Firhouse students have work featured in national expo

FIRHOUSE Community College have work featured in a new national exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, reports Merle Van Erve.

This exhibition is part of the Irish Architecture Foundation’s Architects in Schools programme, which provides Transition Year students with first-hand experience of the design process, under the guidance of architects and architectural graduates.

The students created 2D drawing and 3D models within three key themes; home, community and sustainability.

All of these drawings and models were inspired by the Irish Folklife collection at the National Museum of Ireland.

Firhouse students created a model for the exhibition with the help of their teacher Karen Scally and collaborating architect Patrick Dunne.

This year the programme hit a new record for the number of schools participating, with 1,750 students participating from 70 schools across 19 counties and 41 architects helping.

The Architects in Schools Exhibition is co-produced by the Irish Architecture Foundation and the national Museum of Ireland, and supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Department of Education and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The exhibition is free to visit and runs until Thursday June 30.