Stone, Brick and a damned slum. Is this it?

Image of a slum in Lagos, there are figures walking along a path which is lined with rubbish. To the left there is a built up section of makeshift tents, to the right there are prefabricated huts.

‘Perception’ is intricate. The removal of accumulated layers of meaning attached to material culture challenges frequently held perceptions. This exhibition confronts commonly held notions relating to the built environment in the Ajegunle community in Lagos, Nigeria and national identity in the Republic of Ireland. Both of these areas of research relate to physical architecture. However, they move beyond the tangible to explore ‘human’ architecture and identity.

Image of a slum in Lagos, there are figures walking along a path which is lined with rubbish. To the left there is a built up section of makeshift tents, to the right there are prefabricated huts.
A slum in Lagos
A house which is made out of different lengths of wood. There is a front deck, and railing which has multicoloured textiles hanging from it. There is a sign by the entrance which has written in white spray paint, "room to let"
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A child balances a large whicker basket on their head. The basket has a variety of different tomatoes one it. The child has a stick in their mouth, and is wearing a lime green dress. Behind them is a wall of a wooden shack which has blue plastic attached to the side
Image of a slum in Lagos
A single Story House with a tin roof. There are three columns which join archways, in the central one is a red iron gate with two figures standing behind it.
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A run down stone house in Ireland. The roof is missing many tiles, so much so you can see through to the sky on the other side. One of the windows is boarded up with corrugated metal, and the door is missing.
Image of a house in rural Ireland
A heavily rusted TV antenna on the side of a building.
Detail of an antenna in Ireland
A detail of stone work at the bottom of an arch. This is a ball with a scroll relief
Detail of stonework in Ireland
A green pillar box stands centrally, on the backdrop of a grey lard stone building.
Close up of a post box outside a museum.
Image of a slum in Lagos, there are figures walking along a path which is lined with rubbish. To the left there is a built up section of makeshift tents, to the right there are prefabricated huts.
A slum in Lagos
A house which is made out of different lengths of wood. There is a front deck, and railing which has multicoloured textiles hanging from it. There is a sign by the entrance which has written in white spray paint, "room to let"
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A child balances a large whicker basket on their head. The basket has a variety of different tomatoes one it. The child has a stick in their mouth, and is wearing a lime green dress. Behind them is a wall of a wooden shack which has blue plastic attached to the side
Image of a slum in Lagos
A single Story House with a tin roof. There are three columns which join archways, in the central one is a red iron gate with two figures standing behind it.
Image of a house in a slum in Lagos
A run down stone house in Ireland. The roof is missing many tiles, so much so you can see through to the sky on the other side. One of the windows is boarded up with corrugated metal, and the door is missing.
Image of a house in rural Ireland
A heavily rusted TV antenna on the side of a building.
Detail of an antenna in Ireland
A detail of stone work at the bottom of an arch. This is a ball with a scroll relief
Detail of stonework in Ireland
A green pillar box stands centrally, on the backdrop of a grey lard stone building.
Close up of a post box outside a museum.

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