Free Limerick event invites the public to explore a different future for higher education
Limerick designers bring university of 2070 home for Irish Design Week
WHAT if a university campus stretched across the Shannon region, with students learning by helping communities tackle the challenges around them?
That is the idea behind The Pluriversity.
Following exhibitions in Copenhagen and at Dutch Design Week, The Pluriversity, a speculative design project, comes home to Limerick School of Art & Design (LSAD) as part of Irish Design Week.
The Pluriversity presents an imagined future, inviting discussion about the choices Ireland could make today.
Developed in collaboration with University of Limerick Foundation and Rethink Ireland, the project draws on research and engagement with students, academic staff and communities to explore what higher education could become.
Visitors are invited to step into the role of a prospective student in 2070.
At the centre of the exhibition is a sculptural model of the Shannon region, incorporating materials including reclaimed brick and ancient bog oak.
Three viewfinders offer glimpses of imagined daily life and learning, exploring how education could help communities respond to environmental and social change.
Following showings at FutureDays in Copenhagen and Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, the project returns home for an evening of talks and an opportunity to meet the team behind it.
The project is coming to The Church Gallery at Limerick School of Art & Design, Clare Street, on Thursday, November 12, as part of Irish Design Week.
Admission is free.
The venue is wheelchair accessible and the event is suitable for all ages.
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