Keane, Sarah(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
My thesis is an exploration of ways in which one understands and reads their environment. My studies have taken me on a journey involving an in - depth analysis of the Shannon estuary, with a particular interest in the ...
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 ...
Murphy, Edel(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
An endeavour to explore the relationship between order and chaos
in the making of the city as a common place; a place to inhabit and
engage, this satisfying a basic human requirement. Food, embodying
both elements of ...
Ó Bolguidhir, Piaras(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
The reality of climate change, today, has conferred an unprecedented importance
upon nature, weather and the atmosphere. Climate change is very real, perhaps
not as apocalyptic as some have predicted, but nonetheless ...
Corbet, Réidín(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
My architectural project investigates spaces of refuge. From an
analysis of the organic structure of seashells, I have chosen to
work with the sculpted interior of the vacant Jesuit Church in
Limerick. In this space I ...
Hilliard, Alan(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
My thesis investigations are based on ideas of threshold and mediation in architecture. Movement or mediation between distinct places implies thresholds; skin, walls, doors, bridges etc. This mediating geography describes ...
Collins, Seán(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
Ground is fascinating in that it is something that every single person
in the world experiences every day of their life in some form
or another. For this reason it is crucial that architects have a clear
understanding ...
Barry, Stephen(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
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 ...
Walsh, Gerard(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
This thesis argues the relevance of social spaces for play and free time. Age appropriate
design and the design of social infrastructure are important to architecture and urban design.
At an age where they are marginalised, ...
Madden, Shóna(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
A boundary is a real line that marks the limit or containment of something, place or space. A boundary is not necessarily a physical entity. Shannon has both types of boundaries, physical and mental. The physical is in the ...