2014
Inkjet, Pencil, Watercolour on Watercolour paper
516 x 762mm
The house rises on the only buildable land on a flood plain site at the edge of Clifden. Imagined as a rational geometric object in a wild Western landscape, it will eventually be subsumed by suburban development – though it will always remain an island, a folly, a picture of a past time.
The origin of the design lies in its double, on the exact opposite side of the country at the Casino at Marino. Originally built as a pleasure pavilion in a constructed picturesque landscape, it now sits in suburban Dublin surrounded by estates, schools, and office parks – a remnant of a former culture and landscape.
[Special thanks to Matthew Webb]