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CIRCLE Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant | DIFF Premiere Water moves. Through homes. Through systems. Back to the sea. The Circle is an architecture film about the Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant, designed by Clancy Moore Architects. A piece of public infrastructure shaped with precision and clarity. Basins. Flow. Machines. Local voices speak from within the place itself, adding a human layer to the architecture and grounding the film in lived experience. A quiet order works beneath everyday life. The project premiered at Expo 2025 Osaka. Now screening at the Dublin International Film Festival. Commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Ireland. a hiecture: @clancymoore @opwireland sound design: @daniel_aron #TheCircle #Arklow #ClancyMooreArchitects #ArchitectureFilm #WaterInfrastructure PublicWorks IrishArchitecture Expo2025 OsakaExpo DIFF CinematicArchitecture EnvironmentalDesign WaterCycle ArchitectureAndFilm Ireland

For the first lecture of the year, we were visited by Colm Moore from the Irish architecture firm Clancy Moore Architects, which is behind the Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant. This was the final lecture in the series “Bunnen av isfjellet”, where architects were invited to present a single project in depth, exploring all its complexities, premises, and challenges. Throughout the lecture, Moore guided us through a process shaped by strict technical and engineering requirements. The treatment plant is defined by function, logistics, safety, and economy. They reflected on the architect’s capacity within such projects: Where can architectural decisions make a real impact? When asked about the function of the windows in the industrial building, Moore explained that they are there to give the otherwise closed facility a human scale and allow local residents to relate to the building. Thanks for an inspiring lecture, @clancymoore

LECTURE TODAY — Clancy Moore! Date: Thursday, January 15th
Time: 18:00
Where: Josefines gate 34
Language: English Clancy Moore is coming to Arkitektenes hus to take a deep dive into the award-winning project Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Irish architecture firm works with context in a broad sense: the physical surroundings, as well as historical, economic, social, and legal frameworks— and how these factors can give architecture both form and gravitas. The Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant is the result of an invited competition for a treatment facility in Arklow, a town that has long struggled with severe pollution in the river and along the coastline. The central site posed particular challenges, both due to the plant’s visibility and the need to consider the area’s rich animal and plant life. The project was developed in close collaboration with engineers, through a process in which the architect did not necessarily play the leading role. The result is a facility that is both an essential public infrastructure and a striking landmark. We look forward to learning more about the process behind the project—the quiet battles and difficult compromises, but also the constructive forces that ultimately created a significant piece of architecture. A cathedral of crap, as it was described by Oliver Wainwright in The Guardian. Slide 1-2: Arklow waste water treatment plant, Photo: Johan Dehlin Slide 3: portrait of Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore, Photo: Johan Dehlin

Velkommen til forelesning med det irske arkitektkontoret Clancy Moore! Dato: torsdag 15. januar
Tid: 18:00 
Sted: Salen på Arkitektenes hus Språk: Engelsk @clancymoore kommer til Arkitektenes hus for å gjøre et dypdykk i det prisvinnende prosjektet Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant. Det irske arkitektkontoret arbeider med kontekst i vid forstand: de fysiske omgivelsene, men også historiske, økonomiske, sosiale og juridiske rammer – og hvordan dette kan gi arkitekturen både form og tyngde. Arklow Wastewater Plant er resultatet av en invitert konkurranse om et renseanlegg i Arklow, en by som i lang tid har slitt med alvorlig forurensning i elven og langs kysten. Den sentrale tomten skapte særlige utfordringer, både på grunn av anleggets synlighet og hensynet til nærområdets rike dyre- og planteliv. Prosjektet er utviklet i tett samarbeid med ingeniører, og i en prosess der arkitekten ikke nødvendigvis har hatt hovedrollen. Resultatet er et anlegg som både er nødvendig offentlig infrastruktur og et markant landemerke. Vi gleder oss til å høre mer om prosessen bak prosjektet – de stille kampene og vanskelige kompromissene, men også de konstruktive kreftene som til slutt skapte et betydningsfullt stykke arkitektur. En katedral av dritt, som det ble beskrevet av Oliver Wainwright i The Guardian. 
Bilde 1: portrettfoto Andrew Clancy & Colm Moore, foto: Johan Dehlin Bilde 2-3: Arklow waste water treatment plant, foto: Johan Dehlin Bilde 4-5: Axonometries Clancy Moore

