Some Ideas...

1. WRITINGS from both students and faculty. This could be a venue for students to develop better linguistic expression of their architectural ideas and could also introduce students to the writings/ideas of their professors in a way that may not be articulated in classes.

2. POLY DESIGNS. The publication should not limit itself to the CAED even though it will be a publication of our department. The english department at Poly publishes a yearly pamphlet, Byzantium, featuring short stroies and poetry from students of diverse majors. Engineering students, art majors, graphic design students, philosophy majors, political science students, who knows maybe Agriculture students and all others have something to offer to a design publication. If the publication deos ot make an effort to include all of Cal Poly we will not know. Faculty from diffirent majors also have much to contribute.

3. LETTERS FROM THE FIELD. Alumni shoud be allowed to contribute to the publication to discuss and present their work. San Luis is unfortunately isolated and hearing from people who left the school you are attending, could help to demistify the profession to underclassmen (and some of those graduating soon).

4. ARCHITECTURE REVIEWS. While Poly is isolated it is also one of the few architecture schools in California and right in between Frisco and LA where alot of architecture is happening. The publication could take advantage of our location o showcase and and analyze recent works in California.

I feel that an Architecture publication must not have a narrow viewpoint as Architecture without life is pointless. Whatever we do should look at architecture holistically, including what is inspried by architecture and that which may inspire architecture.

PRECEDENTS. To me Arch. Record is a cold publication because it is strictly about architecture and is void of a human factor. I like Dwell as a magazine because it incorparates architecture and related topics. These though are magazines with advertisements, available at Borders and not publications of a University. I appreciate the Pamphlet architecture series by Steven Holl for it brings together alot of diverse projects and relates them to a similiar topic. I'll bring one I have to class on the 25th.

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