‘Beyond no.1 - Scenarios and Speculations’ is the first volume of a book series dedicated to new, experimental forms of architectural and urban writing, a bookazine in which, amidst other goodies, an extended network of young and upcoming writers are given the freedom to survey the outline of themes and things to come.

Fresh take on urban scenarios
Arriving at a time in which architects and urbanists tackle fascinating issues while their reports fail to attract a wider audience, the first issue of Beyond offers a fresh take on destinations and urban scenarios of the near future.

Scenarios and Speculations
Beyond the academic circle and the spectacle of images, Scenarios and Speculations proposes stories that near fiction’s ability to prompt a deep, appealing reflection about our current concerns: urban conflict, social interaction, ecological resources, mobility and tourism, the evolution of cities.

Contributing authors:
Gilles Delalex, Michelle Provoost, Knut Birkholz, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Boris Jensen, Silvia Banchini, Luis Falcón, Antonio Scarponi, Bruce Sterling, Lara Schrijver, Kobas Laksa, Shumon Basar, Wes Jones, Superstudio, Aaron Betsky
Editor-in-Chief: Pedro Gadanho

This publication has been made possible through funding by the Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur.

Latest news
You can find the latest news about Beyond – announcements of events connected with
the bookazine, reactions to the first edition, a sample of Beyond no. 2 – on the web page www.sunarchitecture.nl/beyond.
You can also submit your own short story on ‘the post-contemporary’ via this page.

Pedro Gadanho is he editor-in-chief of Beyond. He is an architect and writer, and a lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (Portugal).