We greatly value all the messages of support we have received since the purchase of The Phoenix last year. We have engaged extensively with the local community and developed a design that we feel holds the spirit of this engagement. We are pleased to announce that we recently lodged our planning application with Kerry County Council for a not-for-profit Arts Centre and cinema on The Phoenix site. We remain committed to ongoing engagement as the process unfolds and all ideas and suggestions are welcome. All positive observations to our planning application, available at www.kerrycoco.ie are encouraged Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas🎄 @clancymoore @brock.mcclure.pd @ymcgprojects @hicksonmary @kerrycountycouncil @kerrys_eye @udarasnag @westmidkerrylive @radiokerry Is mór linn na teachtaireachtaí tacaíochta ar fad a fuaireamar ó cheannaíomar a Phoenix anuraidh. Táimid tar éis dul i gcomhairle ar shlí leanúnach leis an bpobal áitiúil agus tá dearadh forbartha againn go bhfuilimid den tuairim go bhfuil anáil na comhairle seo le brath air. Táimid thar a bheith sásta a fhógairt go gcuirimear isteach ár n-iarratas pleanála ag Comhairle Contae Chiarraí le déanaí i gcomhair ionad Ealaíon agus pictiúrlann neamhbhrabúis ar shuíomh an Phoenix. Táimid tiomnaithe i gcónaí a bheith ag leanúint ar aghaidh ag tabhairt cluas d’bhúr dtuairimí agus moltaí agus cuirfear fáilte rompu siúd is an próiseas ag dul chun cinn. Cuirfear fáilte, leis, roimh gach aighneacht dearfach i leith ár n-iarratas pleanála atá ar fáil ag www.kerrycoco.ie Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir

built for people. a plant for water – created for people. our film shows how new infrastructure transforms life in arklow: voices, work, future. architecture only reveals itself in the life it enables. architecture: @clancymoore sound design: @daniel_aron #expo2025 #osaka2025 #irelandpavilion #arklow #architecturefilm #9sekunden #filmforexcellence #community #clancymoorearchitects

We are delighted to find out that the Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant has been nominated for the EU Mies Award. This is Europes highest award for a built work, awarded every 2 years. While this is our third nomination this feels special - in that ithis project been a vast collaborative effort. Engineers, planners and the wider community working towards a common goal. Contractors who cared and listened. The incredible expertise of everyone we worked with made this project a joy from start to finish. Architecture here arises in the service of many needs - it is a negotiation, a translation. More than this it is part of a story that ameliorates the lives of tens of thousands of people. The fact that our design uses vastly less energy and less CO2 than a conventional design is an aspect we are most proud of. Photo by @johan_dehlin #clancymoore #clancymoorearchitects #eumiesaward #eumiesaward2026 #infrastructures

water is origin. the new plant in arklow fuses engineering with architectural vision – built for generations. a film about the invisible forces that sustain our lives. #expo2025 #osaka #irelandpavilion #clancymoorearchitects #architecturefilm #9sekunden #worldexpo #arklow #filmforexcellence

