Granby Park by A2 Architects and Sean Harrington Architects in collaboration with Upstart (www.upstart.ie) has won Best Public Space/Urban Design at the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2014. A2 Architects were also highly commended for two additional projects: Gorey Community School Three Specialist Classroom Extension, Co. Wexford and Pulp Press Pavilion, Kistefos, Norway. The jury citation for Granby Park was as follows: ‘A transformative pop-up park achieved by the fulfilment of an ambitious process of collective creativity. From artists, architects, schoolchildren, horticulturists, cooks, musicians, and more this community based project brought forward, through a remarkable volunteering spirit, the potential of everyday vacant city spaces alive and inventive, the park embraces resourceful design; polytunnels for shelter and a winding amphitheatre constructed from industrial timber pallets featured. A significant element of the project is that, although temporary, it was designed as a template for other communities and their spaces’
