Deadline: 1 June 2026 | Journal for Landscape and Urban Studies.
Season Creep
The gradual changing in the length of the seasons, as demonstrated by earlier flowering of plants, … thought by many to be caused by climate change. (1)
As seasons shift in response to climate change, rhythms that structure landscapes, bodies, and built environments begin to destabilise. Season Creep invites reflections on phenological change, ecological precarity, and the uneven, often imperceptible pace of irreversible transformation.
This issue brings together researchers and practitioners across architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and the arts to examine how seasonal knowledge—grounded in cycles of cultivation, migration, and celebration—is being reconfigured across disciplines, communities and geographies. Through writing, drawing, and documentation, contributors are invited to trace what it means to inhabit a world in which seasons no longer arrive as expected.
(1) Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged, Digital Edition. HarperCollins Publishers.
Submission Guidelines
Please send submissions to delus@arch.ethz.ch. Texts must be submitted as Word files (.docx). Images should be high-resolution JPEGs. Authors are responsible for securing all necessary copyright permissions.
For a 3000-word article
- Proposed title
- Abstract (max. 250 words)
- Name and contact information
- 50-word bio
- Up to 3 images
- 1 writing sample
For a visual essay
- Proposed title Abstract (max. 200 words)
- Name and contact information
- 50-word bio
- Up to 10 images
- 1 visual work sample
All submissions must clearly state their relation to the theme of this issue of DELUS. Contributions will be selected by the editorial team.
Deadline: 1st June 2026.
