Mr Derry O'Connell Dip Arch MRUP MSc FRIAI MRTPI
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Biography:
Derry O'Connell is a qualified architect with master's degrees in regional and urban planning and in urban design. He has been lecturing in the university since 1996. Prior to this he worked for twenty years in practice as an architect, first with Liam McCormick and Partners, then with Dublin County Council, with Dublin Corporation and with The National Building Agency where he became Head of Urban Design. His work in architecture has attracted awards from the Philippe Rotthier Foundation, from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation, from the Irish Planning Institute and from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. He is a past chairperson of the Royal Town Planning Institute in Ireland and has represented Ireland on the urban affairs committee of the European Environment Bureau. He has also been a member of the advisory committee appointed to prepare Government Policy on Architecture. He has held visiting research and lecturer positions at the universities of Eindhoven and Sofia. His research and publications focus on the structure and operation of the small European town. He currently directs the Masters programme in Regional and Urban Planning. |
Research Interests
| Urban Design Current Research Students Julie Fulcher (PhD) (Joint) CHANGE IN THE OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE OF SMALL TOWNS by Derry O'Connell was one of five research studies selected for exhibition at the University of Eindhoven for Dutch Design Week 17-25 October 2009 |
Books
| O'Connell, D; (1989) TENDING THE CITY. Dublin: The National Trust and EU DG11. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D; (1975) THE ANTIQUE PAVEMENT. Dublin: Hardwicke and The National Trust. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| O'Connell, D.; (2009) 'The Advance of Permeability in the Block Structure of Small European Towns' In: Babalis, D (eds). Chronocity: The Scale of Sustainable Change. Florence: Alinea Editrice. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D.; (2009) 'Change in the Operational Structure of Small Towns' In: Wallis de Vries, G., Dehaene, M. Van der Meer, S., Holdrinet, S (eds). Architecture.EHV 08-09. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D.; (2009) 'Change in the operational structure of small towns' In: Moonen, S.P.G (eds). Afstudeerbundel. Eindhoven: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D. and McEldowney, M.; (2006) 'A Review of Local Planning within the Dublin Belfast Corridor' In: Yarwood, J (eds). The Dublin-Belfast Development Corridor: Ireland's Mega-City Region?. Aldershot: Ashgate. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D.; (2005) 'Urban Design and Residential Environments' In: Norris, M. and Redmond, D (eds). Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| O'Connell, D.; (2010) 'Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Guangzhou, 2009'. Urban Morphology, 14 (1):48-51. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D.; (2002) 'Change in the Dimensions of the Urban Framework; Looking at Typical Irish Cities under Intensification'. Urban Planning Overseas, 4 :10-13. [Details] |
Other Journals
| O'Connell, D; (2003) 'I Lampionai di Dublino' Arredo & Citta 16 (2) :25-25. [Details] |
| O'Connell, D.; (1993) 'The City as an Ecosystem' Living Heritage 10 (2) . [Details] |
| O'Connell, D.; (1992) 'Sligo; Surprisingly Intact' Living Heritage 9 (1) :18-20. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| O' Connell, D.; (1991) Public Transport in Europe . In: O'Sullivan, J eds. Transport in Dublin, Policy and Practice Dublin, , 08-MAY-91 - 08-MAY-91 [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 1996. Title: Planning Achievement Award |
| Year: 1996. Title: National Infill Award |
| Year: 1996. Title: RIAI Regional Award |
| Year: 1996. Title: Plan Expo Buildings of the Year Award |
| Year: 1998. Title: Award of the European Foundation for Architecture |
| Year: 1981. Title: Fritz Schumacher Award |
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Associations
| Association: Royal Town Planning Institute, Function/Role: Committee Member / Chairperson (Ireland) 2002 |
| Association: Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Function/Role: Fellow |
| Association: International Society of City and Regional Planners, Function/Role: Member |
Conference Contributions
| O'Connell, D. (2012) Resilience and Flexibility in Orthomorphic Plot Patterns. [International Refereed Conference], 26th AESOP Conference, Ankara, Turkey , 07-NOV-12 - 07-DEC-12. |
| O'Connell, D.; (2010) Controlling the Distant Backdrop to Urban Space. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Seventeenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Hamburg , 20-AUG-10 - 24-AUG-10. |
| O'Connell, D.; (2009) Satellite Morphotopes in the Expansion of Small Towns. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Guangzhou , 04-SEP-09 - 07-SEP-09. |
| O'Connell, D.; (2009) Geospatial analysis of urban form. [Chaired Session], Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Guangzhou , 04-SEP-09 - 07-SEP-09. |
| O'Connell, D.; (2009) Space Edge Definition in Small Towns. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Twenty Third Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Liverpool , 15-JUL-09 - 18-JUL-09. |
| O'Connell, D.; (2007) The Growth of Permeability and the Urban Tissue. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Fourteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, Ouro Preto , 28-AUG-07 - 31-AUG-07. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2006) Twentieth century change in the block structure of small European towns. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Nordic and International Urban Morphology, Stockholm , 03-SEP-06 - 05-SEP-06. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2006) The Smoking Ban in Ireland and its Effect on Urban Design in the Street. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Second AESOP/WPS Conference, Mexico City , 13-JUL-06 - 16-JUL-06. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2005) Planning for the Creative Use of Small Sites. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Forty first Conference of the International Society of City and Regional Planners, Bilbao , 17-OCT-05 - 20-OCT-05. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2005) Emerging Patterns of Diffusion in the Morphology of Small European Towns. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], AESOP 05, Vienna , 13-JUL-05 - 17-JUL-05. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2003) Urban Diffusion in the Irish Town. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], ACSP/AESOP Third Joint Conference, Leuven , 08-JUL-03 - 12-JUL-03. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2002) Distribution Capacity in the Traditional Street Grid of Irish Towns. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Sixteenth AESOP Congress, Volos, Greece , 10-JUL-02 - 15-JUL-02. | |||||||||
| O'Connell, D.; (2001) Change in the Dimensions of the Urban Framework; Looking at Typical Irish Cities under Intensification. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], ACSP/AESOP/APSA/ANZAPS/WPS Congress, Shanghai , 11-JUL-01 - 15-JUL-01. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Dublin Docklands Development Authority |
| Committee : Urban Affairs Committee of the European Environment Bureau |
| Committee : Irish Policy Panel, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| Committee : Governmant Policy on Architecture |
| Committee : Education Commission, Royal Town Planning Institute |
| Committee : Urban Forum | |||||||||
| Committee : Human Research Ethics Committee (Sciences) | |||||||||
| Committee : Irish Planning Institute Awards; Adjudication Panel 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 | |||||||||
| Committee : Irish Branch Executive RTPI | |||||||||
| Committee : RTPI Partnership Board | |||||||||
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Modules Coordinated
| 201200 PEP40050 Planning&Environmental Policy: Placemaking |
| 201200 PEP30040 Planning&Environmental Policy: Placemaking:Urban&Rural Design |
| 201200 PEP40660 Planning&Environmental Policy: Urban Design Studio |
| 201200 PEP40060 Planning&Environmental Policy: Planning Studio 2 |
| 201200 PEP10040 Planning&Environmental Policy: Form & Space: T & C |