A Vision for Garristown
Type: SMART Village Plan
Project Team: Islander, New Practice & Civic Engineers
Client: Garristown SMART Village Group & Garristown Community Council
Location: Garristown, Co. Dublin
Stage: Ongoing
A Vision for Garristown is an invitation to the community who live, work or visit Garristown regularly to come together and engage in the development of a shared community vision for the future of this rural village.
The task is to build on, and enhance the existing strengths and assets identified by the community through creative thinking, and by embracing innovation to create a desirable place for people to live and work in Garristown.
In creating a community vision, local groups, businesses and individuals have the potential to overcome local challenges by exploring and implementing practical and tangible solutions.
Islander Architects are leading a multi-disciplinary team of consultants who were selected through a competitive tender and appointed by the Garristown Vision Team and the Garristown Community Council.
The methodology for the preparation of a community vision is based on the ‘Smart Villages’ concept that originated as a European Union initiative.
The consultant team includes Islander Architects alongside an exciting partnership with New Practice and Civic Engineers.
It is important that potential strategic interventions to Garristown, as a result of the Community Vision, are reflective of the capacity and needs identified through the community survey and engagement events.
The consultant team will use their experience, skill and judgement to analyse the feedback gathered from the community to propose potential action areas. Together these action areas will form a vision for Garristown that is community-led, positive, achievable and feasible.
The emphasis of this Community Vision is to target actions that are achievable within a period of months, either through community fundraising or potential applications for funding support from other agencies as well as the local authority.
Drawings & Images: Islander & New Practice
Photography: Islander Architects
Funded by: Dublin Rural LEADER