Few days left - CALL FOR PAPERS AND ARTWOKS - URBAN CORPORIS foundations - extended deadline

Call for Papers and Artworks - Urban Corporis: Foundations 

Dear All, 

We warmly invite you to submit an abstract/artwork of 250 words for our new call, Foundations, at this link: https://forms.gle/KmxVgJ3WC7CLu5mK8  

The full call and the general details are provided below and at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11R-N3zVKevrwxSx1VPFeOssG3svILbso/view?usp=sharing

For the Artwork section, you will need to submit an example image. 

The deadline is Monday, June 23, 2025. 

Nota bene: We will select approximately 25 contributions (80% papers and 20% artworks with the associated text). 

Cost per paper after favourable peer review: 

• - 40 euros per paper 

• - 30 euros per paper, for PhD students 

  
  

Urban Corporis (UC) is part of IUVAS (https://www.iuvas.org/), a non-profit association. The profits will be used for the eBook publication. 

Please feel free to share this call with your colleagues. We have attached some posters designed by our guest curators. 

Thank you in advance. 

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to ask. 

All the best, 

Mickeal, Lelio, Andrea 

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UC – FOUNDATIONS 

Call 2025 

Curators: Andrea Califano, Francesca Lembo Fazio 

"A description of Zaira as it is today should contain all the past of Zaira. Nevertheless, the city does not say its past; it holds it as the lines on one's hand, written in the corners of the streets, in the window’s grids, in handrails on the stairs, in lightning rod’s antennas, in the masts of the flags, in every lined segment, saw-toothed edges, carvings, slices." 

(Calvino, 1972, p.4) 

The spread of new ideas and ways of living led to significant technical and urban transformations in the urban landscape of the twentieth century. 

The new Urban Corporis – Foundations issue explores the relationship between new ideologies and planning in both architectural and urban contexts, illustrating the transition from the historic urban fabric to the contemporary city. 

Beginning with the Second Industrial Revolution, the last century witnessed the rise of reinforced concrete as the dominant construction method—a functional building technique that enabled communities to engage in newly planned spaces. Consequently, art and architecture became powerful tools for expressing ideological shifts and visions of the future. 

In an international context, Foundations aims to analyse analogies and differences in new towns and planned cities worldwide. This call seeks to encourage dialogue between various ideologies and cultural identities, identifying either recurring themes or opposing architectural and stylistic approaches. 

The cultural production of the last century contains both signs of emerging aspirations and traces of the past that support its study and conservation. 

This volume/call intends to retrace both planned and organic urban outcomes, beginning with the ambitions and early attempts of new urban projects. Moreover, it seeks to explore the state of neglect or conservation of urban heritage in relation to the way communities now inhabit these spaces. The ultimate objective is to understand the role of planned cities in both present and future perspectives. 

About Urban Corporis 

Urban Corporis publishes books on architecture, art, philosophy, and urban studies, fostering critical discourse on the urban body. 

As an interdisciplinary and international book series, Urban Corporis examines urban, cultural, and social dynamics to investigate and understand contemporary cities and their inhabitants. It explores the tensions between historic, contemporary, and future cities, identifying challenges and considering possible transformations. 

This series is not exclusively for architects; it seeks common ground between diverse disciplines, including fine arts, photography, aesthetics, and urban sociology. 

Publication Information 

Expected publication date: End of 2025 - beginning of 2026. 

All submissions undergo double-blind peer review. 

The series is published as a static eBook by Anteferma (Italy) and will also be available via print-on-demand (POD) on Amazon. 

The volumes in this series can be seen here: https://www.anteferma.it/progetti-editoriali/#urban-corporis 

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