2026 Terrain Magazine - Call for Submissions

2026 Terrain Call for Submissions:  

Theme: Movement  

In our next issue we are seeking projects and ideas inspired by changes in position – the role  landscape architecture has influencing Movement, and spaces that are shaped by Movement. Movement shapes landscapes, how people experience space, the design of systems and functions, and how environments change over time. 

People move - walking, cycling, commuting, gathering, migrating - tracing paths and shaping patterns of use and occupation. Water flows, winds shift, species migrate, and materials erode. Infrastructure channels movement, while design can enable, restrict, choreograph, or reimagine how movement occurs. Movement can be physical, ecological, social, or perceptual. It can be fast or slow, visible or invisible, intentional or emergent.  

Streetscapes, transit infrastructure, parkour and pump tracks, and universal accessibility are some conversation starters in the built environment. Ecological perspectives may include shifting plant ranges, altered migration routes, and dynamic landscapes that change over time. Social perspectives may consider grassroots social movements, or movement through a career. 

For the 2026 issue of Terrain, we invite reflections on Movement in all its forms and meanings. How does movement shape your work, your practice, and the landscapes you engage with? 
 
We invite all submissions that engage with Movement as a physical reality or abstract shift.  Projects, essays, interviews, photo essays, field notes, or other formats are all welcome. 

• Designing for movement: circulation systems, active transportation, accessibility, trail networks, and public realm design  

• Movement in urban and rural environments: relationships between mobility, land use, density, infrastructure, and development  

• Digital tools and representation: mapping movement, modeling flows, parametric design, and data-driven approaches   

• Perception and experience: sequence, choreography, wayfinding, thresholds, and the sensory experience of moving through landscapes   

• Material and temporal processes: weathering, aging, growth, decay, and seasonal change 

• Ecological movement and environmental processes: migration, succession, hydrological flows, erosion, and climate-driven change   

• Climate change and shifting systems: how fire, flood, drought, and changing conditions influence movement across landscapes   

• Social and cultural dimensions of movement: gathering, protest, displacement, migration, and patterns of occupation and use   

• Policy, equity, and access: mobility justice, inclusive design, barriers to movement, and public access 

• Movement through Career: Career Path Evolution 

• Student Spotlight: students currently enrolled in landscape architecture programs in Alberta are encouraged to submit studio or research work 

• Exceptional firm or practitioner projects, project profiles, case studies, site analyses: these projects should highlight this year’s theme - Movement 

• Photo Essays: visual representations capturing movement, change, and time, supported by brief written commentary 

Other compelling article types relevant to the theme and profession. If your idea does not fit within the above, we encourage you to submit an abstract. 
 

GUIDLINES FOR SUBMITTING AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST   

To submit your idea to the publication committee, please complete the Abstract Submission Form online. 
 

Important dates / deadlines: 

• Deadline for Expression of Interest: May 27, 2026 

• Selection of successful Expression of Interests: June 17, 2026 

• Deadline for first draft of content (including text and images): July 7, 2026 

• Deadline for final content (including text and images): August 19, 2026 
   

Why Submit? 

• Share your ideas with the larger landscape architecture community in Alberta.  

• Contribute meaningfully to a dialogue about current practice and events.  

• Earn Professional Development Units (PDUs):  

• Articles: 6 PDUs Per Completed Article (one Author), 3 PDUs Per Completed Article (Co-Author).   

• Round Table Discussion/ Interviews: 1 PDU Per 1.5 Hours of discussion.   
   

Questions? Contact the Publications Committee at magazine@aala.ab.ca.