Representation Theory Exercise 3 Book Proposal
Robert Kelly 2.12.2009
Proposal The students of SAUL spend 30 weeks of each year working on projects based in the Limerick area. Many of these projects provide possible solutions and new ways of thinking about many of Limerick’s problems; social, infrasructural and cultural. However, many of these ideas never leave the design studio, and are only seen by SAUL tutors, students and guest critics. As a result, the population of Limerick (both student and native) have no idea of the work that is produced or the ideas that are proposed to develop the city. This means that thousands of hours of thinking about and developing ideas never actually leave the studio, and are lost once the semester ends. What I propose is a booklet is compiled which briefly summarises the fundamental ideas of each students project. The booklets would be inexpensive so that they could be distributed throughout the city in cafes, restaurants, pubs etc, where members of the general public could pick up a copy, and read about the school and the ideas for their city which we are developing.
Contents Excluding general intoductions, the book would be limited to two pages per student project. This would keep costs to a minimum, but it is also because it should be a book that somone would flick through to get a general overview of the projects, rather than having to read through masses of information, much of which would be uninteresting to members of the general public. Each project would have a brief written description, and two images that would explain the key elements of the project.
Book Format Format Small Square 7.5in x 7.5in
Binding Saddle Stitch
Pages 2 pages per student x 20 students = 40 Contents =2 General Introduction =2 Total = ~44pages