layers derived from Palladian geometry left; at the RHA exhibition setup below; working drawings, as derived from Castletown House, Co Kildare
Fitzwilliam Square upgrade & restoration | feasibility study & model This is a terraced town house in Dublin’s south inner city. Developed in 1792, Fitzwilliam Square is one of the Ireland’s finest Georgian squares and as consequence of this, the house forms part of an architectural conservation area. It sits on a long narrow plot with a muse house and lane access to the rear. Entrance off the street is via a granite staircase, below which a souterrain accesses the basement and gives an indication as to the level of the back garden. The main hallway leads to a staircase to the rear of the main house. The staircase rises alighting on landings on the three storey’s from which the main rooms are entered. A split level landing provides access to the two-storey-over-basement return to the rear. Typically the front facade is of in stock brick, with fanned soldier course lintels, granite sills and painted softwood external joinery. The main door is positioned between two Doric columns and below a stain glass fan light. Below street level, the house is faced with granite. To the rear the main facade and return is finished in self coloured render, again this is in line with it’s neighbours and typical of it’s time. Internally the main reception rooms are richly decorated. Large up-and-down sash windows with splayed shutter cases allow light in to display the festooned plasterwork in the cornicing and ceiling roses. Original fireplaces of Kilkenny limestone are still active. The proposed scheme is to integrate a luxury apartment for visiting dignitaries and officials. The program for the main house includes accommodation for a family, concierge and disabled users, as well as dedicated catering, entertaining and reception facilities for gala evenings. A swimming pool and exercise facility beneath the garden will link the basement to the muse house. Careful underpinning of the party walls has been investigated to avoid disturbance to the neighbours. The focus of the proposal is to minimise the need for new external structures and not to compromise the original Georgian fabric internally. Building regulations are often at odds with conservation guidelines, but any necessary encroachments are designed to be entirely reversible. The project is currently on hold.
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | Fitzwilliam Square Renovation
above; a grey card sectional model of the house left; a proposed ground floor plan
Clontarf Mews House | design & planning permission Our clients asked us to investigate the potential for developing a single mews house at the bottom of their garden. They currently live in a large house to the front of the same property, but their longterm intention is to retire in the mews. The existing house is accessed via the main road at the front of the property, and a lane to the rear of the property provides access to the proposed mews development. The scheme draws its spacial form from the existing mews houses situated along this lane, but the materiality and detailing is contemporary in spirit. A narrow slot leads to the entrance, which is squeezed by the existing boundary wall belonging to the property immediately to the north. The narrow hallway and wc fill this slot at ground floor level. As one approaches the kitchen / living area, a striking top lit staircase rises to the left along the main structural and organisational spine of the building. Three bedrooms, an ensuite bathroom and a family bathroom are provided at first floor level. There is a dormer study space and ensuite guest bedroom at second floor level. The structure is comprised of insitu concrete rising walls with exposed timber joist work supporting the floors. Aluminium framed windows and vent sections dress the south facing elevation. The project has achieved planning permission and is awaiting an instruction to proceed to construction.
Clontarf Mews House | design strategies | francis keane | portfolio
top left; physical model at 1:200 left; sections at 1:400 below, left to right; ground floor plan, first floor plan & second floor plan at 1:400 opposite top; internal view of the kitvhen / living area opposite bottom; external view from the back garden
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | Clontarf Mews House
Tullamore Community Arts Centre Competition | project architect The proposed Tullamore Community Centre will act as a valuable resource for the people of Tullamore, as well as providing a venue for travelling exhibitions, music groups and drama troupes. Beyond the programmatic elements of the brief, it is envisaged that the proposed building will act to enliven Kilbride Park, and to begin to repair the fabric of a part of Tullamore that sprawls into seemingly endless surface carparks. The scheme has the potential to bring the park around the corner and give it a presence in the town centre; it is relatively isolated and underused at the moment. The proposed building will bring program into the park – art classes, dance classes, outdoor concerts, for example – and a wider sense of ‘ownership’ will develop as a well-used building will ensure that the park is continually monitored by members of the community. The scheme is derived from the programmatic requirements of the brief which we have divided into three distinct volumes which tumble across Kilbride Park, namely, the auditorium, arts centre and cafe volumes. Each volume is specifically designed and located to create a new sense of place in the park and each volume addresses significant landmarks in the town; the cafe block touches the canal creating a sense of arrival for passers-by who avail of the canal walk and the arts centre volume is set on the north/south axis allowing it to observe the park to the west and Tullamore town to the south. It is envisaged that the proposed centre will be a hard-working, much used building with a program that starts early in the morning and runs late into the night. Designed with flexibility in mind, the gallery spaces, workshops and art rooms are interchangeable with regards to lighting, space and capacity. It’s also important to recognise that the centre’s role as a venue is as important as its role as a community workshop. The performance space will play an important role in the cultural life of Tullamore. above; external view of primary elevation onto Kilbride Park below; 1:500 context model illustrating basic site strategy opposite; internal view of foyer space
Service access Theatre Block - Engages the Town. - Divides front and back-of-house traffic. - As the largest block it is best positioned adjacent to the immediately industrial buildings to the east.
Public access
Tullamore Community Arts Centre | spare time | francis keane | portfolio
N Foyer / Arts Block - Engages the park, - Encloses the south facing civic space. - As the central welcome block it organises traffic through the building.
Café / Gallery Block - Engages the canal and it’s pedestrian approaches - As the largest block it’s position between the trees and facing the terraced houses on the opposing canal bank is appropriate.
portfolio | francis keane | design strategies | Clontarf House