In this playful workshop, artist Asbestos, dressed as the mythical spirit Scala, will challenge children to envision a future city. Scala’s costume is a metaphor for the delicate balance of our collective spaces. The lower half represents the underlying tensions and conflicting ideas within a city, while the upper half, a wide-brimmed headpiece, serves as a blank canvas. Children will be tasked with placing and balancing cardboard buildings on this headpiece, working collaboratively to build a stable and harmonious city that blends old and new, public and private, work and play.

Facilitator: Asbestos

Location: IAF House at Charlemont Square, Dublin

Note: Parents / guardians must attend with their child(ren). Please book a space for each person attending. All materials provided. This performance and workshop is suitable for children ages 8-14 years old.

Open House Junior offers a dynamic programme of architecture events, workshops, and activities designed to engage young minds. These opportunities offer a space for young people to share their stories and connect with Dublin city, cultivating a sense of responsibility and care for the built environment. Children and young people’s lived experiences and insights are invaluable contributions to our evolving built heritage, reflecting the values and aspirations of future communities.

Pre-Book Only. If this Junior event is booked out you can contact us to be added to a waitlist at bookings@architecturefoundation.ie

We hope to make these workshops as accessible as possible. Please contact bookings@architecturefoundation.ie or phone us at +353 1 874 7200 if anyone in your group has any access requirements. The venue will have a sensory space available.

This performance and workshop will be at IAF House, Charlemont Square, Dublin 2. This is a temporary use space and does not have direct access to toilet and washroom facilities inside the space. Participants and visitors have full use of toilets, including an accessible toilet, located in a separate adjoining building approximately 100 metres away in distance. The space and doorways open wide and the venue does not have any steps or stairs.