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CV Francis Keane BArch 1982 Born in Dublin, Ireland

Education/

1994-00 Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co.Kildare, Ireland2000-07 Dublin School of Architecture, DIT Bolton St, Dublin, Ireland (part I & II) 2009-10 Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (part III)

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2003-04 Brian O’Halloran & Associates Architects, Dublin, Ireland (BOH)2006 Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS)2007-09 Director European Architects Students Assembly Ireland Ltd. (EASA 2008)2007-now Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS)

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2003 Donnybrook stadium redevelopment planning permission (BOH)2006 Fitzwilliam Square upgrade & restoration feasibility (DS)2007 Royal Irish Yacht Club protected structure declaration & planning permission (DS)2007 Silver Birches residential extension design & tender (DS)2008 No1 The Hill residential extension project architect(DS)2000-09 Foxrock Manor residential extension project architect (DS)2007-09 EASA event director from inception to completion (spare time)2008 EASA headline pavilion from inception to completion (spare time)2010 Invited submission to exhibit at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin (spare time)2010 No2 The Hill residential extension project architect (DS)2010 St Fintans Villas proposed new house (DS)2010 Killiney house design & planning permission (DS)

Awards/

2002 Architecture Association of Ireland (AAI) student competition winner2007 OPUSAwardfirstprizewinnerforfinalarchitecturethesisinIreland2009 Architecture Association of Ireland (AAI) award for EASA headline pavilion

Published/

2008 European Association for Architecture Education (EAAE) magazine article2008 Plan Magazine article2008 Architecture Ireland magazine for OPUS award2008 Architecture Ireland magazine various EASA coverage2009 Architecture Association of Ireland annual for EASA headline pavilion

Interests/

2002-06 Rugby colours for Dublin University Football Club (Trinity College Dublin)2006 Dublin Marathon2009 Dublin to Santiago de Compostela cycle trip2007-now Full member of Connemara Golf Club

Weblinks/

www.designstrat.com {Current employment} www.easa008.ie {EASA 2008} www.happyarchitectureblog.wordpress.com {RHA submission} www.pilgrimagetosantiagodecompostela.blogspot.com {Cycle trip}

CV Francis Keane BArch MRIAI 1982 Born in Dublin, Ireland

Education/

1994-00 Clongowes Wood College, Clane, Co.Kildare, Ireland2000-07 Dublin School of Architecture, DIT Bolton St, Dublin, Ireland (part I & II) 2009-10 Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (part III)

Employment/

2003-04 Brian O’Halloran & Associates Architects, Dublin, Ireland (BOH)2006 Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS)2007-09 Director European Architects Students Assembly Ireland Ltd. (EASA 2008)2007-now Design Strategies Architects, Blackrock, Co.Dublin, Ireland (DS)

Projects/

2003 Donnybrook stadium redevelopment planning permission (BOH)2006 Fitzwilliam Square upgrade & restoration feasibility (DS)2007 Royal Irish Yacht Club protected structure declaration & planning permission (DS)2007 Silver Birches residential extension design & tender (DS)2008 No1 The Hill residential extension project architect (DS)2008 Clontarf Mews House design & planning permission (DS)2000-09 Foxrock Manor residential extension project architect (DS)2007-09 EASA Ireland 2008 event director from inception to completion (spare time)2008 EASA Ireland 2008 headline pavilion from inception to completion (spare time)2010 Invited submission to exhibit at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin (spare time)2010 No2 The Hill residential extension project architect (DS)2010 St Fintans Villas proposed new house (DS)2010 Killiney House design & planning permission (DS)2011 Tullamore Community Arts Center Competition (spare time)

Awards/

2002 ArchitectureAssociationofIreland(AAI)studentcompetition;firstprizewinner2007 OPUSAwardforpartIIthesisinIreland;firstprizewinner.2009 Architecture Association of Ireland (AAI) award for EASA headline pavilion

Published/

2008 European Association for Architecture Education (EAAE) magazine article2008 Plan Magazine article2008 Architecture Ireland magazine for OPUS Award2008 Architecture Ireland magazine various EASA coverage2009 Architecture Association of Ireland annual for EASA headline pavilion

