Róisín Purkis

2023 - 2025 Architect - Galliker und Riva Architekten, Luzern

2021 - 2023 Architect (prior intern) - Kathrinsimmen Architekt:innen, Zürich

2020 - 2022 MA. Arch, HSLU, Switzerland

2019 - 2020 Part 1 Architect - LIKE Architects, Belfast

2019 - 2023 Co-organiser and writer - DOCEXDOCE Architecture competitions

2019 EASA Participant (Irish Team)

2018 - 2019 Intern - CUAC Arquitectura, Granada Spain

2016 -2018 B.S. Arch UCD, Dublin

Publications

2022 Rising Resilience - DOCEXDOCE Competition Topic

2021 Beyond Barriers - DOCEXDOCE Competition Topic

2020 Small Spaces Prodigious Production - HSLU Masters essay collection

Experience in

Renovation / Conversions

Cooperative Housing & Densification

Designing for the Elderly

Rural cabins

Product Design

a little background

Designing a home is creating a sanctuary: a series of tailored spaces that exude warmth and personality with a throughline of functionality and tendrils of poeticism. My fascination with how we choose to live, sustainable regionalism and layers of cultural inspiration, having worked, studied and travelled across Europe, Asia, and South America, has brought me to this point as an architect and designer.

Inspired by the Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi 法印, I aim to create structures and choose materials that age beautifully, can be repaired rather than dumped, and embody individuality. Training as an Architect in Ireland and then Switzerland, I currently focus on housing and individual projects that allow for the German phrase 'Gesamtkunstwerk', meaning total artwork, paying attention to details, interiors, landscape, furniture, textiles and the wider public/environment while ensuring the technical construction of a build. Interest and involvement in all aspects of the design process result in rich, cohesive projects rooted in client relationships and collaboration.