Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Dr. Ruth Johnson:
The Chairman asked about how to integrate archeological monuments in places into urban settings. My response to that would be in terms of place-making and forward planning. It is all grounded in baseline data initially and really understanding the place. Master plans and forward planning need to robust and well researched, employing all the best practice, mapping, place-making and layering of information to understand what is significant about a place, what the vulnerabilities are and then trying that to work that into the design for a development of place, whether that is place-making in the urban realm or development of the new buildings in an archeological environment.
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