Interests/

2002-06 Rugby colours for Dublin University Football Club (Trinity College Dublin)2006 Dublin Marathon2009 Dublin to Santiago de Compostela bicycle trip2007-now Full member of Connemara Golf Club 2011-now Member of the Irish Georgian Society

Weblinks/

www.designstrat.com {Current employment} www.easa008.ie {EASA 2008} www.happyarchitectureblog.wordpress.com {RHA submission} www.pilgrimagetosantiagodecompostela.blogspot.com {Cycle trip}

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No2 The Hill | project architectFollowing the recent completion of an extension at No1 The Hill, we were commissioned to undertake a similar job at No2. The Client required aux-iliary bedroom and living spaces. As with it’s neighbour, the existing Re-gency period house has a half basement which needed to establish a better relationship with the garden to the rear. The Client’s brief was met by preserving and restoring the notable pieces of period fabric within the existing house, overhauling the basement and add-ing a contemporary extension to the rear. The extension is realised as a series of white volumes that tumble down to address the back garden. Planning constraints arising in No1 helped to inform these volumetrics. Roof lights and large glazed iroko sections draw light into, and release views from, all new and existing areas to the rear of the house. The project was completed in November 2010.

above; site planleft; internal photograph of kitchen areabelow left; exploded axonometric below right top; restored cornice detailbelow right bottom; restored hallway with view to the back gardenopposite (clockwise from top); external view from garden; exit stair from kitchen/dining area; external details.

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No1 The Hill | project architectThis 70m2 contemporary extension to a Regency period residence was completed in 2009. The extension appears as two interlocking wedges and is accessed from the main hallway via a bridge. The first wedge brings the user down to garden level and it’s stucco finish matches that of the exist-ing house. The second wedge releases large views down the garden and is dressed in hardwood to reflect it’s more verdant aspect.The build is separated from the existing house by a sunken courtyard in order to preserve a supply of natural light to windows in the rear of the existing house.The southern boundary wall provides a datum for the louvered section to the rear elevation, and a bank of storage units which runs the length of the boundary within the extension. Each shift in level is discernable via the choice of material underfoot; polished reinforced concrete carries the bridge and steps down into the living spaces, where timber was the Client’s preference. Outside timber deck decking abuts a shuttered concrete stairway and tiered planter gar-den, which leads down to a reclaimed, Liscannor stone patio at basement level.

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above; site planleft; internal photograph of dining and living areabelow left; exploded axonometric and section below right top; end elevationbelow right bottom; junction between new & oldopposite; external view at dusk

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Silver Birches | design & tenderA small extension housing a new kitchen and dining space was added to a semi detached house in 2007. The form is simple and cubic, dressed with a complimentary palette of pre-patinated copper cladding and iroko joinery. A tiered landscape scheme successfully negotiates a difficult existing levels between the house and sloping garden.

left; external view of new patio and extensionbelow; construction section through main elevationopposite; internal view of bespoke dining table

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left; external view of new patio and extensionbelow; construction section through main elevationopposite; internal view of bespoke dining table

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Foxrock Manor | project architect We opened up the entire width of a 1970s de-tached house and added a small projection to greatly improve the existing kitchen, dining and study space within. The Client’s desire was to make the outdoor spaces immediate to the house as habitable as possible.This was achieved by recessing an iroko screen within a painted masonry portico and providing an automated awning set into the soffit above. Integrated infrared heaters were also requested to allow the Client to sit out-side late into the evenings.

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left; external view of new patio and extensionbelow; construction section through main elevation (1:20)

left; external view of new patio and extensionbelow; construction section through main elevation (1:20)

Killiney Heath | design & preplanning Killiney Heath is a small suburban estate of individually built houses occupying a rocky

flank of Killiney Hill.The proposal involves replacing the exisit-ing house with a new structure, while reusing some masonry walls and substructure. The el-evation shown address the Dublin mountains to the west. Belgian white brick is intended to reference the granite outcrops in the surround-ing hills and reflect warm evening light on it’s textured surface. Within the deep reveals, flush glazing and pre patinated metal provide a contrasting texture and colour to the prouder brick. Concealed blinds provide the requisite adjustable levels of privacy and shading to

each glazed aperature.