At our ‘Sketching’ session, participants imagined the Phoenix as an “arts village.” This idea has since become central to the project. As Yvonne McGuinness noted in Saturday’s ‘Proposing’ session, for the Phoenix to survive and thrive, it must grow beyond its role as a cinema to become a dynamic cultural village. Laura Brock spoke of how crucial matters such as drainage, logistics and ecology are being sensitively responded to - and of the vast series of technical studies being undertaken to ensure that the project represents best practice in its sensitivity to its neighbours, the environment and the broader ecology of the town and its hinterland. & architect Andrew Clancy presented developed design proposals, showing how building heights have been carefully calibrated to respect surrounding streetscapes. The scheme introduces new, characterful gables that sit comfortably within Dingle’s vibrant patchwork of roofs, yards, and sheds. This is a design rooted in the language of Dingle - its forms, its rhythms, and its spirit. ❤️ @clancymoore @brock.mcclure.pd @ymcgprojects @hicksonmary @kerrycountycouncil @kerrys_eye @udarasnag @westmidkerrylive @radiokerry Ag an seisiún Ag Sceitseáil shamhlaigh rannpháirtithe an Phoenix mar “shráidbhaile ealaíon”. Tá áit lárnach bainte amach ag an gcoincheap seo sa tionscadal ó shin. Mar a dúirt Yvonne McGuinness, chun go mairfidh a Phoenix, ní mór dó fás ó bheith ina phictiúrlann amháin le bheith ina sráidbhaile bríomhar cultúrtha.   Labhair Laura Brock faoin tslí go bhfuiltear ag freagairt ar bhealach íogair do cheisteanna ríthábhachtacha ar nós draenála, loigisticí agus eiceolaíochta, agus faoin sraith thoirtiúil de staidéir theicniúla atá idir lámha chun a chinntiú go mbíonn an tionscadal ag teacht le deachleachtas maidir lena íogaireacht i leith a chomharsan, na timpeallachta, agus éiceolaíocht níos leithne an bhaile agus an cheantair mháguaird. Chuir an t-ailtire Andrew Clancy na moltaí reatha deartha i láthair, ag taispeáint mar a bhfuil airde na bhfoirgneamh curtha in oiriúint ar shlí cháiréiseach do na sráid-dreacha mórthimpeall ar an suíomh... (Continued in comments 👇)

Yesterday marked the third in a series of public consultations inviting local voices into the reimagining of the Phoenix Cinema. We’ll have more details for you on the session in the coming days, but for now, thank you so much to everyone who contributed ideas so generously. Your input remains vital, and suggestions are welcomed at [email protected] @clancymoore @brock.mcclure.pd @ymcgprojects @hicksonmary @kerrycountycouncil @kerrys_eye @udarasnag @westmidkerrylive @radiokerry ••••••••••••• Inné reachtáladh an triú sheisiún comhairliúcháin poiblí inár sraith, ag tabhairt cuireadh do dhaoine áitiúla labhairt faoi athshamhlú Phictiúrlann anahoenix. Beidh a thuilleadh sonraí againn díbh faoin seisiún seo sna laethanta amach romhainn, ach idir an dá linn, Gabhaimid buíochas ó chroí le gach éinne a bhí páirteach agus a roinn a dtuairimí go fial linn. Tá bhúr n-ionchur fós ríthábhachtach, agus cuirfear fáilte roimh tuairimí agus smaointe ag [email protected]

For anyone visiting the Expo in Osaka Today, @expo_osaka , we will be presenting our Arklow project with a film by @9sekunden followed by a conversation with Takaharu and Yui Tezuka, of Tezuka architects, @tezuka_architects , Professor Noriko Matsuda, of Noriko Matsuda Laboratory, @norikomatsuda_lab_kpu , and Ger Harvey of The Office of Public Works, @opwireland , the event and film have been jointly commissioned by The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade alongside The Office of Public Works, @opwireland , We will begin at 2pm at the Irish Pavilion, Expo 2025, @irelandatexpo

---Help us raise money for a great cause! On 23rd November 2025 five of us from Clancy Moore architects will run in the Milan half marathon and Milan 10k to raise monies for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) - the world’s leading medical humanitarian aid organisation. We have picked MSF because they provide emergency assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics and natural and man-made disasters, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Right now they are working in Sudan, Gaza and many more places. Your donation will help people working in over 70 countries - in places where others cannot or choose not to go. Many thanks in advance for your generosity! @swhuawei , @pierabedin , Andrew Clancy, @camilla.crafa , Joe Franklin and @larissaslopes_ Link in bio to donate! Also in picture - Colm Moore who will be providing moral support from a cafe / bar near the finish line and Sooo the dog who will be worrying about our safe return.