Higgins, Orla(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
Through investigations of local vernacular and historical building along the coast of Ireland, I’ve sought to add new value along the coastal edge. The thesis explores the impact of the natural condition on how manmade ...
O'Shaughnessy, Sinead(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
Can a harmony be achieved between the social and physical aspects of a design when designing through geometry and, if so, how is this to be accomplished? The problem with this design method is that it appears to emphasise ...
Farrell, Ronan(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
The objective of this thesis is to explore theatrical space and the cultural relationship of materials as they are experienced by people in rural Ireland. The method involved the investigation of five handball alleys in ...
Barriscale, Shane(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
This year began with a series of primer projects aimed at generating designs that were based on my individual interests. In the early weeks these interests moved from ‘heaviness and lightness’, grids, patterns, composition ...
Ó Súilleabháin, Diarmuid(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
My thesis began with an interest in large forms in the landscape and how they might be designed sustainably. These artifices are gigantic pieces of infrastructure that are generally have short lives and have little if any ...
MacDonald, Ian(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
My thesis project is exploring the way we live today. In our Irish context the suburbs have been spreading out from the cities like a virus, each development clothed to the next as the life-line of the roads deteriorates ...