CLARA Recherche-Architecture-Research

CLARA Recherche-Architecture-Research R***e scientifique annuelle / yearly scholarly journal

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS!Clara and guest editors Eliyahu Keller and Uri Wegman are launching a new call for papers on the the...
17/02/2026

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS!

Clara and guest editors Eliyahu Keller and Uri Wegman are launching a new call for papers on the theme "Uncertainties" for the thematic section of issue 14, to be published in early 2028.

In 1927, Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle challenged the deterministic foundations of modern physics by introducing indeterminacy, probability, and chance as intrinsic features of knowledge and matter. These ideas resonated far beyond the world of theoretical physics, influencing science, philosophy, and culture, and challenging the very ways in which we narrate and comprehend reality. Today, uncertainty permeates political, climatic, and technological life, which are mediated by probabilistic models and predictive systems. In more ways than one, architecture is entangled with uncertainty. Marking the centennial of Heisenberg’s principle and in the shadow of an increasingly uncertain era, Clara 14 invites historical and theoretical reflections on how uncertainty operates within architecture through practices, tools, modes of representation, and historical narratives. Organized around four themes—measurement, negotiation, representation, and narratives—this call for paper seeks critical, cross-cultural perspectives on how architecture measures, predicts, shapes, and narrates its own realities in an age defined by uncertainty.

Contributions may take the form of academic articles or visual essays, and can be written in English of French. Proposals (abstracts) should be submitted to clara.archi [at] ulb.be by 1st of May, 2026. The full call for papers, as well as detailed submission guidelines, can be found on our website : https://clarar***e.ulb.be

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Clara et les directeurs de dossier Eliyahu Keller et Uri Wegman lancent un nouvel appel à contributions autour du thème "Incertitudes" pour le dossier thématique du numéro 14, à paraitre début 2028.

En 1927, le principe d’incertitude énoncé par Werner Heisenberg a remis en question les fondements déterministes de la physique moderne en introduisant l’indétermination, la probabilité et le hasard comme caractéristiques intrinsèques de la connaissance et de la matière. Ces idées ont trouvé un écho bien au-delà du monde de la physique théorique, influençant la science, la philosophie et la culture, et remettant en question la manière même dont nous racontons et comprenons la réalité. Aujourd’hui, l’incertitude imprègne les domaines de la politique, du climat et de la technologie, qui sont régis par des modèles probabilistes et des systèmes prédictifs. À plus d’un titre, l’architecture est étroitement liée à l’incertitude. À l’occasion du centenaire du principe de Heisenberg et dans le contexte d’une époque de plus en plus incertaine, Clara 14 invite à une réflexion historique et théorique concernant la manière dont l’incertitude opère en architecture à travers les pratiques, les outils, les modes de représentation et les récits historiques. Organisé autour de quatre thèmes – mesure, négociation, représentation et récits –, cet appel à contributions cherche à réunir des perspectives critiques et interculturelles sur la manière dont l’architecture mesure, prédit, façonne et raconte ses propres réalités à une époque marquée par l’incertitude.

Les contributions peuvent prendre la forme d’articles académiques ou d’essais visuels, en anglais ou en français. Les propositions de contribution (abstracts), doivent être soumises à l’adresse clara.archi [at] ulb.be jusqu'au 1er mai 2026. L’appel à contributions complet ainsi que les modalités de soumission détaillées figurent sur notre site web : https://clarar***e.ulb.be

Image: Photogrammetric study of clouds passing above Brussels, 2024.
© Uri Wegman

Clara 9, published in 2024, is now available in open access! Discover the full issue on Cairn.info (https://shs.cairn.in...
16/01/2026

Clara 9, published in 2024, is now available in open access! Discover the full issue on Cairn.info (https://shs.cairn.info/r***e-clara-2024-1?lang=fr).

Clara 9's thematic section, Intermediality in Architecture – Representation and the Aesthetics of Reflexivity, guest-edited by Victoire Chancel, Carla Frick-Cloupet and Wouter Van Acker, examines the relevance of injecting the concept of “intermediality”—which refers to forms being situated between multiple media—into the discourse of architecture.
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La 9ème numéro de Clara, publié en 2024, est maintenant disponible en accès libre ! Découvrez tous les articles du numéro sur Cairn.info (https://shs.cairn.info/r***e-clara-2024-1?lang=fr).

