Call for abstracts OASE 127 Chambers
Asli Çiçek, Stefan Devoldere, Maarten Liefooghe, Setareh Noorani, eds.
Chambers are the beginning of all architecture. They demarcate an inner world from what lies outside. Chambers are perhaps the most familiar, yet also the most elusive element in architecture: they belong both to the fundamentals of the floor plan and to the shifting reality of everyday living, in which all the décor and furnishings that lie beyond the realm of architecture are just as significant. Chambers thus oscillate between repeatable and interchangeable building blocks of a composition on the one hand and time- or trend-sensitive living practices on the other, or between the Palladian villa floor plan and the intimate microcosm of the teenager’s bedroom. From the chamber – from the parlour via the boudoir to the kitchen-diner – one can read a society: its relationships in terms of gender, race and class, its shared values and individualised interpretations. OASE 127 aims to break down the barriers between (interior) architectural practice and criticism on the one hand and the more specialised fields of design theory, typological analysis, architecture history, housing history and sociology, literature, anthropology and material culture studies on the other.
Abstracts of 350 to 500 words (in Dutch or English) must be accompanied by one to three images as potential illustrations for the article (file size of each image max. 500 Kb). We are aiming for a final contribution of 3,000 words. Please submit your abstract and illustrations by 31 October 2026, together with your name, email address, professional affiliation and a short biography (maximum 150 words) by filling out this form: https://extracto.invitado.nl/submission/call_for_abstracts_oase_127_chambers_kamers. Notification of selection will follow by 15 November 2026. Full articles are then expected by 31 December 2026.
Full description of the Call for Abstracts (PDF)
Images: Henri Matisse, L’Atelier Rouge (1911) / Adrienne Salinger, Fred H, Teenager (1995)