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Le Chéile – the Architectures of Belonging — Architecture At The Edge @archattheedge

Mayo Atlas - Aidan Conway, MarMar Architects
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The Chloran Síle Flag by Miriam de Búrca and Áine Phillips
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14 Flags of Belonging
Museum Lates @galwaycitymuseum
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Your Seat at the Table, co-designed by Ailbhe Cunningham, Ample Space & Leo Keller, grundfunkel @amplespacearchitecture
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Lá sa gclaí (meaning ‘a day in the wall’)
A Bayanihan Project led by Brian Ó Curnáin & Eduard Valenzuela
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Fire Structures - Ambacht studio
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settle by TRESTLE
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Kinstools by Nocht Studio

#ArchitectureAtTheEdge #AATE26 #leChéile #ArchitecturesOfBelonging

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Ailbhe & Darren were delighted to host the Cork leg of the Making Neighbourhoods tour yesterday, published by Workhouse Union Press and co-edited with Self Organised Architecture and Cloughjordan Co-Housing.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this lunchtime conversation. Due to the weather, we moved the event indoors. As always, we were delighted to collaborate with our neighbours at plugd records.

The book captures a snapshot of neighbourhood making across Ireland and to reflect the broader mycelium of initiatives, Richael Connolly introduced the cooperative entrepreneurial story of the My Goodness Nighttime Coop to the conversation.

The book holds stories of care, creative placemaking and community wealth in neighbourhoods. Each chapter captures stories from Reimagining Elderhood, Nimble Spaces, Galway Community Cafe, Cork Community Land Trust, TEST SITE, Cork Traveller Women’s Network, Town Ecologies, Robert Emmett CPD and initiatives in Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Callan and Cork city.

The book finishes with a contribution from the Stove Network from Dumfries in Scotland which offers hope, inspiration and confidence to continue to creatively nurture our care-filled neighbourhoods across Ireland.

The Making Neighbourhoods project is funded by @artscouncilireland and @kilkennyleader .

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Such nourishing and inspiring conversations yesterday at the Making Neighborhoods book launch in Cork. Well done to everyone involved in this brilliant publication and all the fantastic projects featured within it. 💚

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Making Neighbourhoods, Book tour

Friday 25 September, 5- 6 pm, Mick Lally Theatre, @archattheedge
Friday 2 October, 1 - 2 pm, @testsiteproject, Cork
Saturday 7 November, 2 - 4 pm, Cloughjordan
TBC, Dublin

You are invited to join us and our colleagues at one of the four book tour events this autumn ~ convivial moments for connection and exchange.

Published in 2026 by Workhouse Union Press and co-edited with @soa_irl and Cloughjordan Co-Housing, with funding support from the @artscouncilireland and @kilkennyleader Leader Partnership.

‘It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a seminal publication. We need to pay attention to it, publicise it widely and let it influence our work, shaping future developments in the creation of our new neighbourhoods.’
Hugh Brennan, CEO, Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance

Making Neighbourhood charts a story of creative placemaking and neighbourhood making in Ireland, structured through four chapters: care for the future, making as care, care for place, and tools for care. Concluding with a reflection from a Scottish perspective, the book focuses on the stories and experiences of Reimagining Elderhood, Nimble Spaces, Galway Community Cafe, Cork Community Land Trust, Test Site, Cork Women’s Traveller Network, Town Ecologies, Robert Emmett CPD and initiatives in Cloughjordan Ecovillage and Callan. The book aims to provide a concise, accessible guide to making neighbourhoods in Ireland, while signposting broader practices and ideas. Who is it for? It’s for anyone who wants to understand what creative placemaking means in Ireland, and how it can help tackle problems that sometimes seem difficult to solve. It’s for people interested in processes that resource communities, strengthen connections, and build resilience.

Authors: Brigid Carmody, Caroline Crowley, Sinead Cullen, Tom O’Donnell, Anthony Freeman O’Brien, Padraig Flynn, Heather Griffin, Rosie Lynch, Patrick Mulvihill, Davie Philip, Thom Stewart, Katharine Wheeler.

Full colour, 68 pages, 210 x 210 mm. Designed by @paulbokslag.

(Photos by @briancreganphotography: Tom O’Donnell, Ailbhe Cunningham, Rosie Lynch, Thom Stewart).

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Your Seat at the Table
Workshop with Ailbhe Cunningham from @amplespacearchitecture

Yesterday, the table became a place for making, sharing and listening.

Bringing together the care of a host’s table runner and the practicality of a craftsperson’s tool roll, the project creates a space where everyday experiences of home, belonging and the places we inhabit can be shared and valued.

A few moments from yesterday’s participatory workshop at Printworks Gallery, where stories were told in many different ways: through conversation, making, touch, memory and imagination.

Thank you to everyone who pulled up a seat. 💚

Your Seat at the Table continues as an interactive exhibition at Printworks Gallery until 27 September.

A project developed by Ailbhe Cunningham, @amplespacearchitecture & Leo Keller, @funkelgrund

Photography & videography @takeasiesta_

#ArchitectureAtTheEdge #AATE2026 #LeChéile #YourSeatAtTheTable

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What does belonging mean to you?