Dans ce numéro, le dossier thématique « Intermédialité en architecture – Représentations et esthétiques de la réflexivité », dirigé par Victoire Chancel, Carla Frick-Cloupet et Wouter Van Acker, relève la pertinence qu’il y a à ramener à l’architecture le concept d’ « intermédialité », qui désigne le fait que des formes soient prises entre plusieurs médias.

Reminder: two Calls for Papers are currently open for Clara 13th, to be published in 2027.1. Architecture has a Soil Pro...
09/01/2026

Reminder: two Calls for Papers are currently open for Clara 13th, to be published in 2027.

1. Architecture has a Soil Problem
Thematic section, guest-edited by Seth Denizen, Jolein Bergers, Nadia Casabella, and Ananda Kohlbrenner.
Contributions may take the form of academic papers or visual essays, in English or French.
Abstract deadline: 30 January 2026
Submissions: clara.archi [at] ulb.be

2. Archives or Position(s)
Submissions should be proposed for one of the two sections.
Archives articles are dedicated to the exploration, valorization and/or problematization of an archive; Position(s) gathers short contributions taking a critical stand on current issues in architecture.
Contributions may be written in English or French.
Abstract deadline: 15 January 2026
Submissions: clara.archi [at] ulb.be

Full Calls for Papers and submission guidelines are available on our website: https://clarar***e.ulb.be/CLARA/announcement

CLARA 11 IS HERE!Clara’s 11th issue The Ethics of the Detailing is guest-edited by Tiphaine Abenia (Université libre de ...
05/12/2025

CLARA 11 IS HERE!

Clara’s 11th issue The Ethics of the Detailing is guest-edited by Tiphaine Abenia (Université libre de Bruxelles), Louis Destombes (ENSA La Villette) and Daniel Estevez (ENSA Toulouse). This issue explores contemporary practices and theories surrounding architectural detailing and their ethical implications. It approaches the detail as an active site of negotiation, where those who make decisions are not always those who construct, and rarely those who inhabit. Starting from this tension, the seven contributions— authored by architects, engineers, landscape architects, and researchers—seek to question and expand the conceptual frameworks that define the architectural detail.

The Position(s) section includes an original translation, by Marine Beuerle and Mathias Rollot, of a 1984 text by Jos Boys (Matrix collective), an introduction examining the possibilities of a feminist critique of architecture.

Clara 11 is available online on Cairn.info and soon in bookstores.

Cover photo from Giaime Meloni.

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CLARA 11 EST ARRIVÉ!

Le dossier thématique Éthique du détail est dirigé par Tiphaine Abenia (Université libre de Bruxelles), Louis Destombes (ENSA La Villette) et Daniel Estevez (ENSA Toulouse). Il s’intéresse aux pratiques et théories contemporaines du détail architectural et aux implications éthiques qu’elles soulèvent. Ce dossier interroge le détail comme lieu d’action, où cell·eux qui décident ne sont pas toujours cell·eux qui réalisent, et rarement cell·eux qui habitent. En posant cette tension comme point de départ, les sept contributions réunies dans ce dossier — portées par des architectes, ingénieur.es, paysagistes et chercheur·es — proposent d’interroger et d’élargir les cadres définitionnels du détail architectural.

La rubrique "Position(s)" de ce numéro comporte une traduction originale d’un texte de Jos Boys (collectif Matrix) datant de 1984 par Marine Beuerle et Mathias Rollot, accompagnée d’une introduction interrogeant les possibilités d’une critique féministe de l’architecture.

Clara 11 est disponible en version électronique sur Cairn.info, et très prochainement en version papier en librairie.

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS!Clara and guest editors Seth Denizen, Jolein Bergers, Nadia Casabella, and Ananda Kohlbrenner are la...
21/11/2025

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS!

Clara and guest editors Seth Denizen, Jolein Bergers, Nadia Casabella, and Ananda Kohlbrenner are launching a call for papers for the thematic section "Architecture has a soil problem" of issue 13, to be published in 2027.

