ABOUT
The first issue of Drawing On emerged from a research symposium, Plenitude and Emptiness, held in Edinburgh in October 2013. Founded by Konstantinos Avramidis, Chris French, Piotr Lesniak, Maria Mitsoula, and Dorian Wiszniewski, it began as an initiative of the PhD Architecture by Design community at the University of Edinburgh, who served as the journal's curators. It is now sustained by an editorial board from Universities and organisations across the UK and Europe, and an international review board made up of accomplished senior scholars with interests in various aspects of architecture (e.g. design, theory, pedagogy, politics, culture). Building on the ambitions of that original symposium, Drawing On now provides a platform for developing topics associated with or addressed through design-led research into architecture. The ambition of the journal is to promote a closer, more direct engagement between the author, their research material and the reader, all of whom play a role in creating an interestingly rich plenitude in architectural thinking and imagining.
The premise guiding Drawing On today is that design-led research involves, and indeed relies upon, multiple modes and means to fully elaborate its thinking. To this end the journal adds to the conventional format of a peer-reviewed journal an additional space of presentation intended to show design-research material in their native formats. Each article has multiple entry points, consisting of a formatted paper, including images and notes, and supplementary space for the elaboration of a design-research project (including video, audio, animation, photography, paintings, drawings, documentation of models, designed texts, etc.). The reading of the work involves reading across these multiple modes, allowing for various formats to take the lead in communicating the means, outputs and methods of design-led research. All of these formats can viewed online through the Drawing On website.
Drawing On is a biennial publication. Work is covered by Creative Commons, Attribution/Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International copyright (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles submitted will be assigned a DOI through the University of Edinburgh publication service Edinburgh Diamond. We are currently indexed by SUDOC and ROAD, and are seeking indexing with various other databases. For inquiries please contact editors@drawingon.org.
ISSN: 2059-9978
The premise guiding Drawing On today is that design-led research involves, and indeed relies upon, multiple modes and means to fully elaborate its thinking. To this end the journal adds to the conventional format of a peer-reviewed journal an additional space of presentation intended to show design-research material in their native formats. Each article has multiple entry points, consisting of a formatted paper, including images and notes, and supplementary space for the elaboration of a design-research project (including video, audio, animation, photography, paintings, drawings, documentation of models, designed texts, etc.). The reading of the work involves reading across these multiple modes, allowing for various formats to take the lead in communicating the means, outputs and methods of design-led research. All of these formats can viewed online through the Drawing On website.
Drawing On is a biennial publication. Work is covered by Creative Commons, Attribution/Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International copyright (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles submitted will be assigned a DOI through the University of Edinburgh publication service Edinburgh Diamond. We are currently indexed by SUDOC and ROAD, and are seeking indexing with various other databases. For inquiries please contact editors@drawingon.org.
ISSN: 2059-9978
SUBMISSIONS
Those interested in submitting work to Drawing On should supply a 400 word abstract, with associated multimedia content (video, audio, prezi, etc) submitted as separate pieces, to editors@drawingon.org. All submissions should include a cover page, giving your name, 100-word biography, email address and institutional affiliation (if appropriate), as well as an indication of the specific Call to which you are responding. See ISSUES for examples of published work. Abstracts will be reviewed by the editors and, upon acceptance, completed papers and accompanying work will be issued for double-blind peer-review. Accepted pieces will be returned to the authors for final revisions prior to publication.
All submissions should be sent by email to editors@drawingon.org. Download our GUIDELINES for more details on the editorial process, format, referencing, and copyright. It is the responsibility of the authors to secure all necessary copyright permissions for material in their papers.
All submissions should be sent by email to editors@drawingon.org. Download our GUIDELINES for more details on the editorial process, format, referencing, and copyright. It is the responsibility of the authors to secure all necessary copyright permissions for material in their papers.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Sebastian Aedo
Senior Lecturer in
Architecture
University of Portsmouth
Sebastian Aedo is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Portsmouth, where he is a first-year coordinator and co-leads a studio for the MArch programme. He holds a PhD in Architecture by Design from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Architectural Design Research from the University of Newcastle. Sebastian is a peer reviewer for the architectural design research journal AJAR and has published in academic journals such as ARQ and The Journal of Architecture. His research interests lie at the intersection of architecture, media studies, and visual culture. His experience in architectural practice spans diverse cultural contexts, including Chile and China.
University of Portsmouth
Sebastian Aedo is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Portsmouth, where he is a first-year coordinator and co-leads a studio for the MArch programme. He holds a PhD in Architecture by Design from the University of Edinburgh and an MA in Architectural Design Research from the University of Newcastle. Sebastian is a peer reviewer for the architectural design research journal AJAR and has published in academic journals such as ARQ and The Journal of Architecture. His research interests lie at the intersection of architecture, media studies, and visual culture. His experience in architectural practice spans diverse cultural contexts, including Chile and China.
