AIARG Annual Conference 2022

Hosted by UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, the Irish Architectural Archive (IAA), and the Museum of Literature of Ireland (MoLI), 24th - 25th March 2022.

To register for remote viewing or in-person attendance, click the button in the site header. For more updates, follow UCD Architecture’s streaming platform, CURRENT, on Instagram and Twitter.

Remote Viewing Links

  • MoLI Keynotes

    This link is for the keynote/plenary events happening in MoLI on Thursday morning and Friday evening. No other MoLI events are available online, although they are being audio recorded.

    Zoom Meeting: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/69784577950

    Meeting ID: 697 8457 7950

    Passcode: 845758

  • IAA Stream

    The sessions happening in the IAA have a combination of online and in-person presentations. All of this content will be recorded and made available to registered delegates online after the conference.

    Zoom Meeting: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/63991520230

    Meeting ID: 639 9152 0230

    Passcode: 047152

  • CURRENT

    The third link is for CURRENT’s online content across Thursday and Friday. All of this content will be recorded and made available to registered delegates online after the conference.

    Zoom Meeting: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/68139864964?pwd=emU5YmZveDBMaFRMbDd3MVlKaHRpdz09

    Meeting ID: 681 3986 4964

    Passcode: 769324

“It matters what matters we use to think other matters with; it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots, what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions, what ties tie ties. It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories.”

—Donna J. Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Story-telling is central to architecture. Whether as academic discipline, as popular discourse or as built form, it has a capacity both to absorb and to transmit stories.  Architecture orients us in the world: its elements of walls and ground, of rooflines and footprints frame and structure every episode of our lives. It is a storybook of past and of present, of public and of private, of facts and of feelings. Building on Donna J. Haraway’s tongue-twisting proposition, we consider architecture as the matter and the means of our storyful world: as the ‘knots’ and the ‘ties’ that knot and tie.

‘Architecture and its Stories’ will celebrate and interrogate architecture’s many, multi-faceted narratives. The conference is prompted by the re-emergence of narrative as a subject and method of interest across many fields. In architecture, there has been a renewed interest in narrative as design method, in narrative as a means of expanding and enriching histories, drawing in marginal and excluded voices and experiences, and there has been an increasing recognition of the need for the urgent, overarching narratives of social and climate justice to direct the discipline’s endeavours. At the same time, the humanities have expanded their remit to include consideration of climate and environment. Stories, it seems, can help us to make sense of the environments we have already created and to imagine the ones we need to create in the future. ‘It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories.’

 
 
 
 

‘Architecture and its Stories’ is underpinned by optimism and by openness. We invite contributions relevant to the theme from across the architectural humanities and sciences, and from the adjacent disciplines of geography, literature, philosophy, engineering, history, folklore and sociology. Possible themes include :

  • A critical consideration of oral histories and their role in architectural history

  • The use of narrative techniques to produce new histories, expanding agency to human and non-human actors, incorporating hitherto excluded perspectives and experiences

  • The intersection of narrative, science and technology in the development of built form

  • The role of space and built form in literary narratives -  how architecture can drive and shape stories

  • Narrative and climate change – the role of architectural stories in changing minds and making change happen

  • Narrative as a design method and tool – past examples and in current practice

These themes are indicative and by no means exhaustive. We are open to proposals for sessions as well as for individual papers or other forms of presentation. Our conference programme is available to download here.

‘Architecture and its Stories’ is a collaboration between UCD Architecture, the Irish Architectural Archive (IAA), and the Museum of Literature of Ireland (MoLI). The IAA and MoLI, based in Merrion Square and St. Stephens Green in the centre of Dublin, will host sessions on both Thursday and Friday, 24th - 25th March. This collaboration will be reflected in a number of specific events and presentations which draw literature and architecture into dialogue with each other such as our in-person plenary afternoon session on ‘Architecture and Poetry’.

The conference is an initiative of the All-Ireland Architecture Research Group (AIARG). It will take place in both the Irish Architectural Archive and MoLI’s Newman House, with a combination of in-person and online content. Those wishing to attend in-person or view sessions remotely can register via Eventbrite.

 

Key Dates

 

Dec 13th 2021

Deadline for submission of abstracts to
architectureanditsstories@gmail.com

 

January 2022

Confirmation of papers

 
 

March 24th - 25th 2022

Architecture and its Stories Conference at MoLI, St Stephen’s Green

Our Accommodation Partners

  • Stauntons on the Green

    Stauntons on the Green are offering a 25% discount on Thursday, March 24th only.

    -Delegates should quote code: MOLIMAR2022, UCDonArchitecture&Literature when booking directly

    -Bookings must be made via email to info@stauntonsonthegreen.ie to avail of this rate

    -Please note, card details are required to secure the reservation. Payment for the first night is taken 48 hour prior to arrival, when the free cancellation policy elapses. The remaining balance, if staying more than one night, will be taken upon check in

  • Mespil Hotel

    Mespil Hotel are offering a 15% discount off their best available rate.

    -Delegates should quote: Museum of Literature Ireland when booking directly

    -Bookings must be made via email to reservations@leehotels.com or by phoning their reservation desk on +353 1 488 4600 to avail of this rate

  • Academy Plaza Hotel

    Academy Plaza Hotel are offering the following rates, available until March 9th 2022:

    -23rd & 24th March 2022- €79 B&B per Single Occupancy, €84 B&B per Double/Twin Occupancy

    -25th March 2022- €139 B&B per Single Occupancy, €144 B&B per Double/Twin Occupancy

    -Delegates should quote: AIARG Conference when booking directly via email to stay@academyplazahotel.ie

  • Brooks Hotel

    Brooks Hotel are offering a 10% discount off their best available rate.

    -Delegates should quote: AIARG when booking directly

    -Bookings can be made online, by phone, or by email to reservations@brookshotel.ie

    -This code can be used for all rates including special offer

Our Conference Venues

 

IAA- Irish Architectural Archive

45 Merrion Square E, Dublin 2, D02 VY60

Hours
Tues - Fri 10am-5pm
Sat - Mon Closed

Phone
(01) 663 3040

 

MoLI- Museum of Literature Ireland

Newman House, 86 St Stephen’s Green,
Saint Kevin’s, Dublin, D02 XY43

Hours
Monday Closed
Tues - Sun 10:30am–6pm

Phone
(01) 716 5900