Architecture has a soil problem. Not only epistemologically—through the discipline’s limited frameworks to understand, analyze, or work with soil—but also ontologically, in the very way it conceives of soil in the first place. From the digging of foundations to the sealing of surfaces, architectural practice typically treats soil as ‘dirt’, an interchangeable substance devoid of specificity, meaning, or vitality. Soils are too often reduced to a passive background for human activity, an empty canvas to build upon rather than a living milieu to design with, within or through. This ignorance indirectly contributes to their depletion and demise. What would it mean to resist this thanatological path and instead reconceptualize both soil and architecture through their entanglements, in relation to the pedogenetic processes they co-produce?
Architecture has a soil problem or rather, several interrelated problems or predicaments that must be addressed. In this call for contributions, we invite submissions that may (A) deepen our understanding of these problems through scholarly or visual interventions, or (B) present case studies of built projects that suggest ways of confronting or transforming them.
Contributions may take the form of academic papers or visual essays, and can be written in English or French. Abstracts should be submitted by 30/01/2026 to clara.archi [at] ulb.be. Full CFP and exact modalities can be found on our website: https://clarar***e.ulb.be.

Clara launches a call for papers for its Archives and Position(s) sections, to be published in issue 13.Clara is a peer-...
24/10/2025

Clara launches a call for papers for its Archives and Position(s) sections, to be published in issue 13.

Clara is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal in architecture dedicated to topics, research methods and tools specific to the field. Each issue comprises a main thematic section with its own call for papers, and two additional sections with Archives and Position(s) articles.

Articles in the section Archives are dedicated to the exploration, valorization and/or problematization of an archive. We invite the articles in this section to investigate little-known archival resources, shed light on the genesis of architectural projects documented therein, and address the new challenges faced by contemporary archival collections (preservation, digitization, decolonization, etc.). The articles in this section are limited to a maximum of 50,000 characters (including spaces, notes, bibliography, and captions). They are subject to a double-blind peer review process, which aims at verifying their originality, appropriateness of the adopted research methods, the relevance of their argument and conclusions, their structure and readability.

The section Position(s) gathers short articles that take a stand on current events in the field of architecture. Contributions can take the form of a manifesto, a book review, an exhibition report, or give an account of an educational experience.
The format is limited to a maximum of 25,000 characters (including spaces, notes, bibliography, and captions). Articles in the section Position(s) are not double-blind peer reviewed but evaluated by Clara’s editorial board.

To submit a proposal for Clara’s Archives or Position(s) sections, researchers are invited to send an abstract (800 words) and a short resume to Clara’s editorial board: clara.archi[at]ulb.be, by January 15th 2026.

Full call for papers on our website!

Clara is now available in bookshops! You can directly purchase or order your copy from your local bookseller.For orders ...
29/08/2025

Clara is now available in bookshops! You can directly purchase or order your copy from your local bookseller.

For orders outside Belgium and France, please ask your bookseller to place an order through our distributor DOD&Cie, or reach out to us at clara.archi[at]ulb.be.

ENClara launches a call for guest editor(s) for its issue 13 (to be published in 2027).Proposals from guest editors shou...
25/04/2025

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Clara launches a call for guest editor(s) for its issue 13 (to be published in 2027).

Proposals from guest editors should be submitted to Clara's editorial committee at clara.archi[at]ulb.be, compiled in a single pdf file (in French or English). It should include a theme (300-500 words) and a short resume of the guest-editors. Proposals must be submitted by June 30, 2025.

More info : https://clarar***e.ulb.be/CLARA/announcement/view/17

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Clara lance un appel à directeur·ices de dossier pour son n°13 (à paraitre en 2027).

Les propositions de direction de dossier doivent être soumises au comité éditorial de Clara à l’adresse clara.archi[at]ulb.be, compilées en un seul fichier pdf (en français ou en anglais), comprenant un thème (300-500 mots) et une courte biographie des auteurs. Les propositions doivent être soumises avant le 30 juin 2025.

Clara 10 is now also available on Cairn / aussi disponible sur Cairn:
09/04/2025

Clara 10 is now also available on Cairn / aussi disponible sur Cairn:

Architecture/Recherche

The Editorial Board of Clara is happy to announce the publication of issue 10!The thematic section "Inhabiting Collectiv...
04/04/2025

The Editorial Board of Clara is happy to announce the publication of issue 10!

