A Friend Request from scale journal
scale journal is a new RISD-Brown student publication pertaining to the built environment. Full disclosure: there’s a little overlap on the mastheads of v.1 and scale, but what’s a little cross-publishing among friends? And so here we introduce scale’s mission:
The built environment ranges in scale from a wooden step stool to a vast urban landscape. We imagine scale journal’s community of contributors and readers as equally expansive—inclusive of anyone in any of Brown and RISD’s disciplines who is interested in the built environment. Promoting writing and projects that explore belonging and space, we also seek to amplify underrepresented voices—in both academic and lived experiences.
scale refers to the uneven roads and pattern of fractured asphalt also known as alligator cracking. Similar to the natural cycle of deterioration and creation happening in the local landscape, scale is a platform for organic discourse emerging from a diverse set of disciplines and perspectives concerning art, space, architecture, and design.
The ink on the first issue of scale is drying now; ask for a copy at the Architecture Department office later this May. Welcome to the world, scale!