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Announcing the Reimagine Hometown Architect projects 2024

21 March 2024
Community groups in Cavan, Laois and Donegal team up with local architects to co-develop regeneration projects

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Announcing the Reimagine Hometown Architect projects 2024
Bog Bothy – Project Update
  • Bog Bothy – Project Update


To mark World Wetland Day, we are sharing an update on our Bog Bothy Project! Find out about what the team have been up to, and how to track their journey to creating a new peatlands architecture.

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    Reimagine Session – Town Centre First in practice
    • Reimagine Session – Town Centre First in practice

    Friday, 24th November, 1pm-2pm

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      Reimagine Cafe – Spaces for Culture
      • 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.

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        Reimagine Sessions at Misleór Festival of Nomadic Cultures
        • 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.

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        Reimagine Cafés – Hometown Architect
        • 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.

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        Bog Bothy project awarded Creative Climate Action funding
        • 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.

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        New Life for Old Buildings – Webinar
        • 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.

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

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          New Life for Old Buildings – Site Visit Series: Cloughjordan
          • New Life for Old Buildings – Site Visit Series: Cloughjordan

          Saturday April 1st, 11am-1pm
          Are you in the process of bringing a vacant property back into use? Join us in Cloughjordan to view a 200 year old stone house renovation project, and meet other people who are also undertaking this labour of love.

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          Announcing the Reimagine Hometown Architect projects 2023
          • Announcing the Reimagine Hometown Architect projects 2023


          These five rural towns have been awarded €10,000 each to tackle vacancy and dereliction and increase accessibility...

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          New Life for Old Buildings – Site Visit Series: Dún Laoghaire
          • New Life for Old Buildings – Site Visit Series: Dún Laoghaire

          February 11th, 11am - 1pm
          Are you in the process of bringing a vacant property back into use? Perhaps you have an empty shop you want to turn into a home? Join us in Dún Laoghaire to view a retail-to-home conversion in progress, and meet other people who are also undertaking this labour of love.

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            New Life for Old Buildings
            • New Life for Old Buildings


            New Life for Old Buildings is an event bringing people together to discuss the future use of vacant buildings in our towns and villages. Join us on February 10th at 3pm, in the Science Gallery, Dublin.

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            Reimagine Café – Town Centre First
            • Reimagine Café – Town Centre First

            December 6, 1pm - 2pm
            Our final Reimagine Cafe for the year will be held in the Science Gallery, Dublin as part of the Housing Unlocked exhibition. This cafe will focus on Town Centre First initiatives, include the the IAF's Hometown Architect programme. Speakers in include Mairead Hunt and Philip Crowe.

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              Estate: Reimagine Session with Verity Jane Keefe and Dominic Stevens
              • Estate: Reimagine Session with Verity Jane Keefe and Dominic Stevens


              What is an estate? What could an estate be? This workshop is an exploration of the housing estate, open to everyone including architects, urbanists, artists, community groups and - most importantly - residents.

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              Hometown Architect Open Call – Information Sessions
              • Hometown Architect Open Call – Information Sessions


              Join us online for information sessions on the Hometown Architect open call on November 23rd and December 13th, to learn more about the process and clarify any queries. Register here today.

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                Exhibition Reception: Workers’ Villages
                • Exhibition Reception: Workers’ Villages


                You are invited to the official opening of the Workers' Villages exhibition in the Science Gallery in Dublin on November 9th, at 5.30pm.

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                Reimagine Workers Villages Colloquium – What Next?
                • Reimagine Workers Villages Colloquium – What Next?

                November 9th, 3pm - 5pm
                As the Irish Architecture Foundation winds up this phase of the Workers' Village project, we are hosting an event that explores some of the themes connected to the project which will bring together academics, architects, and community members to think together about the legacy and future story of the Bord na Mona villages.

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                Colloquium Open Call: Workers’ Villages, What Next?
                • Colloquium Open Call: Workers’ Villages, What Next?


                On November 9th, the IAF will host a Workers’ Villages colloquium, which will bring together academics, architects and community members to think together about the legacy and future story of the Bord na Mona villages. The IAF is inviting submissions for two essays to be included in this colloquium.

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                Workers’ Villages – Exhibition
                • Workers’ Villages – Exhibition


                The Reimagine Workers' Villages exhibition is a celebration of the work and legacy of architect Frank Gibney by the Irish Architecture Foundation, and the contribution of the communities that were created through his innovative Bord na Móna villages. Public Reception: November 9th, 5.30 pm

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                  Workers’ Villages – National Ploughing Championships 2022
                  • Workers’ Villages – National Ploughing Championships 2022


                  Over three days, the Reimagine Workers’ Villages team introduced the project to hundreds of people attending the festival, with a bespoke exhibition and a series of panel talks in the Government Village bringing the project to the national stage.

