Checkmate

After living in the on-campus apartments here at St. Edwards for nearly a semester, I came to one conclusion; they are extremely boring. After experiencing the intense drought from last summer, the apartments look even more depressing then they were the year before. I figured that this public art proposal project was an excellent way to do something about it.

The idea that I came up with is to have a giant checker board put in place behind the apartment office building. It would also include bastketball goals on two ends of the checker board. This way it would not be just a giant random checkerboard, but also not just another concrete basketball court.

The idea behind the checkerboard is that it would serve as a massive interactive tool to get the people that live in the apartments to get to know each (I still have not met my next door neighbors and its almost Thanksgiving break).

The checkerboard itself would be made out of square foot, hard-plastic pieces that fit together like a puzzle. They are extremely durable and would be garunteed to last many years as long as they keep their regular, minimal maintenance.

The checkers that would go along with the board would be light-weight wooden pieces that would be treated with a weather-proofing material so the sun, rain, etc. would have little effect on them.

Maintaing the checkerboard would be a hassle and nobody would ever volunteer to pick up the pieces, so it proposes an excellent job opportunity for students who are looking to make a little extra money.

The idea of having a giant checkerboard in the apartments is very exciting. I believe that people in the apartments would enjoy it very much and they would also get to know each other a lot better than they do now. At a reletively small cost, the potential benefits make it well worth it.