AAI Systems and Selves Lecture – Clancy Moore Architects

The AAI is thrilled to welcome Clancy Moore Architects as the first speaker in our Systems and Selves lecture series — an exploration of the qualitative significance of design in the public domain within the contemporary built environment. This series will present a curated selection of Irish and international case studies, highlighting the cooperative, experimental, and socially enriching potential of design.

Established by Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore in 2008 the practice seeks to understand the context of each project in its fullest sense. The practice enjoys the contingencies of the various physical, historical, social, environmental, legislative or economic aspects which offer fertile ground if attended to with care. It is in the abrasion of these pressures that projects frequently find meaning and clarity.

It is an aspiration that the architecture is not imposed top down, but is drawn from congruencies and contradictions in this broader conversation that might allow each work to speak about the place it stands in, the people who use it, the techniques and people that made it, and the broader society it is a part of.

In this lecture they will discuss the Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is the first time an architect has been a part of the design team for such a building.