Konstantinos Avramidis
Lecturer in
Architecture and Landscapes
University of Cyprus
Konstantinos Avramidis is a Lecturer in Architecture and Landscapes at the University of Cyprus. He holds a DipArch from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc in Architecture and Spatial Design from the National Technical University of Athens with distinction, and a PhD in Architecture by Design from the University of Edinburgh, funded by the Edinburgh College of Art. He has taught extensively at various institutions in Greece and the UK, most recently at Drury University and the University of Portsmouth. His designs have been awarded and exhibited internationally while his research has been presented at and published in books and journals, including the distinguished City and Design Journal. Konstantinos cofounded Drawing On Journal and coedited Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing and Representing the City (Routledge, 2017) and Kessarini 22: Histories and Projects (forthcoming).
University of Cyprus
Konstantinos Avramidis is a Lecturer in Architecture and Landscapes at the University of Cyprus. He holds a DipArch from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc in Architecture and Spatial Design from the National Technical University of Athens with distinction, and a PhD in Architecture by Design from the University of Edinburgh, funded by the Edinburgh College of Art. He has taught extensively at various institutions in Greece and the UK, most recently at Drury University and the University of Portsmouth. His designs have been awarded and exhibited internationally while his research has been presented at and published in books and journals, including the distinguished City and Design Journal. Konstantinos cofounded Drawing On Journal and coedited Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing and Representing the City (Routledge, 2017) and Kessarini 22: Histories and Projects (forthcoming).
Sophia Banou
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
University of the West of England, Bristol
Sophia Banou is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of the West of England (Bristol). She studied at the National Technical University of Athens and the University of Edinburgh, and has practiced in Greece, where she is a registered architect. Sophia holds a PhD in Architecture by Design from The University of Edinburgh (The Kinematography of a City: Moves into Drawing, 2016), funded by the Bodossaki Foundation. Her research engages with installation as a form of spatial drawing, foregrounding architectural representation as a situated spatial practice, and with the challenges posed for architectural drawing by an increasingly digitised visual culture. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally.
University of the West of England, Bristol
Sophia Banou is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of the West of England (Bristol). She studied at the National Technical University of Athens and the University of Edinburgh, and has practiced in Greece, where she is a registered architect. Sophia holds a PhD in Architecture by Design from The University of Edinburgh (The Kinematography of a City: Moves into Drawing, 2016), funded by the Bodossaki Foundation. Her research engages with installation as a form of spatial drawing, foregrounding architectural representation as a situated spatial practice, and with the challenges posed for architectural drawing by an increasingly digitised visual culture. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally.
Chris French
Managing Editor
Managing Editor
Lecturer in Architecture and Contemporary Practice
University of Edinburgh
Chris French is a Lecturer in Architecture and Contemporary Practice at the University of Edinburgh. He is a studio leader and Course Organiser in the Master of Architecture programme, and Programme Director for the PhD Architecture by Design programme in ESALA, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD Architecture by Design (Designs for (the failure of) Institution: A Rake's Progress, an eccentric chest, banking and Edinburgh) from the University of Edinburgh in 2015, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Chris is a member of the City Speculations research group, and co-director of cfmm-studio.
University of Edinburgh
Chris French is a Lecturer in Architecture and Contemporary Practice at the University of Edinburgh. He is a studio leader and Course Organiser in the Master of Architecture programme, and Programme Director for the PhD Architecture by Design programme in ESALA, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD Architecture by Design (Designs for (the failure of) Institution: A Rake's Progress, an eccentric chest, banking and Edinburgh) from the University of Edinburgh in 2015, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Chris is a member of the City Speculations research group, and co-director of cfmm-studio.
Piotr J. Lesniak
Practitioner, Tutor and Independent Researcher
DAS Design Ltd. and University of Strathclyde
Piotr J. Lesniak graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in 2006, before furthering his education with a Master of Architecture (2009), Masters by Research in Cultural Studies in Architecture (2011), and PhD in Architecture by Design (2017) at the University of Edinburgh. Piotr has collaborated with DAS Design Ltd. since 2017, becoming a Director of the company in 2024. Piotr has contributed to EVOLO, On-Site Review, Planning Perspectives and Konteksty, and designed and installed several exhibitions, including Edinburgh Jews (with Jane McArthur) and Towards Warsaw of the Future. He currently leads a design unit in the 5th year of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde.
DAS Design Ltd. and University of Strathclyde
Piotr J. Lesniak graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in 2006, before furthering his education with a Master of Architecture (2009), Masters by Research in Cultural Studies in Architecture (2011), and PhD in Architecture by Design (2017) at the University of Edinburgh. Piotr has collaborated with DAS Design Ltd. since 2017, becoming a Director of the company in 2024. Piotr has contributed to EVOLO, On-Site Review, Planning Perspectives and Konteksty, and designed and installed several exhibitions, including Edinburgh Jews (with Jane McArthur) and Towards Warsaw of the Future. He currently leads a design unit in the 5th year of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde.
