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Tisková zpráva
18.02.2013 17:45

Marek Nedělka (2nd year) - Sustainable living centre 
studio: M. Arch. Ing. arch. John O'Reilly / Mgr.A. Zdeňka Němcová-Zedníčková Ph.D.

The 'Sustainable Living Centre' will act as a central hub for the various independent groups involved in promoting sustainability within Ireland.
The program includes a project studio, meeting spaces, multi-purpose space, guest accommodation, dining facilities and a range of external spaces for recreation and food-growing purposes with associated buildings.
The Centre will act as a model of Sustainability in execution and in practice.
It will serve individuals and groups involved in sustainability projects, the local community and visiting groups, including school groups.
The site of the project is an old Workhouse complex on the edge of Ballyvaughan Village. Now partly in ruins, this complex was built in the 1850s to take care of the poor and sick suffering in the aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845-8.
The project program and the walled nature of the site reflect a central challenge in our common global situation - the need to build sustainable communities in a world of precious and limited resources.

There are two ruins which exist on the site of the SLC. I'm reusing and reconstructing them. My main interventions are two new spaces.
Multi-purpose space and guest rooms. All activities are put in the generous multi-purpose space with glass walls.
It seems like the slate roof is floating and you can always feel in touch with the countryside and a whole area of SLC.
To be in close touch with the land is an important topic for sustainability.
You can naturally feel it during a dinner, a lecture, or reading a book.
Setting those two new objects in their places creates space with diverse character.
Wild courtyard and a beautiful open view a few steps away.

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