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                    Reimagine Café – Placemaking Research
                    • Reimagine Café – Placemaking Research


                    Our next Reimagine Cafe will focus on new ideas and emerging research in Placemaking in Ireland, featuring the work of our Graduate Panel. 

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                      Reimagine at the National Ploughing Championships
                      • Reimagine at the National Ploughing Championships


                      The IAF will be hosting an exhibition and series of talks on our Reimagine Workers’ Villages project at the 2022 Ploughing, celebrating the legacy of former Bord na Móna villages designed by architect Frank Gibney.

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                      Reimagine Café – Funds for Placemaking
                      • Reimagine Café – Funds for Placemaking


                      The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment, meeting one Tuesday a month. On September 13th, join the café to hear from organisations that have funds and programmes that focus on building community placemaking assets.

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                        Workers’ Villages – National Heritage Week in Cloontuskert
                        • Workers’ Villages – National Heritage Week in Cloontuskert


                        The Reimagine Cloontuskert team host a community workshop on site of Old School House, exploring potential future of this important community hub in former Bord na Móna village.

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                          Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?
                          • Reimagine Café – What happens when the shops sell up?

                          5th July, 1-2pm
                          Our July Reimagine Café provides an opportunity for people to come together to reimagine the future of retail in Clonmel town centre as part of the Clonmel Junction Arts Festival.

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                          Reimagine Headford – The Bloom Room on Main Street
                          • Reimagine Headford – The Bloom Room on Main Street

                          4th June, 11am-3pm 
                          The Bloom Room on Main Street is a physical space to discuss, debate and get involved in the future reimagining of Headford Town Centre. You are all invited to experience this pop-up community space tucked away in a cozy courtyard just off Headford Main Street.

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                            Reimagine Café – City Parks
                            • Reimagine Café – City Parks

                            7th June, 1-2pm
                            The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment, meeting one Tuesday a month. This cafe event will focus on City Parks, with examples of new and innovative park projects in Dublin and Cork.

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                              Reimagine Session – Communities in Transition
                              • Reimagine Session – Communities in Transition

                              June 10th, 3-4.30pm
                              Communities in Transition - Reimagining Place, Communities and Climate Action. An IAF Reimagine Session and New European Bauhaus Festival online event

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                                Reimagine Café – Waterford’s placemaking successes
                                • Reimagine Café – Waterford’s placemaking successes

                                10th May, 1-2pm
                                The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment, meeting once a month. The focus of this café is placemaking successes in County Waterford.

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                                Workers’ Villages – Kilcormac Community Gathering
                                • Workers’ Villages – Kilcormac Community Gathering


                                Are you a resident of Lanesborough, Cloontuskert or Kilcormac? Residents are invited to a free community gathering as part of our Workers' Villages programme.

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                                Carlow Street Craft Workshop
                                • Carlow Street Craft Workshop

                                March 24th, 2pm-4pm
                                Are you a regular user of College St and the old Dublin Road in Carlow? Join the Irish Architecture Foundation and Architect Deirdre Greaney for a practical and creative workshop that will shine a new light on these streets.

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                                  Reimagine Café – DIY Placemaking
                                  • Reimagine Café – DIY Placemaking

                                  March 1st, 1-2pm
                                  The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment, meeting on the first Tuesday of every month. The theme for this cafe is DIY Placemaking.

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                                    Reimagine Café – Feeling Safe
                                    • Reimagine Café – Feeling Safe

                                    February 1st, 1pm
                                    How we design our public realm can have a huge impact on the threats we feel in public and how safe we are. The Café is a space for placemakers to share their thoughts and experiences. We particularly welcome those who wish to contribute from a design perspective.

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                                      Open Call for Architects/Teams for Workers’ Villages Project
                                      • Open Call for Architects/Teams for Workers’ Villages Project


                                      The Irish Architecture Foundation in partnership with Kilcormac Development Association invites Architects/Architect-led teams, to apply to deliver a programme of co-design, collaborative research and prototyping as part of Reimagine Kilcormac/Worker’s Villages. 

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                                        Reimagine Cloontuskert – Workers’ Villages event, “Festive Feast and Family Treasure Hunt”
                                        • Reimagine Cloontuskert – Workers’ Villages event, “Festive Feast and Family Treasure Hunt”

                                        11th December, 12pm
                                        Reimagine Cloontuskert - Workers' Villages event, "Festive Feast and Family Treasure Hunt". Taking place this Saturday 11th December, 12 PM midday

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                                          Reimagine Session  #3 – What Could the Post-Covid Town Look Like?
                                          • Reimagine Session #3 – What Could the Post-Covid Town Look Like?

                                          December 1st, 3pm
                                          Our third and final Reimagine Session for 2021 poses the question - what could the post-covid town look like?

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                                            Reimagine Café @ Dublin Art Book Fair 2021
                                            • Reimagine Café @ Dublin Art Book Fair 2021

                                            November 30th, 1pm
                                            Reimagine Cafe: Manuals for Future Places. The Irish Architecture Foundation is hosting its first-ever live Reimagine Café as part of the Dublin Art Book Fair.

