The 2014 Spirit of Place project at Downpatrick
Head, The Crossing, is a quiet
restoration project with a thunderous architectural and landscape installation
to commemorate the natural power and richly-layered historical tales of this
site. It was a 9-day construction project undertaken from June
21-July 4, 2014 by architecture students in the Spirit of Place-Spirit of
Design program at The Catholic University of America, in cooperation with
adjoining land holders, Mayo County Council, Fáilte Ireland,
Céide Fields,
and the National Geographic Society. The culminating event on July 4th 2014
launched the Wild Atlantic Way, a
natural and cultural trail along Ireland’s Atlantic west coastline.
Lapping turbulence
weaves
Reflections forgotten,
Surging
eruptions unveil the Sea of Seeing
Design Metaphor: The Crossing
The metaphor of The Crossing evokes the struggle and the sublime slipstream between the mystical and the material, the “crossing” between cultural history and the eternal sacred; contradiction and paradox at its best. It is the border where folklore and spoken tradition reflect on the lion’s den of lives past and lives to come. It is the unspeakable moment when two totally divergent realities collide - the despair of losses at last transcends into the celebration of joy over what has become of the Irish Heritage over the past fifteen hundred years: a culture that in its hidden hours saved the history of humanity when the dark ages swept the globe…the diaspora of the famine that ironically spread this uniquely Irish character further.
The metaphor of The Crossing evokes the struggle and the sublime slipstream between the mystical and the material, the “crossing” between cultural history and the eternal sacred; contradiction and paradox at its best. It is the border where folklore and spoken tradition reflect on the lion’s den of lives past and lives to come. It is the unspeakable moment when two totally divergent realities collide - the despair of losses at last transcends into the celebration of joy over what has become of the Irish Heritage over the past fifteen hundred years: a culture that in its hidden hours saved the history of humanity when the dark ages swept the globe…the diaspora of the famine that ironically spread this uniquely Irish character further.
Project Partners:
The Catholic University of America
Spirit of Place – Spirit of Design, Inc.
Mayo County Council
Fáilte Ireland
Céide Fields
National Geographic Society
Mayo County Council
Fáilte Ireland
Céide Fields
National Geographic Society
Travis Price Architects
Students
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Colin Casey*
Corin Capodilupo*
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Emily Curato*
Ashyka Dave
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Gavin Driscoll
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Amirali Ebadi
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Kieran Fannan*
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Ryan Hall*
Samuel Hemmenway*
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Daniel Hinchcliff*
Henry Hirsch*
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Eric Hofmann*
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Margaret Hovorka*
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Silvia Ivanova
Lauren Kennedy*
Madeline Kil*
Delia Kilduff*
Corey Manno*
Rossana Medina*
Kyle Moran*
Azalea Motamed
Christopher Motley
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Alex Parzych*
Luis Mauricio Perez*
Karina Rodriguez*
Matthew Schmalzel
Ayman Sheshtawy*
Ian Walker*
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*students participating in on-site build
expedition
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Spirit of Place-Spirit of Design, The Catholic University of America, and Travis Price Architects
Travis Price, III, FAIA, Spirit of Place-Spirit
of Design Founder, and Professor, The Catholic University of America,
Cultural Studies and Sacred Space Graduate Concentration; and Principal,
Travis Price Architects
Kathleen Lane, Assoc. AIA, Spirit of
Place-Spirit of Design Program Director and Co-Instructor
Kelly Davies, Assoc. AIA, Project Architect
Mayo County Council
Peter Hynes, Mayo County Manager
Joanne Grehan, CEO Local Enterprise Office
Danny O Toole, Spirit of Place Project Manager
Eugene O Toole
Joseph O Toole
Gus O Toole
Vivian O Toole
Contractors
and Suppliers
Shevlin Engineering
McNamara Stone
Lawless Glass
National Geographic Society
Keith Bellows, Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Traveler Magazine Terry Garcia, Executive Vice President, Missions |
Many thanks to the following for their contribution
of research and exhibition information:
Dr.
Seamus Caulfield, Stephen
Dunford, and Scoil Naomh Brid
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