Jude Hogan O’Sullivan

Interior Architecture & Design

Level 8

2022

Parnell Market Place

This Thesis project, Parnell Market Place, is a 4 storey, 2,200m2 building located at Parnell Place, Cork, built circa 1860. The proximity to public transport and city parking makes it a key location for a Market Place and is a short walk from the main city shopping streets. The concept for the project draws inspiration from the sea (seaweed textures & colours), with the building offering markets and eateries as well as gallery and studio spaces. The interior space incorporates a large roof light and expansive void, providing an open airy feel. The upper floors, while laid out for purpose, may be opened fully to accommodate exhibitions and social functions.

Having had an interest in Interior Design and Architecture from a young age, Jude takes inspiration from Irelands landscapes and seasonal colour palettes, while travel has broadened her knowledge on international design approaches.

BA in Interior Architecture & design

The vision of our programme stems from the core philosophical aspirations:
• Care for human experience
• Inspired, environmentally conscious response to place – community, location, culture
• Creative communication and global engagement

We offer accessible experiential learning that fosters creative, versatile and ethically aware designers with developed collaborative and communicative skills.

Our Interior Architecture and Design programme focuses an environmentally conscious approach to there-use, re-imagination and innovative re-invention of the existing built environment with a strong focus on sculpting interior space. Our students are challenged to offer imaginative responses to spatial problems, which cut across interior architectural aspects of place, cultural and built heritage and recognise the design needs and identity of clients.

Through interactions with live clients, real sites and diverse design projects our students learn to position urgent stories in a coherent spatial and sociological narrative. Memory, identity and sense of place along with the intrinsic qualities of community and culture are explored and often juxtaposed with a global context, to inspire resonant, sensitive and rich design projects.

The Interior Architecture and Design course at IT Sligo provides an internationally recognised level of education and training aligned with European Council of Interior Architects standard and best practice across Europe.

Our graduates are ethically and professionally motivated, to be innovative, responsible and versatile design professionals, inspired by current knowledge of the design world, equipped with an industry ready creative and technical skill-set and experienced in design collaboration.