RIAI/DHLGH Joint Housing Committee: Low-Rise Medium Density Housing
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The RIAI and the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage Joint Housing Committee are very pleased to announce this upcoming webinar to discuss low-rise medium density housing in an Irish context. It is intended to review how this category of housing can be delivered in line with current Building Regulations, Planning Regulations and Design Guidance documents.
The low-rise medium-density housing category, providing typical densities of 35-80 dwellings per hectare exists in most European countries. This Webinar will include a discussion on how sustainable densities within this range can be achieved in Ireland.
The Webinar will be chaired by Joan MacMahon (Senior Architectural Advisor in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) with an overview of low-rise medium-density housing by Jason Taylor (Planning Advisor in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) and presentations by RIAI Member Claire McManus (Director of JFOC Architects, Chair of the RIAI Housing Committee and RIAI Spokesperson on Housing), and Eoin O Dowd (Building Standards Advisor in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage).
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Speakers
Claire McManus MRIAI
RIAI Spokesperson on Housing
Claire chairs the RIAI Housing Committee and is an RIAI Spokesperson on Housing. She holds an MBA and is involved in the research and development of RIAI policy with respect to Housing. Claire is a member of several other housing committees including the Housing Agency’s ‘Supply & Affordability Panel’, the DHLG/RIAI ‘Joint Housing Committee’ and Tuath Housing Association’s ‘Development Committee’. Claire is a director of JFOC Architects, a practice specializing in large scale housing projects.
Eoin O’Dowd
Building Standards Advisor in the Building Standards Advisory in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Eoin is a Building Standards Advisor in the Building Standards Advisory in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He has previously worked with Carlow Fire & Rescue Service, the Local Government Management Agency, and Dublin Fire Brigade. Eoin has a B.Sc from Dublin Institute of Technology, and a Diploma in Law. He is a Chartered Building Control Surveyor and Registered Building Surveyor.
Joan MacMahon
Senior Architect Advisor in the Social Housing Delivery Division of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Since joining the Department in 2016, Joan has advised on the technical aspects of Social Housing Delivery. Joan has contributed to the Department’s Design Manual for Quality Housing, the Housing Options for our Ageing Population Policy Statement, Town Centre Living design competitions and more recently on the Accelerated Delivery Programme. A graduate of DIT and registered architect, Joan worked in private practice for almost 20 years prior to joining the Department, and served as a member of council at the RIAI from 2017-2019
Jason Taylor
Planning Advisor in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Jason is an Urban Designer and Planner with a wide range of experiences working within the private and public sectors, in Australia and Ireland. Jason has worked in Ireland from 2003-2006 and from 2009-the present, on projects such as the Adamstown SDZ, Clonburris SDZ, Poolbeg West SDZ, Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets, Town Centre First, Urban Regeneration and Development Fund and more recently the Sustainable Residential Development and Compact Settlement Guidelines. Jason currently works as a Planning Adviser for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the field of Urban Policy and Transport