CHANGE OVER TIME CALL FOR PAPERS
DESIGN WITH HERITAGE
Spring 2018
Guest Editor: Pamela W. Hawkes FAIA
Change is essential to sustaining heritage sites, enabling them to meet new uses and evolving expectations, goals and requirements. Historic settings gain deeper meaning through thoughtful contemporary design, and contemporary design is enriched by rigorous dialogue with historic environs. These premises are fundamental to contemporary heritage planning, yet remain highly controversial in the realms of both conservation and design.
Can preservation guidelines establish clear expectations without predicting design outcomes? How abstract can design references to the building or context be before they disrupt the integrity of the setting or meaning? This issue will explore strategies for design in historic contexts. We welcome submissions on a range of topics: analyzing and documenting character-defining features of heritage settings, particularly those beyond the visual and two dimensional; regulations that promote sensitive yet organic growth and development of conservation areas; and critical analysis of design solutions for landscapes, buildings, neighborhoods and archeological sites. Papers may include theoretical explorations, historical examples or critiques of case studies.
Articles are generally restricted to 7,500 or fewer words (the approximate equivalent of thirty pages of double-spaced, twelve-point type) and may include up to ten images. Shorter case studies, approximately 4,000 words, emphasizing initial design responses and intent are also welcome, exploring how designers approach the problem of historical context. Abstracts are due May 15, 2016, and selected authors will be notified by July 1, 2016. See author guidelines for full details, or email Kecia Fong at cot@design.upenn.edu for further information.