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Glenn Myles, an architect from Northern Ireland, has dedicated over two decades to designing schools that inspire meaningful learning experiences. Shaped by his upbringing during the Troubles, he views architecture as more than structures, emphasising the importance of in-between spaces in fostering connection and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I grew up in Ireland, the North, during the 70s and 80s and, while I was somewhat insulated from the direct horrors of the Troubles, I am a product of those times. I am an architect by profession and have spent the last twenty years designing schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve view architectural space as an active object in a learning environment. For me, the in-between spaces are as important, if not more so, than whatever formal learning settings we might create. I spent my own high school years in a relatively new but soulless building; one which required a one-way system to ease congestion as we moved between classes. The minimisation of those in-between spaces neglected the places where our lives beyond the bounds of the building were formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like to think we create architecture from ideas rather than things. I love that I am a part of a team that can, with each new project, transform the spaces within which we teach our children. It is a responsibility that I both relish and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a teenager, a career in architecture offered a potential escape from the monotony of a 9-to-5 job. That was my prime objective in that moment. Design was an abstract concept to me and it wasn\u2019t until I began to study architecture at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee that I entered a period of design puberty that has persisted for 25 years now. The tantalising lure of design maturity keeps me moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(almost)EPIC is just an idea at this point. It will be the name on the cheque I write when I place the first order for The (almost) Impossible Causeway Puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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(read more here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

here<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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