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This publication emerged during the production of The Sprawling Octopus of an Elevated Highway, a documentary film which features individuals who attended the pioneering architecture course in the Crawford School of Art in 1956. The film centres around the architects’ campaign against the B.K.S. traffic plan for Cork in 1968.
The newspaper contains research collected during the making of the film, such as original student testimonies and interview passages. Intended as an experimental public engagement feature or ‘sister-project’ to the film, an open-call invited works from the public in response to the themes of architecture, activism, and the city. This resulted in a broad range of featured content, including short story, poetry, prose, visual art, sound recordings, etc.
A collaborative team of staff and students at the Cork Centre for Architectural Education (CCAE) produced this document with funding from the Arts Council’s Engaging With Architecture Scheme, the RIAI Southern Region, MTU’s Teaching and Learning Unit, and AnSEO. The documentary and newspaper launched on Culture Night 2022. Two-hundred free copies of the newspaper were disseminated across the city on the night, while fixed panels of each spread were exhibited in CCAE.
Cork Documentary Feature
Editor's Note
Notes and Anecdotes
Reflections on the day-to-day life on an architecture student studying in the Crawford School of Art 1956
Smoke from a chimney
In conversation with Gerard O'Callaghan
Former Cork County Architect and student at Crawford School of Art
In conversation with Gerald McCarthy
Architect, former student and lecturer of architecture at Crawford School of Art, and spokesperson for the City Seventy Group
English Market
Prince's Street entrance
Peace Park
In conversation with Mary Leland
Journalist and key writer during the City Seventy Group's objections to the BKS traffic plan
From an Elder, or an Ash
a conversation
In conversation with Des Heffernan
Architect, former student and lecturer of architecture at the Crawford School of Art, former member of the City Seventy Group
Barrack Street Study
Work in Progress
Re-animated
The Good Shepherd Campus
The Library: A Warehouse of Knowledge
Ducklings Feeding at the Atlantic Pond
In conversation with John Heffernan
Architect, former student of architecture at Crawford School of Art, former lecturer and member of the City Seventy Group
London's Stopped Calling
In conversation with Neil Hegarty
Former Cork City Architect, former student of architecture at Crawford School of Art, former lecturer and member of the City Seventy Group
St. Fin Barre's Cathedral
Cork City's Sacred Planetarium
Visiting the Gaia Exhibition
Cobh Cathedral, Midsummer Festival 2022
The Crawford
As I remember it...
A castle, built on psalms
In conversation with Dr Michael Waldron
Curator of Collections & Special Projects at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
The Clocks of Cork
A City of Night
In conversation with Harry Wallace
Architect & Artist, former student and lecturer of history of architecture at Crawford School of Art
Give Us this Day
Can't Think Twice
B.K.S. Traffic Plan Highway Proposal
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