O'Donnell & Tuomey's Belfast Architecture Dissertation

ODonnell & Tuomeys Belfast Architecture - Dissertation ExampleTable of Contents Acknowledgements..2 Introduction...............................................................................................................3 Context...7 dustup Theatre. A mass of Light and modernism ......................................8 Influences and Philosophy of ODonnell and Tuomey. ................................16 Aims, goals and ideals of ODonnell & Tuomey.................................................19 Conclusion.................................................................................................................24 References..................................................................................................................26 Introduction Dublin based architects Sheila ODonnell and John Tuomey , who throw away been practicing together since 1991, have a thoughtful outlook and attitude of how they ply their craft, that can be summarized as continuity and renewal , which will be the subject of this paper. This dissertation as a critical analysis of the Lyric Theatre will examine ODonnell + Tuomeys architectural journey. I will re-trace their influences, attitudes and examine values and ideals as apparent in their 2007 Lyric Theatre in Belfast. ODonnell + Tuomey appreciate tradition, and that traditions ought to be brought into the 21st Century and translated in order to retain meaning in the present day. This is how they approach and depict each design brief. The inspiration of Aldo Rossi to Irish architects, who acknowledged that in Venice, where although one may be interested in whether a building is by Palladio or Longhena, it is first and always the stones of Venice,1 is also an inspiration to ODonnell + Tuomey. They, too, believe that the materials of the land are the materials that should be used in their buildings, which is why, for instance, their Lyric Theatre, which is the subject of this dissertation, uses the bricks which are u sually found in buildings throughout Dublin. On returning from five years in London in 1982 where Sheila ODonnell completed a masters degree at The Royal College of Art, and both she and John Tuomey worked with James Stirling Sheila ODonnell and John Tuomey returned in search of a subject, married, bought a house and thought about how they talent go in search of the soul of Irish computer architecture. Their role as studio teachers at UCD has involved not only educating a extension of Irish architects that are now gaining international recognition (Tom De Paor being the most prominent) they could also be said to have saved Irish architectural refinement from the cults of technology and critical theory that afflict British architectural education. ODonnell and Tuomey architects (OD+T) can reasonably be considered to have cared for the soul of Irish architecture over the past few decades.2 It is impossible to think about the past two decades of Irish architecture without conside ring ODonnell + Tuomey. Indeed without their involvement with Group 91, aboard Grafton architects, Paul Keogh and others, there would be no Temple Bar or Lyric Theatre, and, he suggests, no internationally recognisable image of modern Ireland for materialization