A R C H I T E C T U R A L A S S O C I A T I O N O F I R E L A N D ARCHIVE :: LECTURES + EVENTS 95.96 fall

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LECTURE	BEN VAN BERKEL in association with the Dutch Embassy 12 October 1995 ...structures are changing today; they are losing their specific, separate properties and are defined more by how they relate to the organisation of the whole and how you relate to them; you zoom in to solids, you fluctuate along evanescent distances, space opens up around you; any variety of mutations is possible, all unquantifiable, orderless, dimensionless, happening in a fluidum." Ben Van Berkel studied architecture at the Reitveld Academie in Amsterdam, and the Architectural Association in London, where he now teaches. Winner of several prizes including the Eileen Gray Award, British Council Fellowship, First Prize for the City of the River Competition in Amsterdam, and the Charlotte Kohler Prize, Van Berkel is a young, highly conceptual and technically inventive architect. The practice is currently based in Amsterdam, in partnership with Caroline Bos.
COLLINS BARRACKS Architects: O.P.W. / Gilroy McMahon 22 October 1995  The conversion of Collins Barracks as a home for The National Museum of Ireland involved two of the four 18th century buildings situated around a large quadrangular marching square. The interventions include the introduction of a variety of spaces into what were long runs of identical rooms as well as the creation of two modern link blocks joining the existing Georgian buildings.	SITE VISIT
LECTURE	WARD WYLIE   26 October 1995   Ward Wylie are a conceptual partnership, based in London and Belfast. Theirs is a ten year collaboration of producing and submitting ideas for architectural competitions. Generally choosing competitions involving small buildings, the partnership is preoccupied by problems raised by context and function. This is further developed through a strong interest in literature, poetry and philosophy as a means of developing architectural language.
SCOTT TALLON WALKER 9 November 1995      Scott Tallon Walker will present their recent works     Scott Tallon Walker Civic Offices, Wood Quay - AAI Award	LECTURE
SITE VISIT	TEMPLE BAR SQUARE   Architects: Grafton Architects, Group 91  4 November 1995    Temple Bar Square, created as part of the winning Group 91 proposal for The Temple Bar Framework Plan, involves the making of a new Square and its new south face. The architectural character of buildings around the Square, with their industrial and mechanistic quality allied to a variety of styles, materials and heights were the salient points of reference for this retail and reisdential development.