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                                              Reimagine Café –  Collaboration for Better Places
                                              • Reimagine Café – Collaboration for Better Places

                                              October 26th, 1-2pm
                                              The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment, meeting on the last Tuesday of every month. Our October café will focus on collaboration, and how this can build innovative, impactful and long-lasting improvements in our built environment

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                                                The Creative Bureaucrat
                                                • The Creative Bureaucrat

                                                27th October, 11am-12pm
                                                The Creative Bureaucrat: Investing in strategic creativity in Ireland. This one hour webinar is for those working within a local authority wondering how it’s possible to bring creativity into strategic planning in a meaningful way.

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                                                  Reimagine Selected for Creative Climate Action Fund
                                                  • Reimagine Selected for Creative Climate Action Fund


                                                  Reimagine is one of 14 projects selected nationwide as part of Creative Ireland's Creative Climate Action Fund. This Creative Ireland initiative supports creative, cultural and artistic projects that build awareness around climate change and empowers citizens to make meaningful behavioural changes.

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                                                    Architects for Reimagine Projects Announced!
                                                    • Architects for Reimagine Projects Announced!


                                                    Four new architects and teams have been selected to work with communities around Ireland to co-design an aspect of their built environment, as part of the Irish Architecture Foundation's Reimagine Programme. 

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                                                      Reimagine Café – Meanwhile Use Spaces
                                                      • Reimagine Café – Meanwhile Use Spaces

                                                      September 28th, 1pm
                                                      Our September café will focus on Meanwhile Use Spaces, a way of creating a temporary use for a place until a longer plan is in place.

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                                                        Reimagine Sessions #2 – Bring Back Main Street
                                                        • Reimagine Sessions #2 – Bring Back Main Street

                                                        15th September, 3pm
                                                        This edition of Reimagine Sessions focuses on the centre of towns, areas that currently face major challenges as we undergo a shift in how we shop, work, travel and live. How can we reimagine a future for our town cores in the face of online retail and dereliction? Could remote working allow us to turn away from long commutes, and refocus our attention on our towns as places for social interaction and connection? What needs to happen for more people to return to Main Street living?

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                                                          Reimagine Café – Dereliction and Heritage at Risk
                                                          • Reimagine Café – Dereliction and Heritage at Risk


                                                          For our August edition, we will be focusing on the critical issue of dereliction in our communities, with widespread impact visually, socially, economically as well as representing a huge loss of our built heritage. If you would like to join us to discuss this topic or to share an example from your own area, join us on ZOOM on Tuesday, August 31st. We would love to hear about successful strategies and case studies, of buildings brought back to life and vibrant, lived-in streets. 

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                                                            Reimagine Café – City Villages
                                                            • Reimagine Café – City Villages

                                                            27th July, 1pm
                                                            The theme for our next Cafe is "City Villages". We want to celebrate these villages - to hear about why they are special and what we can learn from them as we develop new communities. This cafe is at 1 pm on July 27th.

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                                                              Reimagine Café – Rural Placemaking
                                                              • Reimagine Café – Rural Placemaking

                                                              29th June
                                                              With the launch of the Government of Ireland's Our Rural Future - Rural Development Policy 2021 - 2025, we are making "Rural Futures" the theme of June's Reimagine Cafe, on June 29th. 

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                                                                Reimagine Session – From Mini Forests to Pocket Parks
                                                                • Reimagine Session – From Mini Forests to Pocket Parks

                                                                2nd June, 6-7.30pm
                                                                "From Mini Forests to Pocket Parks - Greening Interventions in Public Space". We have invited three speakers to reflect on the value of these small and valuable spaces, and consider ways that we can design our surroundings with the health of our bodies, communities and planet in mind.

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                                                                  Reimagine Café – Age Friendly Places
                                                                  • Reimagine Café – Age Friendly Places


                                                                  The Reimagine Café is a community space for all those involved in placemaking and reimagining their built environment, meeting on the last Tuesday of every month. For our second Café we’ll be sharing reports from around Ireland related to the theme of "Age Friendly Places" in quick-fire 3-minute slots.

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                                                                    Reimagine Website Launched by Minister Catherine Martin
                                                                    • Reimagine Website Launched by Minister Catherine Martin



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                                                                      Reimagine – New Publication Launched!
                                                                      • Reimagine – New Publication Launched!

                                                                      November 25th
                                                                      Check out our new Reimagine publication, and find out more about our Placemaking programme.

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                                                                        Check Out Our New Play Park Ballyfermot Film!
                                                                        • Check Out Our New Play Park Ballyfermot Film!


                                                                        New documentary featuring the Play Park Ballyfermot, an exciting project facilitated by the IAF which created a new place to play, to skate, to run and to BMX!

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