Reimagining Nuns Island: A Speculative Design Walk 2pm

Join us on a creative exploration of Nuns Island, an area layered with industrial and cultural heritage, much of it long quiet but brimming with potential for a vibrant sustainable future. Our guided walk activates spatial imagination through walking, talking, and creative exercises, inviting participants to observe, sketch, and reflect on how sustainability and community-led ideas can shape the spaces we share.

Through conversation, creative exercises, and generative AI technology, we'll imagine future possibilities for the area. The ideas, stories, and images generated will contribute to a shared vision, exploring how creativity, local knowledge, and technology can come together to build more sustainable and resilient cities.

Access and Inclusion: This workshop seeks to be inclusive and accessible. We welcome diverse ways of participating and will endeavour to accommodate mobility, sensory, and communication needs. Please contact l.flannery11@universityofgalway.ie with any requirements to support your participation.

What to Bring:

• A smartphone (for the UrbanLab app)
• Rain gear (the walk is outdoors and weather-dependent)

Location: The workshop begins at the Centre for Creative Technologies Studio, includes a walking tour through Nuns Island, and returns to the Centre at the end.

Duration: 1 hr 15minutes

Age - Open to All - UrbanLab App use is 13+