Making Place Better

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Reimagine Place is a central portal for placemaking that harnesses the agency of communities across Ireland to amplify their potential in a way that can transform their physical, social, psychological well being.

Reimagine is a nationwide placemaking programme by the Irish Architecture Foundation, working with communities across Ireland to co-create and co-design solutions to problems or opportunities they’ve identified in their locality.

Reimagine matches architects with local partners, enabling communities to play an active role in the development of their neighbourhoods, streetscapes, parks, villages and towns.

Find out more about our projects in the “Fieldwork” section, and stay up to date on the “News“ page. Go to “Resources“ for toolkits, videos, essays, and information on our clinics, and to “About“ to find out more about us.

News

Reimagine Session – Town Centre First in practice

Friday, 24th November, 1pm-2pm

Reimagine Cafe – Spaces for Culture

Friday October 6th, 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Join us in Headford as part of the Something In The Water Festival for an informal presentation and discussion on how vacant buildings in town centres can be reimagined for cultural use, facilitated by the Irish Architecture Foundation.

Reimagine Sessions at Misleór Festival of Nomadic Cultures

Join the Irish Architecture Foundation for "Where Is Our Meeting Point?", a morning of nomadic meeting and placemaking at the Misleór Festival in Galway.

Reimagine Cafés – Hometown Architect

Tuesday 15 & 22 August, 1pm-2pm

The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment. This August we will have the opportunity to hear from the Hometown Architect teams developing placemaking projects in their localities.

Bog Bothy project awarded Creative Climate Action funding

The Bog Bothy project will help nurture a new, sustainable relationship with Ireland’s ecologically and culturally important bog landscape.

New Life for Old Buildings – Webinar

This online event invites you to hear from three property owners who have been bringing vacant and underused properties back into use, providing insights into converting commercial to residential, restoring above shop living, and undertaking renovations on a busy main street.

New Life for Old Buildings – Site Visit Series: Georgian Limerick

Are you in the process of bringing a vacant property back into use? Join us on May 27th in Limerick to view a large scale renovation project and meet other people who are also undertaking this labour of love.

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Reimagine Session – Trauma Informed Placemaking

Wednesday 17 May, 5pm - 6.30pm

The Irish Architecture Foundation invites you to join a discussion on Trauma Informed Placemaking as part of our Reimagine Sessions programme. This online event has been guest curated by the Trauma Informed Placemaking project founders, Dr Anita Mckeown and Dr Cara Courage, and will feature five of its global cohort of creative and research practitioners.

Fieldwork

Reimagine Tuam

11.08.2023

The project ambition is to bring the community of Tuam together to address the issue of vacancy within the Town.

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Reimagine Tipperary

11.08.2023

Tipperary Town project team will work with the owners of vacant buildings to develop solutions and a high-level masterplan for selected properties.

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Reimagine Lisdoonvarna

11.08.2023

‘Lisdoonvarna 2050’ will co-design a vision for a Lisdoonvarna rooted in its heritage of wellbeing, seen as a key asset in the town’s transition towards a sustainable and equitable future.

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