PLAT 14.0 Call for Abstracts

PLAT 14 seeks ideas for investigating resolutions in architecture. 

As fields become increasingly interdisciplinary, their boundaries dissolve and overlap. The limits of one begin to simultaneously inscribe another. As of late, our understanding of architecture has evolved into a description of such overlaps. We have asked how the borders of architecture soften, but what form do they ultimately take? Design serves as the methodology through which this form emerges. As design explores these blurred edges, artifacts are either sharpened or further obscured. In a discipline of approximations, architects must come to a resolution.

Resolution — a firm decision, the act of solving a problem, or the state between clarity and ambiguity. Architecture negotiates between the clarity of drawings and the ineffable essence of a building. As the resolution of architectural objects shifts between mediums (physical models, drawings, Instagram, renders, magazine photography, presentation boards.), how do these paradigms reshape not only the image of architecture but also the architecture of the image?

PLAT welcomes submissions from students, architects, designers, and non-traditional voices contemplating resolutions in architecture. We encourage textual essays, photo essays, design projects, and other media, such as videos. 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 March 22, 2025