Argument 18/2026

Time and architecture. Visions for the future

https://doi.org/10.54508/Argument.18

Publishing director:

Anca MITRACHE

Editors-in-charge:

Oana-Anca ABĂLARU-OBANCEA, Claudia-Gabriela PIPOȘ-LUPU

Associate editors:

Constanța Carmina GHEORGHIȚĂ, Irinel PINTILIE

Editorial assistants:

Andrei CORBET-NITS, Iris GANEA-CHRISTU, Cristina ȘOPÎRLEANU, Andreea MUCIBABICI

English proofreading/ Romanian translation:

Dana RADLER

DTP:

Oana-Anca ABĂLARU-OBANCEA, Claudia-Gabriela PIPOȘ-LUPU

Cover:

Alexandra CĂRĂMIDĂ

© 2026 Editura Universitară „Ion Mincu” Bucureşti

1. Case studies

Sophie Ramm
Witnessing Time Through Architectonic Gesture. Condensed Duration, Contrapposto, and the Figural Presence of the Caryatid

Ruxandra-Elena Gologan
Embodied Temporality. A Phenomenological Reading of Peter Zumthor’s Bruder Klaus Field Chapel

Daniela V. Di Bella
The Argentine Pavilion of 1889. Temporalities of an Epistemic Object

2. Time, city and territory

Angelica Stan, Mitu-Ioan Sbîrnac, Anca Mărgăritescu
The Intermediate Spatio-Temporal Dimension of the Danube Delta Rural Landscape

Iulia Laura Vasile
Seasons in the City: Hibernation Or Invitation? Adaptive Urban Design in a Warming Temperate Climate

Diana Andreea Galoș, Silviu Teofil Medeșan, Vlad Sebastian Rusu
From Temporary Artistic and Civic Interventions to Sustainable Urbanism. Feroviarilor Park as a Laboratory for Urban Temporalities

3. Time in architectural programs

Mariabruna Fabrizi
When Time Designs Domestic Space. An Exploration of Dysfunctional Habitats

Sarra Ladjimi
Thinking About Time and Rethinking Prison Architecture. From Punitive Repetition to Social Transformation

Andra Panait, Mădălina Ionescu, Mădălina Stănășel
Anchored and Traversed Time in Rural Micro-Architectures. A Design-Research Study in Comana (Romania)

Adel Al Bloushi
Temporality in Architectural Modelling. Towards an Operational Framework in/with Time

4. Theoretical approaches

Fatma İpek Ek
Descending Time, Rising Infinity. Temporal Architectures in Piranesi’s Carceri

Adrian Petre-Spiru
The Colorful Architecture of the Future

Alexandra A. Stanca-Marinescu
Architecture at the Edge of Political Time. 1980s Context

5. Reviews

Liliana-Mihaela Petrovici
City as Atmosphere. “UN.seen Iasi” photography workshops

Andrei-Alexandru Corbet-Nits
Prendre La Clef Des Champs Book Review. Scenarios for the future of architecture and agriculture

Reviewers:
PAGINARE_2026_referenti.pdf