The thematic section "Inhabiting Collectivity" is edited by Nele Aernouts (VUB), Emmanuelle Lenel (UCLouvain) and Christine Schaut (ULB). It brings together studies on collective housing that examine the role of their spatiality, materiality and organisation in the ways in which they make it possible to live together. The "Archives" section includes two articles: Michel D'hoe presents ways of bringing out of the archives figures who have long been invisible, such as Pierre Jeanneret as a collaborator of Le Corbusier; Victor Brunfaut and Judith le Maire explore the archives of the Stages Développement-Aménagement-Construction held at La Cambre over two decades.

Issue 10 is available in print copy (order from clara.archi [at] ulb.be) and will soon be available on the online Cairn platform.

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Le comité éditorial de la r***e Clara est heureux de vous annoncer la sortie de son numéro 10 !

Le dossier thématique Habiter (le) collectif est dirigé par Nele Aernouts (VUB), Emmanuelle Lenel (UCLouvain) et Christine Schaut (ULB). Il réunit des études sur des cas d’habitat collectif qui interrogent le rôle de leur spatialité, matérialité et organisation dans les modalités du vivre ensemble qui y sont rendues possibles. La rubrique Archives comporte deux articles : Michel D’hoe présente des manières de faire émerger des archives des figures invisibilisées comme l’a longtemps été celle de Pierre Jeanneret en tant que collaborateur de Le Corbusier ; Victor Brunfaut et Judith le Maire explorent quant à elleux le fonds d’archives des Stages Développement-Aménagement-Construction qui se sont tenus à La Cambre pendant deux décennies.

Le numéro 10 est disponible en version imprimée (par commande à clara.archi [at] ulb.be) et prochainement en version électronique sur la plateforme Cairn.

Clara launches a call for papers for its Archives section as well as for its new Position(s) section. This is an open ca...
05/12/2024

Clara launches a call for papers for its Archives section as well as for its new Position(s) section. This is an open call, which means authors can submit at any time. For their paper to be included in forthcoming issue 12 (2026), authors are however invited to submit their abstract by January 12th 2025.

Articles in the section Archives are dedicated to the exploration, valorization and/or problematization of an archive. We invite the articles in this section to investigate little-known archival resources, shed light on the genesis of architectural projects documented therein, and address the new challenges faced by contemporary archival collections (preservation, digitization, decolonization, etc.).

The articles in this section are limited to a maximum of 50,000 characters or 8,000 words (including spaces, notes, bibliography, and captions). They are subject to a double-blind peer review process, which aims at verifying their originality, appropriateness of the adopted research methods, the relevance of their argument and conclusions, their structure and readability.

The section Position(s) gathers short articles that take a stand on current events in the field of architecture. Contributions can take the form of a manifesto, a book review, an exhibition report, or give an account of an educational experience. The format is limited to a maximum of 25,000 characters or 4,000 words (including spaces, notes, bibliography, and captions). Articles in the section Position(s) are not double-blind peer reviewed but evaluated by Clara’s editorial board.

To submit a proposal for Clara’s Archives or Position(s) sections, researchers are invited to send an abstract (400 words) and a short resume to Clara’s editorial board: clara.archi[at]ulb .be.

Full Call for Papers available here :
https://clarar***e.ulb.be/CLARA/announcement/view/15

Clara's Editorial Board is happy to announce the publication of Clara 9, Intermediality in Architecture !The thematic se...
28/11/2024

Clara's Editorial Board is happy to announce the publication of Clara 9, Intermediality in Architecture !

The thematic section " Intermediality in Architecture – Representation and the Aesthetics of Reflexivity" is guest-edited by Victoire Chancel, Carla Frick-Cloupet and Wouter Van Acker.

Issue 9 of Clara journal is available in hard copy (order via clara.archi [at] ulb . be) and on Cairn.info (with a subscription). It will be freely available, also on Clara's website, as of December 2026.

https://clarar***e.ulb.be/CLARA/issue/view/10

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Le comité éditorial de Clara est heureux d'annoncer la sortie du numéro 9, Intermédialité en Architecture !

Le dossier thématique "Intermédialité en Architecture – Représentations et esthétiques de la réflexivité" est dirigé par Victoire Chancel, Carla Frick-Cloupet et Wouter Van Acker.

Le numéro 9 de la r***e Clara est disponible en version imprimée (par commande à clara.archi [at] ulb . be) et en version électronique sur la plateforme Cairn.info pour celleux qui disposent d'un abonnement. Il sera en libre accès, aussi sur le site de Clara, dès décembre 2026.

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