BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:\nThe open call for the third issue of ARQ&rsquo\;s 2025 editor ial cycle\, This is America\, is now open. Part of a trilogy that explores the continent through a transnational lens\, Utopian Amé\;rica exam ines how the idea of utopia has shaped&mdash\;and continues to shape&mdash \;Amé\;rica. How have ideals of transformation\, refusal\, and possi bility informed our understanding of the built environment? How have they fuelled architectural and territorial interventions? And how do contempora ry projects&mdash\;amid climate collapse\, political disillusionment\, and deepening inequality&mdash\;mobilize utopia as a form of critique\, specu lation\, or repair?About \;ARQARQ\, a peer-reviewed academic journal f ocusing on architecture\, landscape architecture\, and urban design. Publi shed three times a year by Ediciones ARQ of Pontificia Universidad Cat&oac ute\;lica de Chile (PUC)\, \;ARQ \;is indexed in several academic databases including WoS\, DOAJ\, Scopus\, Avery Index\, SciELO\, and Latin dex. Articles are published in English and Spanish. \;ARQ \;121: U topian Amé\;ricaCoined by Thomas More in 1516\, \;utopia \;h olds a telling ambiguity: it means &ldquo\;no place&rdquo\; (ou-topos) but is sufficiently close to &ldquo\;good place&rdquo\; (eu-topos). Since the n\, the concept has \;oscillated between aspiration and critique&mdash \;between imagining radical alternatives and exposing society&rsquo\;s dee pest failures. Utopian thinking underwrote modern architecture&rsquo\;s co nfidence in masterplans\, technological optimism\, and universalising visi ons of social order. [...] . In Amé\;rica\, some of these utopias we re projected onto real geographies\, testing grounds for ideal societies\, or escapist narratives from complex realities. In 1935\, Joaquí\;n Torres Garcí\;a offered a counter-image: a map of South America turn ed upside down\, declaring &ldquo\;Our \;North is the South.&rdquo\; H is was not just a gesture of inversion\, but an invitation&mdash\;to imagi ne utopia from Amé\;rica itself\, not as a vision imported from else where but as a projection rooted in the continent&rsquo\;s own spatial\, c ultural\, and political horizons. \;From early colonial fantasies of p aradise and extractive plenitude to radical urban experiments\, ecological design proposals\, and speculative futures\, utopian thinking has left a lasting imprint on Amé\;rica&rsquo\;s landscapes\, cities\, and imag inaries. This issue of \;ARQ \;seeks to explore how the idea of ut opia has shaped&mdash\;and continues to shape&mdash\;the continent. How ha ve ideals of transformation\, refusal\, and possibility informed \;our understanding of the built environment? How have they fuelled architectura l and territorial interventions? And how do contemporary projects&mdash\; amid climate collapse\, political disillusionment\, and deepening inequali ty&mdash\;mobilise utopia as a form of critique\, speculation\, or repair?  \;Submission formatsWe encourage contributions from emerging and esta blished scholars\, practitioners\, and researchers. Submissions are accept ed in various formats\, including interviews\, academic papers (approximat ely 6\,000 words)\, critiques (1\,500 words)\, and projects&mdash\;built o r unbuilt\, including a special section for master thesis or diploma proje cts. Material should be previously unpublished\, or at least not have been published in Spanish. For detailed submission guidelines\, please visit:& nbsp\;https://edicionesarq.com/Open-Call. \;CalendarSubmission Deadlin e: \;August \;15\, 2025Publication Date: December 2025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250816 DTSTAMP:20250731T220236Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250716 LOCATION:Chile SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: ARQ no.121: Utopian América UID:RFCALITEM638895961560137143 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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The o pen call for the third issue of ARQ&rsquo\;s 2025 editorial cycle\, This i s America\, is now open. Part of a trilogy that explores the continent thr ough a transnational lens\, Utopian Amé\;rica examines how the idea of utopia has shaped&mdash\;and continues to shape&mdash\;Amé\;rica. How have ideals of transformation\, refusal\, and possibility informed ou r understanding of the built environment? How have they fuelled architectu ral and territorial interventions? And how do contemporary projects&mdash\ ;amid climate collapse\, political disillusionment\, and deepening inequal ity&mdash\;mobilize utopia as a form of critique\, speculation\, or repair ?

About \;ARQ
ARQ\, a peer-reviewed academic journal focu sing on architecture\, landscape architecture\, and urban design. Publishe d three times a year by Ediciones ARQ of Pontificia Universidad Cató \;lica de Chile (PUC)\, \;ARQ& nbsp\;is indexed in several academic databases including WoS\, DOAJ\, Scop us\, Avery Index\, SciELO\, and Latindex. Articles are published in Englis h and Spanish. \;


ARQ \;121 : Utopian Amé\;rica
Coined by Thomas More in 1516\,&nb sp\;utopia \;holds a telling ambiguity: it means &ldquo\;no p lace&rdquo\; (ou-topos) but is sufficiently close to &ldquo\;good place&rd quo\; (eu-topos). Since then\, the concept has \;oscillated between aspiration and critique&mdash\;between imagining radical alternatives and exposing society&rsquo\;s deepest failu res. Utopian thinking underwrote modern architecture&rsquo\;s confidence i n masterplans\, technological optimism\, and universalising visions of soc ial order. [...] . In Amé\;rica\, some of these utopias were project ed onto real geographies\, testing grounds for ideal societies\, or escapi st narratives from complex realities. In 1935\, Joaquí\;n Torres Gar cí\;a offered a counter-image: a map of South America turned upside down\, declaring &ldquo\;Our \;North is the S outh.&rdquo\; His was not just a gesture of inversion\, but an invitation& mdash\;to imagine utopia from Amé\;rica itself\, not as a vision imp orted from elsewhere but as a projection rooted in the continent&rsquo\;s own spatial\, cultural\, and political horizons.
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From early colonial fantasies of paradise and extractive plen itude to radical urban experiments\, ecological design proposals\, and spe culative futures\, utopian thinking has left a lasting imprint on Am&eacut e\;rica&rsquo\;s landscapes\, cities\, and imaginaries. This issue of  \;ARQ \;seeks to explore how the idea of utopia has shaped&md ash\;and continues to shape&mdash\;the continent. How have ideals of trans formation\, refusal\, and possibility informed \;our< /span>understanding of the built environment? How have they fuelled archit ectural and territorial interventions? And how do contemporary projects&md ash\; amid climate collapse\, political disillusionment\, and deepening in equality&mdash\;mobilise utopia as a form of critique\, speculation\, or r epair?

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Submission formats
We encourage contributions from emerging and established s cholars\, practitioners\, and researchers. Submissions are accepted in var ious formats\, including interviews\, academic papers (approximately 6\,00 0 words)\, critiques (1\,500 words)\, and projects&mdash\;built or unbuilt \, including a special section for master thesis or diploma projects. Mate rial should be previously unpublished\, or at least not have been publishe d in Spanish. For detailed submission guidelines\, please visit: \;.

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Ca lendar

Submission Deadline: \;August \;15\, 2025
Publication Date: December 20 25
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