UCC Research Profiles: Declan Fallon

Biography

Declan Fallon, BArch (Hons) UCD, joined the Architecture Department of Cork Institute of Technology in September 2006 primarily to work on the new BSc (Hons) Architecture degree in conjunction with University College Cork.

Declan graduated from U.C.D. Architecture in 1995. Since then he has worked in a number of practices in Dublin and Berlin and as an external tutor in Dublin Institute of Technology in 1999-2000. He has worked on projects ranging from domestic to large civic schemes.

He worked with GOAL in Sri Lanka following the Tsunami in 2004. He has also worked in private practice and as a consultant to a number of practices for 12 years .

Research Interests

• Prototyping in Facade Design - Project Based design and application of biometric principles within the building envelope

• Studies of biometric models- Design and research

• Investigation of Building Materials and Bio mimicry – Design Strategies and performance

Bio mimicry is based on the principles and processes extracted or inspired by nature.The building envelope is effectively the external ‘skin’ of a building .This may form a narrow plenum between the interior and exterior of an enclosure or may form the ‘shell and/or (part) core’ of a construction.

Envelopes within the natural and built environment tend to perform functions such as (structure, liquid / humidity modulation, insulation /solar protection, finishes) These roles represent some of the primary functions of most assemblies of built enclosures.

Comparison, investigations and inspiration of envelopes found in ‘nature’ and prototyping within the built environment is therefore a noteworthy and fruitful preoccupation for designers.

Research and development of studio based lectures on the historical development of mapping and cartography. Design opportunities with these fields of study.

· The application architectural representation within associated professional fields

· Cartography and Mapping

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2001	Special Mention	AAI
1993	McCabe Scholarship	UCD
1993	Student Award	Robinson Awrad
1999	Special Mention	RIAI

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Member RIAI	Member	03-JUN-02 / 01-NOV-12
	RIAI , South	Committee Member	01-JAN-01 / 01-JAN-11

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	RIAI , South	Committee Member	2007 / 2011

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
Simon Walker Architects	Graduate Arch Part 2	02-DEC-97 / 02-JUN-99
Self Employed	Architect	01-JUN-02 / 01-SEP-06
Grafton Architects	Graduate Arch Part 2	02-JUN-98 / 02-JUN-99
GOAL	Architect	03-JUN-04 / 03-SEP-04
McKenna Brock , Dublin	Graduate Part 2 Architect/Designer	01-AUG-95 / 01-DEC-97

Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2002	UCD	Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Studies	Professional Practice
	1995	UCD	BA - UCD	Architecture

Consultancy

	Client	Description
	Don Cromer Architects	Consultant

Outreach Activities

	Description
	Architecture Staff & Student contact and engagement with SRIAI- 2007-2010 , Committee Member - Evening Lecture Series 2008-2010 UN - Suvrey of Earthquake Relief Pakistan - 2009 National Sculpture Factory - Student integration and engagement with local artists since 2010 Fin Barrs Cathedral Exhibition Cork 2012 Cork City Council Planning Department 2010 - Occupancy and Density Mapping Study Boole Archive , Library ,UCC , Studies of William Burges (architect ) + drawings of Fin Barrs Cathedral) 2012-13 Glucksmann Gallery - Detail Study , student drawings and end of year exhibition 2014

Teaching Interests

Research Interests :

Overall

The application of building technologies within the design process.