above; photoshop elevationbelow; working details in plan and section (1:40)

section aa section bb part plan

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In 2007 I graduated from the DIT Bolton St with a first class honours thesis. The project explored a new holistic type of primary school education in depth and proposed a new 16 classroom typology. Built of rammed earth the scheme was situated in Maynooth, a historic satelite town of Dublin. The thesis also won the 2007 OPUS Award for the best final project in Ireland.

holistic learning at Lyreen Primary School

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rammed earth classroom prototype {a}

rammed earth classroom prototype {b}

climatic operations access & thoroughfares

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EASA Ireland 2008 | directorThe European Architecture Students Assembly is a non politi-cal platform for exchange of ideas, which brings together stu-dents from over 40 countries each year for a two week summer school.Following a successful competitive bid in Moscow in 2006, the 28th annual European Architecture Students Assembly was held in Ireland for the first time. A quarter of a million euro in sponsor-ships was raised in order to accommodate over 400 students and young professionals for the duration of the event.Full board was provided, as well as a high profile series of lectures and guest tutors, and materials for 23 workshops, which formed the focal point of the event. Our event was co-hosted between Dublin and Letterfrack on the west coast, under the theme of “Ad-aptation”. I was one of six directors who lead the event over two years.

For further information, please visit; www.easa008.ie

left; campaign poster for EASA Ireland 2008below; EASA 2008 Event Guide and Final Reportopposite from top left; a lecture in the geodesic events dome at Letterfrack; external varnishing of the “zauna” workshop; the small workshops dome at Letterfrack; the workshop fair at University College Dublin; paper and craft based workshops; internal view of completed “zauna” workshop; headline timber pavilion and concept model; the completed “green room” competition workshop; national evening celebrations and craic!

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EASA Pavilion Letterfrack | directorThe pavilion is situated in the heart of Letterfrack Furniture Col-lege, on the extreme west coast of Ireland. It was the headline workshop at EASA Ireland 2008. The design, engineering and permission for the project was negotiated and agreed in advance, and the pavilion was realised during the Assembly by a team of tutors & international students. The pavilion was highly com-mended and published in the 2008 Architecture Association of

Ireland {AAI} awards.

above; concept models & drawingsright; excerpt from AAI awards book 2008

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Royal Hibernian Academy | invited exhibitionFollowing the successful realisation of the EASA pavilion the group responsible were invited to submit a piece for the Royal Hibernian Academy 2010 Exhibition. The group of four launched a two point investigation, one material, the other academic. A study of Palladian architecture and associated proportions systems was undertaken, paying particular attention to Castletown House. In the meantime a collaboration with a well know bronze sculptor in Dublin tested plaster casting and silicon molding techniques.The ultimate realisation used a three step casting method to bring a detailed timber model into a silicon mould and back to its original form in herculite plaster.

For a full diary of the project please visit;www.happyarchitectureblog.wordpress.com

above; finished piece made of stacked layers derived from Palladian geometryleft; at the RHA exhibition setupbelow; working drawings, as derived from Castletown House, Co Kildare

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Fitzwilliam Square upgrade & restoration | feasibility study & modelThis is a terraced town house in Dublin’s south inner city. Developed in 1792, Fitzwilliam Square is one of the Ireland’s finest Georgian squares and as consequence of this, the house forms part of an architectural conservation area. It sits on a long narrow plot with a muse house and lane access to the rear. Entrance off the street is via a granite staircase, below which a souterrain accesses the basement and gives an indication as to the level of the back garden. The main hallway leads to a staircase to the rear of the main house. The staircase rises alighting on landings on the three storey’s from which the main rooms are entered. A split level landing

provides access to the two-storey-over-basement return to the rear.

Typically the front facade is of in stock brick, with fanned soldier course lintels, granite sills and painted softwood external joinery. The main door is positioned between two Doric columns and below a stain glass fan light. Below street level, the house is faced with granite. To the rear the main facade and return is finished in self coloured render, again this is in line with it’s neighbours and

typical of it’s time.

Internally the main reception rooms are richly decorated. Large up-and-down sash windows with splayed shutter cases allow light in to display the festooned plasterwork in the cornicing and ceiling roses. Original fireplaces of Kilkenny limestone are still active.

