We are looking for the best submissions and suggestions from everyone and anyone in respect of what they feel is good about Cork city and what would make it better. It can encompass anything from new schools, ways of encouraging employment, that new community centre, new school, scout den, marina, ways of addressing anti social behaviour, keeping our kids safe but letting them free in the city, health, community action groups etc.
You can submit as an individual, as a group, as a political party or even as a publican. It doesn’t matter, if you live here, we want to hear from you.
You can submit your ideas and suggestions, (and indeed problems so long as you have a suggestion to as to how you would like them addressed!) by email here, by hand at your local library (tbc), the Cork Centre for Architecture.
- Submissions should not be more than 500 words - Your ideas should be bullet pointed and concise - You should explain as to why these ideas would improve living in Cork for all. - Your contact information*
*The contact information is simply to identify you and in order to contact you with information regarding the public meeting and publication only. If you or your suggestion is selected as a topic to be debated specifically we would very much like you to pitch your idea in person at the public debate. Needless to say, your personal contact information is held in the strictest confidence by 2015 and the Southern Region Institute of Architects and will not be published for any reason to any third party. All contact information will be deleted on conclusion of the series.
2015 Cork started as a discussion between a group of Cork architects. The original aim was to organize a series of architectural and urban charrettes (i.e. workshops) centered on Cork city and involving both architects and key players in the city.
Two elements were then highlighted: - the adoption of a new development plan in 2015 before which proposals for the city should be submitted - the pool of idea made up by Cork's peoples and communities at large.
As a result a program in three parts was devised:
Part 1: Advertisement and public interest. Members of the public and interest groups are invited to submit their notions and ideas. Principal stakeholders, professional bodies and institutions are also invited to make submissions formally.
Part 2: A public meeting/debate of invitees of the principal submitters or those who have ideas that are representative of a large part of the submitters/public and of the chief stakeholders. Discussion and debate will center on the main themes raised by the submissions. This will be a public event.
Part 3: An architectural Charrette series based on the findings and discussions above based in the school at Christmas.
