REUSE OF RUINS FOR ART CENTRE IN IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROJECT:

THE CHALLANGE OF ART CATHEDRAL LIES IN OVERCOMING THE PRESERVATIVE MODEL. RUINS WILL BE SITE-SPECIFIC CONTEXT FOR INSTALLATIONS, PICTURESQUE VIEWS AS ARTIST RESIDENCES TO PROMOTE CREATIVE THINKING AND ACTION, LARGES AREA FOR PERFOMANCE. AND ABOVE ALL, FASCINATING VISIT ROUTE.

AUDITORIUM IS THE LARGE PERFORMANCE SPACE USING RUINS AS BACKSTAGE TO CREATE ONE THE MOST ICONIC PATERRES IN THE WORD. SUCH SPACE IS OPEN AND SUGGESTIVE DESPITE THE IRISH WEATHER.

GRID IS AN IMPORTANT CONNECTING ELEMENT BETWEEN NEW AND OLD STRUCTURE. DIMENSIONS OF GRID ARE BASED OF THE CATHEDRAL PLAN FORMING A CROSS.