Arts in Action
Architecture
“For me the most satisfying part is to see how that space or building has improved the lives of the people who live in it, because ultimately that is what an architect should be doing.”
Key Skill focus
Working with others
Communicating
Managing information & thinking
Key Ideas explored
Bringing an idea from concept to realisation
The importance of communication in working with others
Constraints driving creativity
Teachers’ guide
This guide includes questions and activities that you might adapt to engage students as they watch this short film.
About the Architects
Dublin based Nicola Ryan and Gráinne Dunne set up Studio Red Architects in 2008.
They received an Irish Architecture Award for their ‘Farmhouse Extension’ in 2014, and an Irish Architecture Award Commendation in 2019 for their ‘Blackened Timber House’ project.
Arts in Action