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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
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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.
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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.