Architectural Technologists in Schools

The 'Architectural Technologists in Schools' initiative provides Transition Year students with first-hand experience of the technical design process for buildings, spaces, and places, guided by professional architectural technologists. The initiative was devised by the Irish Architectural Technology Educators Forum (IATEF) and is delivered by the Irish Architecture Foundation supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

As part of the project, five Architectural Technologists delivered pilot workshops in five schools nationwide in 2022, with a view to rolling out the scheme to a wider audience in 2023.

Students will learn how to research, design, and communicate architectural ideas through workshops, excursions, drawing, model-making, photography and more. They will also be exposed to themes in cluding the following:

• Shelter,
• Human thermal comfort
• Ecological sustainability
• Experimentation and testing
• Controlling the forces of climate through building design

• Art
• Maths
• Sciences
• Design
• Communication Graphics
• Construction Studies
• Home Economics
• English
• History
• Geography