Curating the Asylum Architecture and Design Journal

The Urban Advisory was invited to be the guest editors of a special edition of Unitec’s Architecture and Design journal, Asylum.

TUA worked with Unitec School of Architecture and Design to curate the publication of the first special edition of Asylum journal for Unitec’s School of Architecture.

TUA developed the journal theme Reimagining our Future Neighbourhoods, which invites readers to challenge our typical conceptions of how we build our towns and cities in Aotearoa, and embrace new philosophies, construction methods, and amenities. The journal was published in 2023 and included new, diverse voices in the fields of architecture and urban design. A high quality physical and digital publication was produced, with TUA providing input into the design of the journal. 

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Focusing on the theme Reimagining our Future Neighbourhoods, we curated 14 articles from innovative academics and practitioners around Aotearoa. An open submission process was conducted, which involved curation and selection of articles, as well as targeted invitations of voices who we wished to amplify in the journal.  TUA provided feedback to authors, worked on edits, and managed the submission and peer review processes.  TUA created a narrative to guide the reader through the journal TUA’s input included theming and sequencing the submitted articles.