An interactive workshop inviting residents and visitors to reimagine the public spaces around them using art and simple architecture techniques.

Open to children, families, and older residents, the workshop encourages intergenerational dialogue, bringing together youthful imagination and lived experience to explore the community’s creativity.

Join us to create the places where you live, learn, and play! Reimagining Play at The Parthalán Place is an interactive workshop for families where you can share your ideas for playful outdoor spaces in South Dublin and learn how to develop simple design concepts using art and basic architectural techniques.

Be part of a team that creates a playful installation for a public space. We’d love to hear and explore the community’s creative ideas. The workshop invites you to imagine yourself as a planner, inspiring you to rethink and reimagine the spaces between buildings.

This free workshop is generously hosted by South Dublin County Council Arts office at The Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre. Conceived and facilitated by Muhammad Achour, Founding Director of Places of ARcture, the workshop invites participants to explore how people of all ages can help shape more welcoming, playful, and inclusive public spaces.

Workshop facilitator: Muhammad Achour is a designer, community engagement facilitator, and Founding Director of Places of ARcture. Originally from Aleppo, Syria, where he studied architecture, Muhammad later completed a Master’s in Sustainability at University College Dublin (UCD). His practice explores the relationship between art, architecture, play, and participation, creating opportunities for people of all ages to share ideas and reimagine the spaces around them.

The Event is an interactive workshop held at he Performance Space on the ground floor of The Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre. Receptionist will welcome pariticpant a the reception and guide them to the venue which just next to the café.

Pre-Book Only

Wheelchair accessible
Accessible Toilets
Easy Read information (designed for people with intellectual disabilities, people who can’t read well, and people whose first language is not English)