We Can Build Better

Sunday 4 October 2020
4:30 pm 5:30 pm 16:30 17:30

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What are the issues?

Since our country exited the downturn there has been a substantial increase in the amount the state is spending on the construction and refurbishment of buildings. Somewhat counterintuitively this vastly increased workload is being awarded to an ever-decreasing number of architecture companies. This is because the state procurement system is unwieldy and complex, with an assessment system which is opaque and inconsistent.

We Can Build Better

We Can Build Better is an independent voluntary group of architects, engineers, and other construction professionals campaigning for positive changes to how we build in Ireland, focusing on the quality of the publicly funded buildings and places we are making today.

We are trying to highlight some issues with how our state procures its buildings. We think that the state is missing key opportunities to raise the quality of life for our citizens.

Our ongoing aim is to create debate and discussion about how we build publicly-funded buildings in Ireland, with a view to influencing procedural and legislative changes that lead to better places for us all to live, work and relax.

Speakers:
Louise Cotter, Carr Cotter Naessens Architects

Michael Pike, GKMP Architects, Associate Professor, UCD.

Orla Hegarty, Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD

Chair:
Andrew Clancy, Clancy Moore Architects, Professor of Architecture at the Kingston School of Art London