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Alcantara Stone & Granite was present as a  guest  to the official opening and inauguration of the first promoted Center, set up by an industrial group led by the brothers Ulick and Desmond McEvaddy and the local developer Gerry Roche, which have created the largest Primary Care Campus of Ireland.

We are proud to contribute in this project with our material  Alcantara Black®, also with the sculptor and designer Tony O’Malley  the local school and  others, on projects of hight level, projects that are concerned about the most important issues in the current times, which is the atention and health care of the humans.This center of new generation was designed from start to  engage itself  in this task, with all means that the twenty-first century leave at our disposal, counting for this with a design where nothing is left to chance.

Project: The Space Between

Location: Naas, Ireland

Promotors: Ulick & Desmond McEvaddy, Gerry Roche

Artist: Tony O´Malley, Iolanda Pearse

Client: Vista Primary Care

Alcantara Black®, Alcantara Atlantic® and Alcantara Iridium® pieces with flamed finished as description and works requirements:

  + Extracting piece of 10.45x4.45 feet and 11.80” thick with rails for the inclusion of light and glass.

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  Alcantara Stone™ is proud to share below  the words and feelings of this young local artist, Iolanda Pearse, as well as the professional sculptor Tony O’Malley.

  Iolanda Pearse words

  “I chose the Alcantara Black® stone because it tied in perfectly to the vision I had of the sculpture at the beginning of the project. I wanted something simple but yet something that had character and the Alcantara Black® stone is exactly that! What I love most about the stone is the white veins that are dispersed throughout it. The space between the stones is mainly an indication of a lifeline within the town/country, it suggests that the vista healthcare keeps us whole. Keeps us in full health which holds us together. It also echoes the building in that it has a left and right wing and the glass entrance, like that stone has a left and right side held together with glass... I used water because it is a sign of healing to tie in with the healthcare aspect of the building. I love the sound of running water, I find it very soothing”

  Tony O´Malley words

  “This public art project is unique in that its approach to providing the local people with ownership of the piece is achieved by sourcing the innate creativity of a member of the local community, in this case Iolanda Pearse. At seventeen she won a competition which was held in local schools, to design a sculpture for the new primary care health centre that is being opened next February. The standard of her competition entry was a clear winner because of her chosen theme of health, how she took the context into consideration, and her clarity of vision of what the sculpture should look like in detail. Vista Primary Care commissioned Tony O’Malley, professional sculptor, to manage the sourcing of materials and to construct the sculpture according to the vision of Iolanda Pearse. Her vision required a specific kind of stone, black granite with white veins. After a thorough search of available stones from around the world, Alcantara Black® material from Spain was chosen as an exact match to her vision. The professional standard of Alcantara Stone & Granite was unsurpassed by any other supplier. During construction local people in the town of Naas, Ireland, were talking about how one of their own, young Iolanda, had designed the sculpture for the new primary health care centre. There was a sense that it belonged to the people because the artistic vision had come from a local student, expressing her concern for a high standard of health care being made available to everyone. Iolanda is currently studying midwifery in Dublin.

  Vista Primary Care is one of a series of planned primary care health centres that are being built throughout Ireland. Their aim is to make accessible the highest standard of medical care through advanced technologies and availability of highly qualified staff. The level of care administered will be equal to and in some cases better than traditional hospitals. Unlike hospitals there is no provision of beds in primary care centres. The aim of these developments is to keep people out of hospital by making quality health care available and accessible to all at an early stage. 

  Tony O’Malley is a professional sculptor who’s practice extends over a period of twenty years. He has worked in France, Germany, Austria, Spain, and America. He is based in Ireland where his practice mostly involves public art, with important works in Dublin City centre and other centres around Ireland. He is currently studying in a masters programme in arts and heritage management specializing in public participation in the arts at Waterford Institute of Technology.”

  

  

  

  

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