The proposed scheme is to integrate a luxury apartment for visiting dignitaries and officials. The program for the main house in-cludes accommodation for a family, concierge and disabled users, as well as dedicated catering, entertaining and reception facilities for gala evenings. A swimming pool and exercise facility beneath the garden will link the basement to the muse house. Careful un-derpinning of the party walls has been investigated to avoid disturbance to the neighbours. The focus of the proposal is to minimise the need for new external structures and not to compromise the original Georgian fabric internally. Building regulations are often at

odds with conservation guidelines, but any necessary encroachments are designed to be entirely reversible.

The project is currently on hold.

above; a grey card sectional model of the house left; a proposed ground floor plan

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Clontarf Mews House | design & planning permissionOur clients asked us to investigate the potential for developing a single mews house at the bottom of their garden. They currently live in a large house to the front of the same property, but their longterm intention is to retire in the mews.The existing house is accessed via the main road at the front of the property, and a lane to the rear of the property provides access to the proposed mews development. The scheme draws its spacial form from the existing mews houses situated along this lane, but the materiality and detailing is contemporary in spirit.A narrow slot leads to the entrance, which is squeezed by the ex-isting boundary wall belonging to the property immediately to the north. The narrow hallway and wc fill this slot at ground floor level. As one approaches the kitchen / living area, a striking top lit staircase rises to the left along the main structural and organisa-tional spine of the building. Three bedrooms, an ensuite bathroom and a family bathroom are provided at first floor level. There is a dormer study space and ensuite guest bedroom at second floor level.The structure is comprised of insitu concrete rising walls with ex-posed timber joist work supporting the floors. Aluminium framed windows and vent sections dress the south facing elevation.The project has achieved planning permission and is awaiting an instruction to proceed to construction.

top left; physical model at 1:200left; sections at 1:400below, left to right; ground floor plan, first floor plan & second floor plan at 1:400opposite top; internal view of the kitvhen / living areaopposite bottom; external view from the back garden

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Tullamore Community Arts Centre Competition | project architectThe proposed Tullamore Community Centre will act as a valu-able resource for the people of Tullamore, as well as providing a venue for travelling exhibitions, music groups and drama troupes. Beyond the programmatic elements of the brief, it is envisaged that the proposed building will act to enliven Kilbride Park, and to begin to repair the fabric of a part of Tullamore that sprawls into seemingly endless surface carparks.

The scheme has the potential to bring the park around the corner and give it a presence in the town centre; it is relatively iso-lated and underused at the moment. The proposed building will bring program into the park – art classes, dance classes, outdoor concerts, for example – and a wider sense of ‘ownership’ will develop as a well-used building will ensure that the park is con-tinually monitored by members of the community.

The scheme is derived from the programmatic requirements of the brief which we have divided into three distinct volumes which tumble across Kilbride Park, namely, the auditorium, arts centre and cafe volumes. Each volume is specifically designed and located to create a new sense of place in the park and each volume addresses significant landmarks in the town; the cafe block touches the canal creating a sense of arrival for passers-by who avail of the canal walk and the arts centre volume is set on the north/south axis allowing it to observe the park to the west and Tullamore town to the south.

It is envisaged that the proposed centre will be a hard-working, much used building with a program that starts early in the morn-ing and runs late into the night. Designed with flexibility in mind, the gallery spaces, workshops and art rooms are interchangeable with regards to lighting, space and capacity. It’s also important to recognise that the centre’s role as a venue is as important as its role as a community workshop. The performance space will play an important role in the cultural life of Tullamore.

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Theatre Block- Engages the Town.- Divides front and back-of-house traffic.- As the largest block it is best positioned adjacent to the immediately industrial buildings to the east.

Café / Gallery Block- Engages the canal and it’s pedestrian approaches- As the largest block it’s position between the trees and facing the terraced houses on the opposing canal bank is appropriate.

Foyer / Arts Block- Engages the park, - Encloses the south facing civic space.- As the central welcome block it organises traffic through the building.

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above; external view of primary elevation onto Kilbride Parkbelow; 1:500 context model illustrating basic site strategy

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