Call for Submissions


Volume 02 | Deadline: February 28, 2025, 11:59 PM


This volume invites contributions that interrogate the political biases and partial decisions embedded in the process of conceiving a drawing or representation. The theme of ‘drafting liminalities’ invites authors to challenge notions of technical neutrality, questioning critical absences and representational decisions.


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Scaffold* Journal


Volume 01 | Edition 01 + 02


Platforming disciplines relating to the built environment, Scaffold* aims to elevate the incomplete, the working versions, the infinite sketches and the iterative process work that are byproducts of designing. Scaffold* sees process as practicum, and centres around the positions, tools, and frameworks that define the methodologies of its contributors.


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Based in Toronto, the SHIFT* Collective is a student-run publishing group that aims to disentangle the practices of art, architecture, and design from the biases, exclusivity, and elitism that have historically shaped their canon.





Featured Conversations



On Governance, Counter-Mapping, and Spatial Justice between Architecture and Geography.


On Developing an Architectural Framework for Geopolitical Investigation.

Yeo-Jin Katerina Bong


On Navigating the Archives and What We Can Learn from Failed Buildings.


On COMMON ACCOUNTS and What Death Can Teach us About Culture and City-Building.




Featured Articles


Jia Chen Mi


How can place-based architecture research be conducted without presenting land and bodies of water as readily available receptacles for design?


Published in Scaffold Volume 1.1, Section 6: Architectural Speculation + Representation-Based Inquiry.



Charlotte Keskinen-Keith


I dream of a future with plastic buildings made from atmospheric carbon. A future when Direct Air Carbon Capture produces high-performing polymers from which we can then make beautiful new plastic architectures...


Published in Scaffold Volume 1.1, Section 5: Visual Experimentation + Technology.



Based in Toronto, The SHIFT* Collective is a student-run publishing collective that aims to disentangle the practices of art, architecture, and design from the biases, exclusivity, and elitism that have historically shaped their canon.  

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