suggested background reading and references

Rural, Dominic Stevens, Mermaid Turbulence, 2008

SubUrban to SuperRural, Gandon Editions, 2006

Recovering Landscapes, James Corner, Princeton, 1999

The Other side of Eden, Hugh Brody, Faber and Faber, 2002

Walkscapes, Francesco Carreri, Gustavo Gigi

The Atlas of the Island of Ireland, Mapping Social and Economic Change, Gleeson at al

An Historical Geography of Ireland, BJ Graham and LJ Proudfoot, Academic Press, 1993

Here, There and North of Nowhere, Jeremy Till, Building Material 18, AAI

Among these Stones is Very Sweet Pasture, Mary Laheen, Building Material 16, AAI

Reality – Geometrically Demonstrated, Bea McMahon, Building Material 13, AAI

Neo Rural architecture, Dominic Stevens, Building material 13, AAI

Altas of the Rural Irish Landscape, FHA Aalen, Kevin Whelan and Michael Stout (eds.) University of Toronto Press, 1997

Gordon Cullen: Visions of Urban Design, David Gosling, Academy Editions, 1996

The ConciseTownscape, Gordon Cullen, Architectural Press, 1971

Theory in landscape architecture : a reader / edited by Simon Swaffield, Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002.

Psychogeography, Merlin Coverley Pocket Essentials, 2006

Unit Project, Laois County Council, www.laois.ie

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introduction

TownLand will explore the space between the town and the land that lies beyond it. Changing patterns of how we live, work, travel and play are continuously altering the shape of both these conditions. In particular, changes in commuting patterns, farming practices and suburbanisation of hinterland have contributed to an altered demography.

This group will explore the influence of the political and cultural portrayal of the town and the landscape on our spatial dreams and realisations. We will chart the history of the settlement of the Irish landscape to investigate what clues it may hold for future spatial intervention.

The group will ask the question, what is contemporary townland?