This document provides an overview of Ian Flannery's portfolio, including summaries of several past projects: 1) His fifth year thesis project involved redesigning three cemetery sites in Galway City linked by the remnants of an old railway line, incorporating the existing infrastructure and history into new designs. 2) His fourth year civic building project was a design for a new city hall in Limerick situated on the River Shannon, negotiating the context and allowing permeability between interior and exterior spaces. 3) During a digital fabrication module, Ian helped design and produce timber connectors for emergency shelters based on Shigeru Ban's designs, which were sent to a refugee camp in Calais, France. 4) Ian

1. P o r f o l i o
Ian Flannery

3. Contents
Fifth Year Thesis Project
‘The afterlife of the cemetery’
Fourth Year Project
Civic building
Digital Fabrication Module
Calais aid 2015
Third Year Project
Education center Limerick/Morocco
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5. Fifth Year Thesis Project
The Afterlife of the cemetery
For my final year thesis I decided to challenge myself
and create a project that was completely different
from anything else I had designed during my studies.
Over the course of my education I had been made
aware of several cemetery design projects whose style
resonated with me deeply. Like many of these projects,
I too wanted to redesign the traditional cemetery and
reimagine it for a modern society, as well as reintro-
duce it back into an urban context.
As a native, I decided to base my project in Galway
City. I wanted to link three key sites that spanned from
an existing cemetery on the docks to Woodquay to
the North and use the infrastructural remnants of the
old Clifden railway line to inform this new cemetery
route through the city. The project demanded a cer-
tain level of respect due to the sensitive nature of the
topic and each site needed to be treated with equal
respect.
Using the old railway line imposed a certain level of
constranints on each site. For example, one site con-
tained a long abandoned tunnel, nearly 100 meters
long. Another contained a 6 meter tall embankment
with large abuttments leading out into the adjacent
River Corrib. I worked with as much of the existing
as possible and in the end I believe I created some-
thing that represents both me as an architect and my
love for the discovery of the historical layer of a city.
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6. Above: View of Docks Site assembly building looking South East (Sketchup/Photoshop)
Below: Elevation & Section of Dock site Assembly building (AutoCAD/Photoshop) Ground, 1st & 2nd Floor Plans Of Docks Building (AutoCad/Photoshop)
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7. Above: Model of internal room within the main building (Plaster cast)
Left: Detailed Section of Assembly building (AutoCad/Photoshop)
Below: Interior perspective of main Aseembly Room (Sketchup/Maxwell Render)
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8. Survey Drawing of Railway tunnel beneth ProspecT Hill
(AutoCAD/Photoshop)
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Context model showing tunnel and topography on site
(Timber & Card)

9. Railway Abuttments at Woodquay with bridge section and Pavillion
(AutoCAD)
Photographs of Woodquay railway abuttments
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10. Survey drawing and model of Woodquay site with project
(AutoCAD/Photoshop)
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Model showing pavillion structure on existing railway abuttments
(Plaster cast, timber and brass)

11. Fourth Year Project
City Hall, Limerick
My fourth year studies were focused on public space
within urban envoirnments which culminated in the
design of a civic building for Limerick city. The site was
located in a key area within the city known as the ‘Po-
tato market’, with views down and across the River
Shannon. It is rich in both history and surrounding ar-
chitecture which needed to be negotiated in order to
achieve a working scheme. The courthouse building,
which sits in close proximity, dominates both the inter-
nal and external views of the site. I intended to use and
challenge its dominance in order to obtain useable
external space between it and the new town hall. I
chose to extend parts of the surrounding environment,
the quayside and the medieval town wall and incor-
porate them as part of the project. I feel that this is im-
portant as parts of the site are rich in character.
I intended for the ground floor of the building to
be quite permeable, allowing a flow between exter-
nal and internal civic spaces. I wanted to situate the
councillors’ chamber on the ground floor in the centre
of the building and below an atrium. Public counters,
consulting rooms and some assembly rooms are also
situated on the ground floor. The remainder of the as-
sembly rooms are situated on the first floor, overlooking
the river with the general administration offices on the
top level
Above: 1:500 Site model with project concept
Below: 1:50 assembly room model
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12. Ground Floor Plan with Context
(AutoCAD)
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13. Above: All floor plans of final design (AutoCAD)
Below: Long Section (AutoCAD)
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14. Above: Detail section showing construction
Right: Facade study of project
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15. Digital Fabrication Module
Calais aid 2015
During one of my most recent electives we were given the
task of recreating the design of Shigeru Ban’s emergency
shelters. We used the same general idea but were assigned
the task of redesigning the connectors of the frame using the
Trotec laser cutter in the Limerick FabLab. The end goal was
to produce two of these shelters and send them to the refu-
gee camp in Calais, France.
The original design used machine molded components
that are expensive to manufacture, we designed a piece
from timber that could be inserted into the tube frame.
After serveral test pieces we decided on a final design
which was capable of supporting the structure aswell
as a ground piece which allowed it to sit on a founda-
tion securely. The overall project was a great success and
I am proud to say that I was part of the team that pro-
vided a much needed Womens shelter for the camp.
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Above: Final timber connectors cut on a CNC machine

16. Above: Shelter under construction in Calais refugee camp, France.
Below: Finished exterior including solar panel.
Above: Interior of Womens shelter.
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17. Third Year Project
Education Building, Limerick & Marrakech,
Morroco
For the first three years of the course there was a huge
emphasis on hand drawing and rendering as well as
model making. I feel that this was a good way to begin
to learn about architecture and how to think spacially.
This project was split over the course of two semesters
were we designed educational buildings for two very
different types of envoirnments. The first was for Limerick
city, we were asked to identify sites where we intended
to create our projects and then create a scheme for
the type of education these buildings would provide.
Creating a masterplan for the site was the starting point
followed by the creation of the internal spaces for class-
rooms and asselmbly rooms. My scheme was to creat
an open space learning envoirnment for under priv-
iledged inner city youths.
During the second semester of this year we visited Mar-
rakech and were given the choice of two sites and to
once again create a type of educational instiute. The
new envoirnment was very challenging as it was unlike
anything I had worked on before. Great consideration
had to be taken due to the climate and culture, as well
as the building techniques that are used there. I thour-
oughly enjoyed this project as it gave me an insight as
to how people live and work in a less developed coun-
try.
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Above: Sections and masterplan of Limerick city education project

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Above: Hand drawn plan and sections of Marrakech education project

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Above: Wall construction and site context models Above: Hand drawn perspectives of Marrakech education project