Dublin Civic Trust is pleased to announce a major one-day conference assessing the role and significance, past, present and future, of the historic squares of Dublin.
Placing a special emphasis on the north Georgian area of the city in association with The Mountjoy Square Society, this major symposium will be hosted in the magnificent environment of the former ballroom of the Assembly Rooms of the Rotunda Hospital on Parnell Square.
This major conference will feature a host of expert national and international speakers highlighting the architectural, cultural, social and economic significance of the five major historic squares of Dublin and their hinterlands. It will showcase their historic evolution through estate planning and management, building speculation and development, public landscape design, and the various international influences that helped shape the now familiar landscape of the city.
It must also recognised that the role of the squares in Dublin is much greater than as an isolated cultural asset, as they serve as a key social and economic resource for the city at a time of growing environmental awareness and international competition between major urban centres. For the first time in a public forum, this conference aims to stimulate public discussion about the conservation of the built and natural environments of Dublin’s squares through exploring new uses for buildings, reinventing the public realm and promoting new perspectives on the role and design of their public gardens and parks. It also seeks to explore how the economic and social vitality of the city can be
enhanced through changing perceptions about the squares and their attendant streets, reshaping predominately commercial uses on the south side and widespread inadequate residential standards on the north side, into world-class community and commercial centres that innovatively embrace this unique heritage asset.
Conference speakers will assess international best practice of managing streetscape, presenting historic planted landscapes, and financing building and landscape conservation through public and private funding and incentivisation.
Date: 13th September
Location: The Pillar Room, Assembly Rooms, Parnell Square
Cost: €65/€80 for admission + CPD Certificate
BOOK ONLINE: www.dublincivictrust.ie | ADMIT ONE: €65 | ADMIT ONE + CPD Certificate: €80
Admission includes lunch and light refreshments in the morning and afternoon
Source: heritagecouncil.ie
