This workshop sets out to illuminate the art of repair and in particular the notion that creative repair can add character and value to cherished but damaged possessions

As we address global waste output and the need to rethink our relationship to objects,  this workshop embraces our attachment to things and explores how creative repair can both preserve meaning and breathe new life into our possessions. In place of a mindset that replaces something that is no longer of use with something new, we should, instead, encourage a repair culture. 

Presented by An Mheitheal Rothar, Urban Lab Galway and the AATE Design Lab

For the workshop, members of the public have been invited to submit broken objects – or objects that have seen some repair  - accompanied by the story of why they are attached to them. Everything will be returned to the owners.

Workshop leader: Paul O'Donnell, An Mheitheal Rothar

‘Shaping Galway’ is a free interactive workshop led by Islander Architects exploring the tools of spatial organisation & land use zoning in Galway City through abstract compositions.

Unleash your creativity through studies in composition to piece together your vision of the city. Participants will create a personal zoning strategy to depict what is important to them in order to maintain a vibrant city centre. Learn how future developments are controlled through land use zoning objectives & explore the value in community-led approaches.

Islander Architects will demonstrate how to create unique architectural diagrams using basic shapes & colours to express your hopes & ambitions for Galway. We invite you to make a case for the characteristics of the city that need to be protected & cared for.

Drop by The Mick Lally Theatre & join us in creating a vibrant & healthy mixed use city.

Take your personal zoning strategy home with you.

Islander Architects was established in 2020 by Laura Carroll & Ciarán Molumby, they are passionate about creating well crafted & joyful architecture. The name Islander evokes the spirit of their work; of being resourceful & responding to the uniqueness of each project. They are deeply inspired by the contexts they design within & the people they design for. Their work covers a wide range of typologies, from one-off houses to community-led public spaces.

FREE/ Drop-in event but prebook is also available

Multigenerational - all ages welcome

Led by plattenbaustudio, this one-day workshop invites the public to actively join in a large-scale group drawing exercise in which we take on the centre of Galway city as our subject matter. Together we will use architectural sketching, mapping and field notes to study and observe the city through a wide range of lens, from the physical to the ephemeral. Filed notes will be used to record the situation on the ground, while also using a massive group drawing back at our base in the Mick Lally Theatre to input and grow the information we gather. At the end of the day we hope to have created a large-scale group drawing that is part-survey, part-dreams, encouraging everyone share their observations on the city today, as well as their wishes for the city of tomorrow.

We will provide all drawing materials, just bring yourself.

Attendees are advised to wear warm clothes as part of workshop will be spent outside.

plattenbaustudio is an architecture and drawing studio based between Berlin and Ireland. Alongside built projects the studio is active in the fields of architectural communication, exhibition and research, focusing on the realities of architecture in use and on the far-reaching consequences that our built environment has on human lives.

Tickets FREE

Recognised as one of Europe’s greenest cities Freiburg has an important story to tell about regeneration and challenging convention with creative initiatives in neighbourhood and housing, planning, transport and energy whilst maintaining its trajectory to become an extremely liveable city which effectively combines modernity with tradition.

Awarded the title European City of the Year 2010 by the Academy of Urbanism, Freiburg celebrated the recognition by hosting a study tour for Academicians, culminating in the production of a Charter which advocated best practice in sustainable urbanism.  The Charter comprised twelve high-level principles, distilled from experience, for reflection and adaptation to suit different geographical circumstances and local administrative structures. The Academy championed the Charter as a catalyst for progressive dialogue and in the twelve years since its inception it has helped to raise aspirations and improve practice among our growing network of cities, towns and people. 

In August 2022, as the enduring impacts of Covid on work and commuting patterns crystallise and as the challenge of climate change moves from esoteric theory to hard edged existential threat in a context exacerbated by an energy crisis which threatens global stability, the moment seems opportune to contemplate a New Charter for a New Challenge.

Galway is a city which is looking to remodel itself for the emerging new age and is starting on the long-term conversations required to facilitate a significant transformation using work carried out by the Irish Cities group as jumping off point.

In support of the process and in pursuit of the mission to foster and promote best practise in urbanism generally the Academy, in association with the RIAI, is organising a conference in Galway in Spring 2023.

In advance of the conference and as part of the Architecture at the Edge Festival, a full day Workshop will be held on Friday 07th October 2022, at the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Ln, Galway.

The workshop will engage a wide spectrum of interested parties and will explore the issues, challenges and exciting opportunities which lie in wait for an Atlantic Edge City looking to recreate itself and provide leadership for other urban centres in the decade ahead. 

Booking for the spring Conference will be available in the new year online at;

www.Academy of Urbanism.org.uk or www.RIAI.ie  

Experimental lens based media and animation workshop with artist Aideen Barry

In this workshop artist Aideen Barry will impart some of the visual trickery she used to create her feature film Klostės. The workshop will included a little bit of stop motion animation, an intro in to Chroma Keying and some video projection mapping to create a 3d video installation on an architectural maquette.

Ideally for young people interested in film, architecture, art, experimental media.

Pre-booking required. Tickets: FREE

Working with Kylemore Abbey and led by Architect Michael Horan, AATE has created a programme of activity focussing on the Conservation works at Kylemore’s Gothic Church.  This will include a classroom-based introduction to the Gothic Church building and its heritage; followed by a tour of the site, detailing the conservation works underway.  Attendees will have an opportunity to see the impact of these conservation works to the Gothic Church, led by architect and experts Michael Horan & Neil Crimmins, and practical demonstrations with Michael McHale.

Itinerary

10.30am: Registered participants arrive to Visitor Centre, Kylemore Abbey and directed to Training Room in main Abbey Building.  Tea/coffee on arrival in Training Room (provided  gratis by Mitchell's Café).

11.00am: Welcome by Conor Coyne, Exec Director, Kylemore Abbey

• 11.15 – 12.00: Michael Horan – Project Description: The Gothic Church at Kylemore Abbey

• 12.00 – 12.40: Neil Crimmins – Conservation Plan and Scope of Works

• 12.40 – 13.00: Q&A – panel: Mairin Doddy, Michael Horan, Neil Crimmins

1.00pm: Lunch in The Kylemore Café – participants can purchase lunch in café (adjacent) and tour Abbey.

2.00pm: Site Visit:  Participants walk to The Gothic Church, tour led by architects and on site talks and practical demonstrations with Michael McHale.

4.00pm: Return to Kylemore Abbey Training Room – summary/wrap up. Tea/coffee. Participants depart.

Tickets FREE. Pre-booking required

RIAI CPD points applicable

Drop by Nuns Island Theatre where we will experience the amazing 2021 Turner Prize winning ‘The Druthaib’s Ball’ installation created by the Array Collective, and to reflect on the concept of 'belonging'.

This will be followed by a ‘word workshop’ in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street, where attendees will be invited to create a provocative placard! In creating phrases about what 'belonging' in Galway means to us, the workshop aims to empower young people aged 16- 24 and those from under-represented groups to have their voices heard and to help to shape their built environment.

 Participate, protest and take your work home with you. Multigenerational. All welcome!!

Workshop facilitated by AATE ambassadors Ciara Coogan & Kate McSharry.

We are grateful to assistance of Galway Arts Centre in making this workshop possible.

Tickets FREE

Meet / at The Druthaibs Ball, Nuns Island Theatre, followed by creative workshop in Áras na nGael, Dominic Street