Meet the artists of #AATE26 💚

A few answers from the artists, architects and collaborators shaping this year’s festival: different voices, perspectives and ways of seeing what it means to belong.

What it means to you?
Join the conversation!

Le Chéile: Architectures of Belonging
17–27 September
Galway + West of Ireland

Videography by @takeasiesta_

#ArchitectureAtTheEdge #Belonging #LeChéile #ArchitecturesOfBelonging

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SEE YOU TOMORROW 💚 #AATE26

Architecture at the Edge Festival acknowledges the support of its core funders at @artscouncilireland, and its valued friends & sponsors:

@galwaycitycouncil
@artsofficegalwaycity
@deptculturecommssport
@galwaycountycouncil
@sligocountycouncil
@riaionline
@screenireland
@coadyarchitects
@stewarchitects
@carey.buildingcontractors
@sjk.architects
@lina.community
@citylinkireland
@prohelvetia
@oneillomalley
@urbanara_Itd

2026 PARTNERS
Architecture at the Edge would not be possible without the support of funding agencies, our local authorities and our sponsors. Find out more about our event partner opportunities for 2027, contact us via email with
‘sponsorship opportunities’ in the subject line.

Ba mhaith leis an Ailtireacht ag an Edge buíochas a ghabhail lenár gouid maoinithe, urraitheoiri agus lucht tacaiochta ar fad as a gcabhair chun an fheile seo a dhéanamh. Ba mhaith linn buíochas a ghabháil leat féin agus lenár lucht éisteachta agus tá súil agam go mbainfeadh tú taitneamh as iniuchadh a dhéanamh ar an iomad bealach a athraíonn an ailtireacht ár saol.

Videography by @takeasiesta_

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Your Seat at the Table
by Ailbhe Cunningham / Ample Space & Leo Keller / grundfunkel
#AATE26 Interactive Exhibition + Workshop + Artist Talk

What does it take to turn a house into a home?

Your Seat at the Table invites us to share the everyday experiences of inhabiting our homes and neighbourhoods — from the barriers to having a safe and secure home, to the things we hold dear and want to protect.

Through making, conversation and storytelling, the project asks us to make visible the conditions that help turn a house into a comfortable, safe and meaningful home.

There’s no one way to tell your story.
Use your voice, your hands, your ears, your heart.

_Exhibition
17–27 September
Festival Printworks Gallery, Market St.

_Workshop
Saturday 19 September, 12–2pm

_Artist Talk
Sunday 27 September, 2–3pm

FREE entry — all are welcome, no booking required.
Workshop materials and tools will be provided.

Co-designed by Ailbhe Cunningham, Ample Space & Leo Keller, grundfunkel, with support from Kevin Donovan & Paddy Dolan, TU Dublin.

Part of a wider research project funded by Research Ireland, in conjunction with TU Dublin and the RIAI.

@amplespacearchitecture @funkelgrund @architecture_tudublin

Content Creation by @takeasiesta_

#ArchitectureAtTheEdge #LeChéile #YourSeatAtTheTable

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Thank u Autumn Fest 2026! 🍁

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Three more sleeps!!!! Autumn fest is back this Sunday, the 6th of September from 12-6pm. Join us for a fabulous day of circus, music, face painting, yoga & food, a superb day for all the family! Spread the word.

A special thanks to @ruarimusic for the backing track from his latest album “Tell Your Mother I Saved Your Life.”

🥳 #VillageInTheCity #SouthParish #UrbanCommunity #AutumnFest

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Summer did not get a fair and honourable mention but lots of nice sunny things happened, so:

Here’s May ☀️

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So excited to present my new audio/visual series ‘Sub-liminal’ in full at @testsiteproject Cork Fri 11th Sept 7pm €5 on the door

Sub-liminal’ is a documentation (using filming and field recording) of 5 songs from my new album (out 9/10/26 via @moot_tapes preorder in bio) being played over a portable speaker in ‘liminal’ places which inspired the musics’ creation.

The project draws on the Irish mythological concept of liminality, traditionally an in-betweenness between realms. The settings share a sense of limbo, unease and ambiguity posing questions about the housing crisis, notions of progress, the environment and our mythology. The settings include; A derelict site, Ardee bog, Átha Ferdia: The mythological river site from The Táin where Cú Chulainn and Ferdia did battle, The Ardee ‘link road’ (N33), Bathtubs in fields and The Magic Road.

The full length series culminating in a public live screening at TEST SITE couldn’t be more fitting. It’s a beautifully suited venue given it’s an outdoor space, a derelict space reclaimed for the community, a cultural public space for art, discussion and ecology. An alignment between the liminal spaces which inspired the album and are explored in depth in the series and TEST SITE’s activation in Kyrl’s Quay post industrial landscape. The audience will be simultaneously immersed in liminal spaces both on and off screen.

After the screening Ailbhe Cunningham @amplespacearchitecture will host a Q+A with artists : @greyeggzandham , @micheal___k_ and myself

Poster by @davidmnnn
Supported by Louth County Council’s Art Office @lccartsoffice

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