15/02/2023

Cork County Council Age Friendly Housing Competition

Cork County Council and Cork Centre of Architectural Education (UCC & MTU) have worked in partnership to run a competition where students design Age-Friendly Housing Schemes.

This project was supported by the Cork County Age Friendly Programme. The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins presented prizes to the winner Aoife Cowman and runner up Darren O’Connor in Cork County Hall on Monday 13^th February 2023.

The housing projects were a collaboration with the Cork County Architects and the Cork Age Friendly Alliance who attended the key student design reviews.

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Picture: Michael O’Sullivan /OAM PHOTO

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