The IAF was delighted to be working in partnership with Fingal County Council Arts Office on two architects-in-schools schemes.

Architects Maria Tarsouli and Kate Dowling worked with Balbriggan Community College and Santa Sabina, Sutton in May, with both groups using the school buildings and spaces as the starting point for their creative projects. The scheme was also part of the research for My Architecture Design Journal, an architecture handbook for schools to be launched Autumn 2012.

4th Year students from Balbriggan Community college with teacher David Conroy and architect Maria Tarsouli creating models for highly innovative new school designs.

Transition Year students from Santa Sabina with architect Kate Dowling and teacher Sean Campbell with their projects showing new ideas for the school library and an outdoor pop-up gallery.

The scheme was also part of the research for My Architecture Design Journal, an architecture handbook for schools to be launched 2013.