Clarkie

Hello there!

In London setting up for a forthcoming masters programme in urban design and looking via Archeire for interesting material.

I’ve just registered with the site although I may in fact have registered earlier.

Arising out of the thread on Croppy Acre I thought I’d put to the forum a request for advice regarding the masters dissertation I am about to under take in urban design at the Bartlett, London.

Shane Clarke, born in James Hospital, Dublin 1972.

Two thoughts:

1) Croppy Acre. I’ve always though Croppy Acra some find of hidden work of art that has great potentail never realised. What is the landscape design histroy of the monument? And what of the proposed current plans? This would be a very interesting topic upon which to begin to look at the urban greenscape of the city. Just returned from Barcellona and how great it would be if Dublin had something of the nature of Park Guell; Holland Park in London … Dublin has such great capacity for a glorious park system that could define the city. This is an idea that I’ve had for a little while and would welcome any comment as to the walking milage of its potential for both studying and proposing.

2) Disstertation. Paul,as the admisistrator can you confirm that a live history of Archeire is being recorded? If so, Archeire is quite an important future historical forum. As I’m as interested in the development of ideas as much as their resolution, like a walk, the discussion here is a forum by which my thesis could be tested. This would form the structure on which the thesis would be actioned; a Croppy Acre starting point might sit atop. So particularly to the people who initially posted entries to this subject, could I ask that as people interested enough to write on a subject that also interests me, you comment?

Finally, can I suggest that people nominate a favoured walk in a favoured city. This is an extention of the abve idea. Where are Dublin’s Ian Sinclairs (who actually studied at Trinity), Peter Ackroyds? I just started at ‘At Swim, Two Boys’, and for all its merits it looks to Joyce rather than looking forward from Joyce.

Today’s Bloom?

regards, Shane Clarke
Posted earlier re Irish Pubs:
http://www.members.tripod.com/Shane_Clarke/Shane.html – Previous dissertation on the politics of Irish theme pubs.

Dedham, MA, Apr 29, 2002

The steady rain and unseasonably cold temperatures may have kept the crowds away from yesterday’s 19th James Joyce 10K Ramble, but they hardly slowed down an elite field of runners.