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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · 2d

The Shared island unit- Masters of Architecture fieldtrip @esala roaming the watersheds of Lough Foyle. We kayaked its edges , held its inhabitants, probed its controversies - continually questioning the 1910 border. Images - Lough Foyle agency; ‘far and wild’; fish lists; oysters and mobouy dump.

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 27d

Now that the UN Commission, chaired by a judge who headed the tribunal in Rwanda, has affirmed that Israel is perpetrating genocide on 4 different grounds, will we hear from those who dismissed, and in some cases denigrated, colleagues for raising the alarm? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘Direct evidence of genocidal intent’: the UN commission of inquiry’s report on Israel’s actions in Gaza

Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention

www.theguardian.com

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · 29d

‘Shared island March unit’ is underway at Esala. Image- map of sites sounds Lough Foyle. Shroove beach, inishowen

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · 29d

Some 'professional' images of our 'Hill Station' exhibition on at RIBA North West Tate Liverpool until 16th November taken by Peter. Images © The Royal Institute of British Architects/Pete Carr hashtag#Sierraleone

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Sep 3

Future of learning? Office Pods @eca school of architecture. What sort of message are we sending our students?? What would Jacques Tati say?

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Sep 1

www.e-flux.com/announcement...

Hill Station: architecture and the altitudes of Empire - Announcements - e-flux

Royal Institute of British Architects presents Hill Station: architecture and the altitudes of Empire.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · Aug 9

If I were in Liverpool, I would go see this:
www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-l... via @architecturefo.bsky.social

Hill Station – Display at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North | Tate

www.tate.org.uk

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Aug 8

I’ve never been prouder to be from Derry than now www.derrynow.com/news/local-n...

Council backs Palestine Action against own legal advice

'Council condemns Israel's murder of more than 1,000 desperate and hungry Palestinians at food distribution sites'

www.derrynow.com

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Will miss you neighbour.

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here is my paper that engages with the racial-spatial politics of conservation and colonial legacies of architectural discourse. I examine how architecture - past and present - is used by certain actors to commodify, exoticize and capture Rwanda’s landscapes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 29

Passing through highlands of Albania and stopped in small town called Korçe. Struck by number of really handsome generous civic spaces that are result of Bolles + Wilson 2007 masterplan.City library City hall, Red bar, Teatri Andon z theatre more here drawingmatter.org/bolleswilson...

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Been working night and day on exhibit. Wearing Dust, splinters, shards and fragments. Come see at RIBA and Tate Liverpool 4th sept to 16th November

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 11

Tune into @EHFM today at 3pm to hear Najmeh's (my wifes) special show on Iran www.ehfm.live/residents/be...

Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 8

Finally got hold of Cities Under Siege (Documenta11, 2002). Our exhibit echoes Ibrahim Abdullah’s essay on Freetown’s segregated settlement patterns and the colonial logic behind Hill Station’s ‘climatic estate.’

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jul 2

Project with @RIBA overlaps with Liverpool Biennial @Tate, theme of 'Bedrock'. The colonial housing project at Hill Station resonate with this theme through its geological impulse—specifically rejecting the local terrain, deemed a breeding ground for malaria. www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-l...

Hill Station – Display at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North | Tate

www.tate.org.uk

Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jun 27

Pleased to announce 'Hill Station: Architecture and the Altitudes of Empire' with Edward Lawrenson, opens @RIBA Liverpool September 3rd. Funded by Arts council Ireland @edincollegeofart.bsky.social and Graham foundation. Special thks to Richard Collins. Press release here 👉🏽 lnkd.in/eEFmirZR

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jun 19

Know Iran. See it. Iranians are the best people (next to the Irish). I have so much love for the people and place. I stand against tyranny

Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Apr 10

#isfahan civicness in abundance

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jun 18

Days like today that make academia worth it. Preview of fragments of our (with Ed) exhibition @RIBA with Lioba hirsch (CAS_UoE) Lisa moffit & Piper Bernbaum @carleton.ca @JamesClegg from Talbot Rice, Richard Collins @edincollegeofart.bsky.social , Najmeh Modarres, and Nilufar Movahedi

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jun 13

I have been quiet for a number of reasons, not just work. One is the side-project iniatied by my wife over at EHFM Radio. Today our second show airs at 3pm today and is dedicated to all the countries banned by T***P as well as to my friends and family in Iran. www.ehfm.live/residents/be...

EHFM

EHFM is an Edinburgh-based online radio station, providing a platform for the capital's local artists and broadcasting 24 hours a day.

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Jun 10

ICE's tactic of capturing during annual 'check in' is long established. Have friend checked in with ICE in Portland in 2018 to be detained, spend a month in jail, in solitary confinement to be deported from JFK to Sierra Leone. He is citizenless and separated from his wife and daughter since.

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · May 25

Our Chairperson Zoë Lawlor on Irish solidarity with Palestine and how our government must sanction apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes. #FreePalestine #SolidarityIsAVerb 🇵🇸
Irish pro-Palestine activists embrace ‘Paddystinian’ term as badge of honour
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Irish pro-Palestine activists embrace ‘Paddystinian’ term as badge of honour

Believed to have originated as an insult by Israel supporters, neologism is now used to campaign against war in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · May 23

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Apr 12

#isfahan 🚙 #shiraz

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Killian O’Dochartaigh / Architectural Field Office @architecturefo.bsky.social · Apr 10

#isfahan civicness in abundance

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