The Cork County Age Friendly House Design Competition has been shortlisted for a National Age Friendly Ireland Recognition and Achievements Award. The age-friendly housing design competition is a unique initiative pioneered by the Cork County Age Friendly Programme. This annual competition challenges second year degree students from the Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC/CIT) to design a housing scheme suitable to meet the needs of older people.
For this year’s competition Cork County Council’s Architects Department challenged the entrants to focus on a ‘test’ site in Kinsale, one of Cork County’s four Age Friendly Towns.
The Cork Older Persons Council Chair, Vice Chair and representatives from Kinsale Age Friendly Town Committee formed part of the review of the housing design projects and the judging panel. The Cork Older Peoples Council is a representative group of over 400 older people, established by Cork County Council as part of the development of the Cork Age Friendly County Programme.
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