posted on 2012-08-30, 09:26authored byStephen Barry
This text will look closely at the landscape, to understand the topography,
ecology, climate and composition, exploring the relationship between land
and water, mudfl ats, islands and the coastal boundary. It is my goal to explore
the architectural quality of experience of place, and design an intervention
which will be grounded culturally, ecologically and sensitive to our precious
landscape.
What interests me is the typology of building on the Irish landscape and how
materials, function and a particular time and place dictate architecture of
the locality. Culture evolves and changes over time. The architecture of the
locality should refl ect these cultural changes. This will give new architecture
a strong connection to local identity through echoes to its past culture and
also by refl ecting the present. The is a need to increase appreciation of
the Irish landscape as an element of national heritage to demonstrate its
relevance in education and public policies and inspire fresh approaches and
landscape study and management.