Free Market

Free Market provides an exemplar for collaborative architectural research and is a worthy award winner. The project employed a series of research modes to study the morphology and potential of public space in Irish market towns. It comprised an exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2018 and a subsequent Irish tour of four of the studied towns. The impact of this research is clear and has become even more relevant and potent in the current crisis and with the emphasis given to our rural towns in the Programme for Government.