New Life for Old Buildings in Limerick: We Are What We Build

Irish Architecture Foundation

Join us for a unique Culture Night experience as the IAF launches its New Life for Old Buildings programme in Limerick

Limerick

Following on from a successful pilot programme in 2023, the Irish Architecture Foundation is delighted to welcome a second series for 2024 in Limerick. This year’s programme combines knowledge from industry experts and those with hands-on experience through walks, talks, clinics, and site visits that tackle issues of vacancy across Ireland.New Life for Old Buildings is a national programme about the future of buildings that are already built. It is developed and delivered by the Irish Architecture Foundation as part of Reimagine, the IAF’s placemaking programme. Our aim is to empower people determined to transform Ireland’s vacant buildings into homes by providing opportunities for on-the-ground learning and knowledge exchange, building a national network of individuals determined to breathe new life into old buildings.In 2024, the New Life for Old Buildings programme will be delivered in Limerick in partnership with our anchor venue, the Hunt Museum, with our launch event being held at the International Rugby Experience building. Our Culture Night launch is the first of a number of Limerick-based walks, talks, clinics, and site visits events in 2024 and 2025. The 2024 programme is funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Photo 1 - still from New Life for Old Buildings - Georgian Limerick , copyright Irish Architecture Foundation.Photo 2 - New Life for Old Buildings Site Visit 2023, photo by Irish Architecture Foundation.

Agenda

Explore Limerick’s Georgian architectural heritage with local architect and conservation expert Cáit Ní Cheallacháin for a walk about tour of where it all began. Meet at the Hunt Museum and finish at the International Rugby Experience building. 

‘Georgian Limerick’ City Walking Tour, Friday 20 September

Kick off your Culture Night with the official launch of our programme and welcome from IAF Director Emmett Scanlon and the Mayor of Limerick, John Moran. Then join us for our first talk series of the event where we will be joined by a diversity of city-makers and thinkers as they discuss themes of cultural memory within cities through the lens of vacancy, adaptive reuse, and breathing new life into old buildings. Panel members include Professor Sally Stone, Jamin Keogh, Kieran Reeves, and the Mayor of Limerick.

‘We are What We Build’ Panel Discussion, International Rugby Experience

If you’re in the process of bringing a vacant property back into use or just thinking about it, then join us for the first two site visits for 2024 where we’ll meet first-hand the people of Limerick who are at different stages of converting vacant buildings into homes. Each visit will be hosted by the property owner and/or a built environment professional involved in the project and will be followed by a nearby cup of tea and a chat. This will be a chance to swap tips, woes, and joys, and learn from each other. Held in the Georgian neighbourhood of Limerick City, meeting at The Crescent.

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