Call for articles for On Site 22
You are all very good at taking On Site’s themes and running with them. Have a think about war and all the ways it shows materially in buildings, landscapes, cities. Don’t be afraid to take on the biggest of all subjects, and the most local instances of it.
war. what is it good for?
architecture and war
geographies of war
landscapes of war
defence
walled cities
urban traces
walls
territoriality
monuments and memorials
military installations
war museums
war art
war sites
borders
victory and loss
reconstruction
peace
protest
barracks and bases
field hospitals
intervention
partition
On Site would like proposals for articles, notes, photographs, interviews, projects on the subject of architecture in its widest interpretation and war, in its widest effects. The keywords above are an indication of the potential breadth of this issue.
The deadline for proposals is July 1, 2009 and the deadline for finished articles is August 15, 2009. Please send them to [email protected]
Texts should be 800-1,000 words or less. Images must be 300dpi CMYK JPEGs at least 2,000 pixels wide. Copyright clearance must be obtained for any images not your own.
On Site is not an academic journal, but an independent magazine read by architects, artists, landscape architects, designers, geographers, students, historians and people. It covers culture, infrastructure, landscape and design. They aim for sophisticated ideas in accessible language. They like construction issues and theory, engineering and art, drawings and photographs, and enthusiasm and energy.