Call for papers

The history of human and non-human architecture is a testimony of diversity. In the pre-modern world, the adaptation to local climates and circumstances and the variety of cultures and communities produced a diversity of architectural creativity - a world we have partially lost. At the same time, we are today more conscious than ever about the history of our species and about the global variety and diversity of cultures, minorities and architecture.

Since the 1970s, numerous scopes and concepts of diversity have influenced charters and principles fostering the design of built environments, as well as the protection and valuation of indigenous cultures and minorities. Contemporary and post-contemporary thinking emphasizes the concept of diversity, and it is related to various post-colonial, intersectional and authorized heritage discourse paradigms, which are all tightly connected to architecture. In architecture and elsewhere in social design and sciences, diversity is an enigmatic and politically loaded concept, which needs continuous academic and public contemplation and dissection.

We invite contributions from all relevant academic fields and practice-based disciplines – especially architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture and urban design and planning – to pursue the concept and theme ‘diversity’ from creative, radical and fresh standpoints. The proposed presentation, posters and papers should reflect the theme of diversity with a theoretical/methodological context and connect research or practice to the state of the art of the relevant discipline(s) of the proposed contribution.

Participants in all career stages are warmly welcomed!

Submission Guidelines

The following submission categories are welcome:

• Full papers
• Posters
• Presentations

The deadline for abstracts has been extended! Please submit an abstract of 150-200 words by the 10th of August 2021.

In your abstract submission, please indicate if you are willing to write a full paper (to be later published in ARF) or just give a presentation or prepare a poster. In addition, let us know whether you are interested in online or live presentation during the conference.

Publication

ATUT2021 final papers will be published in the journal "Architectural Research in Finland" (ARF). Conference issue will be guest edited by Günther H. Filz, Johanna Lilius and Panu Savolainen.

https://journal.fi/architecturalresearchfinland/index

Venue

The conference will be held either as a blended conference or as an online event. More information on this will be coming later!

Contact

Please submit your abstract via EasyChair.

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the conference secretary Olga Juutistenaho, olga.juutistenaho(at)aalto.fi.