Deadline for manuscript submissions: \;31 May 2025
is an international\, peer-reviewed\, \;open acce ss journal promoting significant research on all aspects of the visual and performing arts\, published bimonthly online by MDPI. \; An upcoming special issue of the publication will examine "Landscape Spoliation\," and a
Special Issue: \;Landscape Spoliation
Guest Editor Annette Condello\, \;Faculty of Humanities\, Curtin University\, Perth \, writes: "What lies at the edges and bottom of the ocean? For instance\, at the turn of the twentieth century\, in Mexico City\, a ship sailed som e blocks of white marble from Massa Carrara\, Italy\, but they never arriv ed to be installed at Adamo Boari&rsquo\;s National Palace of Fine Arts. T hey were lost overboard and remain at the bottom of the ocean today. &ldqu o\;Waves of Mediterranean have lapped at the development of modern archite cture since the Enlightenment\, reshaping its contours often as self-consc ious initiatives to redefine or redirect prevailing styles\, discourses\, or practices&rdquo\; (Bergdoll in Lejeune and Sabatino\, 2010: xv). Divers e cultures and their built topography have architectural spoils in common. "
"Through the frontline of climatic change and architecture\, spoli ation (or fragmentary/fabricated architecture) in the landscape is not abo ut identifying defects in the constructed landscape but the reconciliation of architecture with damaged terrains. Spurred on by the need to house an d insulate people\, &ldquo\;landscape spoliation&rdquo\; (Condello\, 2022) \, that is\, the process of reconciling modern architecture and its past a s well as present relationships with new open-ended places\, offers people renewed lifestyles\, enabling urban resilience. How does landscape spolia tion affect the design of contemporary architecture through its various pl aces and vice versa? How has architecture and its transoceanic tides in fo ur directions altered the contemporary landscape and its inhabitants?"
"This Special Issue provides a platform with which to question the over lapping themes of the environment\, the transoceanic trade of building mat erials\, architectural theories\, and design strategies across the contine nts."
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Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at \;www.mdpi.com \;by \;registering \;and \;logging in. Once you are registered \, use the to enter your information. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer -reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal ( as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue webs ite. Research articles\, review articles as well as short communications a re invited. For planned papers\, a title and short abstract (about 100 wor ds) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.< /p>
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously\, no r be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proc eedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double- blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant informat ion for submission of manuscripts is available on the \; \;page.&nbs p\;Arts \;is an international peer-reviewed open access semim onthly journal published by MDPI.
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Div erse cultures and their built \;t opographies have architectural spoils in common\, \;resulting in properties acquiring scarcity value . Through \;the frontline of climatic change\, damaged terrains\, and \;abandoned buildings\, spoliation in the landscape is n ot \;about identifying def ects in the constructed landscape. \;Instead\, it concerns the reconciliation of architecture \; with damaged terrains. Spurred on by the need to house \;and insulate people\, &ldquo\;landscape spoliation&rdquo\;\, the process& nbsp\;of reconciling architect ure and its past as well as \;present relationships with new open-ended places\, \;offers people renewed lifestyles\, enabling urban \;resilience. How d oes landscape spoliation affect the \;design of contemporary architecture through its various \; places and vice versa? How has architecture and its \;tr ansoceanic tides in four directions altered the \;landscape and its inhabitants? This Special Issue& nbsp\;provides a platform with which to question the \;o verlapping themes of the environment\, the \;transoceanic trade of building materials\, architectura l \;theories\, and diverse design strategies across the \;continents. \;
Guest Editor
Dr. Annette Condello
Faculty of Humanities\, Curtin University\, Perth\, WA 6
102\, Australia