Maria Mitsoula
Senior Editor, and Tutor
Drawing Matter, University of Edinburgh
Maria Mitsoula is an architect, a senior editor at DRAWING MATTER and a tutor at ESALA. Maria holds a PhD in Architecture by Design and an MSc in AAD from the University of Edinburgh, both funded by IPEP and Eugenides Foundation. Two main interests inform her design-research practices: the relationship between architecture, geology and ecology—reflecting on understandings of ground and landscape from within a broader cultural, social, visual, and geographic field—and the relationship between the materiality of architecture and the image of the city—drawing upon philosophical and political theorisations of matter, image and photography. Maria is co-director of cfmm-studio.
Drawing Matter, University of Edinburgh
Maria Mitsoula is an architect, a senior editor at DRAWING MATTER and a tutor at ESALA. Maria holds a PhD in Architecture by Design and an MSc in AAD from the University of Edinburgh, both funded by IPEP and Eugenides Foundation. Two main interests inform her design-research practices: the relationship between architecture, geology and ecology—reflecting on understandings of ground and landscape from within a broader cultural, social, visual, and geographic field—and the relationship between the materiality of architecture and the image of the city—drawing upon philosophical and political theorisations of matter, image and photography. Maria is co-director of cfmm-studio.
Dorian Wiszniewski
Senior Editor
Senior Editor
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory
University of Edinburgh
Dorian Wiszniewski is a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory at the University of Edinburgh. His work in practice has included award winning projects with MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects (Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge; Southwark Intermediate Concourse, Jubilee Line, London; and Cable and Wireless Teaching College, Coventry); and Wiszniewski Thomson Architects, who won the Royal Scottish Academy Gold Medal for Architecture in 2006 for the ‘Water House', Crieff, and the Roses Design Award for best proposed building and The Scottish Design Awards for best proposed place-making for their project Bellfield Dyke Housing, 2007, in partnership with Cadell2. He has published academic papers internationally, with core interests being the architectural-political-philosophical overlap on issues of representation and production.
University of Edinburgh
Dorian Wiszniewski is a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory at the University of Edinburgh. His work in practice has included award winning projects with MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects (Fitzwilliam College Chapel, Cambridge; Southwark Intermediate Concourse, Jubilee Line, London; and Cable and Wireless Teaching College, Coventry); and Wiszniewski Thomson Architects, who won the Royal Scottish Academy Gold Medal for Architecture in 2006 for the ‘Water House', Crieff, and the Roses Design Award for best proposed building and The Scottish Design Awards for best proposed place-making for their project Bellfield Dyke Housing, 2007, in partnership with Cadell2. He has published academic papers internationally, with core interests being the architectural-political-philosophical overlap on issues of representation and production.
REVIEWERS
Aikaterini Antonopoulou
Lecturer in Architectural Design
University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Marc Boumeester
Researcher and Policy Advisor
ArtEZ University of the Arts
ArtEZ University of the Arts
Nat Chard
Professor of Experimental Architecture
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Emma Cheatle
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Humanities
University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
Ella Chmielewska
Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Visual Studies
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Roger Connah
Associate Professor
Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism
Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism
James Craig
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Newcastle University
Newcastle University
Mark Dorrian
Forbes Chair in Architecture
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
Isabelle Doucet
Professor of Architectural Theory and History
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Nick Dunn
Professor of Urban Design
Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Hélène Frichot
Professor of Architecture and Philosophy
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Penelope Haralambidou
Professor of Architecture and Spatial Culture
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Sarah Hearne
Assistant Professor of Architecture
University of Colorado, Denver
University of Colorado, Denver
Luis Hernan
Lecturer in Spatial Narratives
University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
Emma Letizia Jones
Assistant Professor
University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong
Sandra Kaji-O’Grady
Emeritus Professor of Architecture
University of Queensland
University of Queensland
Tahl Kaminer
Reader in Architectural History and Theory
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
Robert Kirkbride
Professor of Architecture and Product Design
Parsons School of Constructed Environments
Parsons School of Constructed Environments
Perry Kulper
Professor of Architecture
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Yeoryia Manolopoulou
Professor of Architecture and Experimental Practice
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Alessandro Melis
Professor of Architecture
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology
Julieanna Preston
Professor of Spatial Practice
College of Creative Arts, Massey University
College of Creative Arts, Massey University
Tatjana Schneider
Professor of Architecture
Technical University Braunschweig
Technical University Braunschweig
Marc Schoonderbeek
Assistant Professor of Architectural Design
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology
Naomi Stead
Professor of Architecture
RMIT University
RMIT University
George Themistokleous
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Norwich University of the Arts
Norwich University of the Arts
Renée Tobe
Professor of Architecture
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University
Stephen Walker
Professor of Architectural Humanities
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
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