PLAT 13.0 Call for Submissions

PLAT 13 seeks ideas on how architecture goes beyond buildings to engage with politics, economics, and environments and create societal change. This issue encourages ideas, photos, art, and collages that engage today's challenges and solutions.

In recent years, the world has experienced ground-shaking evolutions. Climate catastrophes. Artificial intelligence. Altered human behavior. The pandemic. Regional conflicts. While change is not new, this rapid pace of transformation is astounding. 

How does design fit into this evolving picture? The term “architect” denotes more than a merger between artist and engineer. It encompasses considerations of society and policy. Design is intention and must be a conscientious response to world problems through inventive solutions and unexpected collaborations.  

This issue considers projects rooted in their context that engage with the messy reality of the spatial and social issues of the world. Today’s designers, especially students, are contemplating the ramifications of their actions on the built environment. Architects have a responsibility to reimagine their field in light of rapid environmental, social, and technical transformation. Analysis reveals problems, design catalyzes change. The world is shifting. The question as designers is, how will we react?

PLAT welcomes submissions from students, architects, designers, and non-traditional voices contemplating the influence of architecture & urbanism on the future of global space. We encourage textual essays, photo essays, design projects, and other media suitable to print. We ask for pieces open to graphic experimentation and formatting beyond the traditional academic essay. Send abstracts or proposals of approximately 250 words to editor@platjournal.com before February 28, 2024.