Call for Submissions

Architectural academia, impelled by the likes of the Bauhaus, the Architectural Association, the Institute of Urban Studies and the School of Vienna has been problematized to a point where crisis has given birth to some of the most radical, evolutionary, and influential works of the 20th Century. Some of the greatest discerning minds of the last century evolved and shaped their way of conceiving concepts under the influence and pressure of alternative educational practices. From Mies to Archigram, from Superstudio to OMA, architectural education has been evolving form its classical methods, culminating in that what Jeffrey Kipnis called the best moment in architecture . Contemporary Mass Media has produced new communication and representation tools that are shaping the way people see and perceive. In a world ever more plagued with the total proliferation of images and hyper-realistic live-action sequences, You Tube, Google and Wikipedia represent what the book never got to achieve -the closest freedom to imagery and information ever available. This situation, undoubtedly, placed the practice of architectural education in a critical position. Does it have to surrender to the turmoil of mass information and image exchanging media? Or does architectural education need to yield to a firm and autarkic position in order to stand against a freedom that affronts it's most intrinsic and innnate tool: exclusiveness?

This Volume of CT wants to address how contemporary architectural education is being shaped by this unprecedented mass imagery proliferation. How is this being affected by the publication of architectural competitions, and the internet, web pages, blogs, forums and all other means now available?

We welcome any kind of contributions
We will be accepting submissions for the First CT Volume until January 8.2008