Architect Eric Nay joins us on the podcast to speak about where his interest in architecture began, where his inspiration comes from and the importance of community along with the positive impact that architects can have on their community. He also gives us an insight into the ‘Architecture Connects’ initiative where groups of teachers explored the design process with an architect. This initiative was run as a collaboration between Arts in Junior Cycle and The Irish Architecture Foundation.
Eric has practiced architecture and design in offices in New York City, Chicago and California and has held faculty appointments in Canada, the US and the UAE. Eric teaches architectural history and theory as well as environmental and industrial design studios at Ontario College of Art & Design University.
He was one of 17 architects who participated in Architecture Connects. This initiative is run in collaboration with Irish Architecture Foundation, where a architects facilitate small groups of teachers in exploring the design process.