Open House Dublin returns with a nine-day programme, taking place from October 12 to 20! With over 200 free events, including guided tours, workshops, exhibitions, and more, the festival offers a unique opportunity to discover Dublin city and county as a place of belonging for all.
This year's festival will start with a dedicated Junior weekend for children and families on October 12 and 13, with the main programme of events, including tours of buildings, outdoor spaces, and residences, taking place from October 18 to 20. In between, the popular Open Table conversations series is returning and will take place daily from October 14 to 18 at this year's festival info hub on Charlemont Walk. These lunchtime discussions will cover topics such as mental health and the built environment, immigration, the right to the city, gender-sensitive place-making, and ageing in place, led by various experts.
Among the festival's highlights is a special event titled "When Dublin Met Paris," which will be held on October 19 at the Lighthouse Cinema, featuring visiting guests Marion Waller, director of the Pavillon de l'Arsenal centre for architecture and urbanism in Paris, and French architect Nicolas Guérin from NP2F-architectes, who will discuss urban transformation and the parallels between Dublin and Paris.
New additions to this year's festival include several exciting exhibitions at Charlemont Walk, such as Squashed Habitats, which explores Dublin's housing crisis, and Bí Linn, focused on Queer domesticities. Twelve architectural studios around Dublin will open to the public between October 15 and 20, offering behind-the-scenes access to how architects design the city and its buildings. Among many newly added tours happening on October 19 and 20 are visits to The Lark Concert Hall, Harcourt Terrace Primary School, and walking and cycling tours of the brand new Tolka Estuary Greenway. For younger participants, a LEGOⓇ competition will invite children everywhere to get building. And for people who like surprises, a Mystery Tour has been added this year of an OPW-owned building on October 19.
Open House Dublin is inviting people to take a second look at familiar places and to consider if they themselves are reflected in the built environment, architecture, and infrastructure of Dublin city and county, including in relation to essential aspects such as transport and housing, as well as recreational and green spaces.
One of the key focusses of the festival is to explore accessibility and inclusion, aligning with the broader goals of the Open House Europe collaboration project 2024 programme. The inclusive approach of Open House Dublin features several specially designed events. Tactile tours with 3D models for people with visual impairments and Irish Sign Language tours will be available, along with tours of The Wayfinding Centre, which replicates the real-world experience of using public transport to empower people with an access need through practical training and hands-on experience.
Explore the full festival programme at openhousedublin.com
Open House Dublin, organised by the Irish Architecture Foundation, is part of the Open House Europe cooperation project, co-funded by the European Union. The project seeks to embrace a more inclusive debate about architecture and strengthen the role of architecture as a positive change-maker, addressing relevant social and environmental challenges. For more information about the project, visit openhouseeurope.org.
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Open House Dublin 2024Type
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October 12, 2024 11:00 AMUntil
October 20, 2024 05:00 PMVenue
Dublin, IrelandAddress