The Architecture Fringe was launched in 2016 by a group of architects, designers, photographers, engineers, visual artists and curators to encourage public debate about architecture and design in Scotland within its broader cultural and socio-political contexts.

Celebrating its fourth incarnation as an independent, contributor-led festival, the Architecture Fringe this year explores architecture and its social impact under the framework of IRL (In Real Life).

Those wishing to participate in the open programme are invited to submit proposals which consider this year’s theme IRL or broader notions of the extraordinary here and now including the opportunities it presents or the contradictions it creates.

Andy Summers, co-founder, and co-producer of the Architecture Fringe, said: “This year’s provocation of In Real Life is an invitation to explore the extraordinary here and now that shapes our individual experiences and collective storytelling. The complexity of daily life - the every day - is often overlooked in favour of sound bites, stereotypes and simplistic representations. This complexity and the contradictions inherent within it has a direct influence on how our landscapes, towns, and cities look, function and change.

“In Real Life seeks to acknowledge the multiple, diverse and often conflicting daily realities that exist online and offline within our shared built environment. Some of these realities are isolated, some co-exist and many intersect.

“The 2019 Architecture Fringe open programme is an opportunity to imagine a more generous, inclusive and inspirational architectural culture where the everyday informs and re-energises architecture’s role in creating better places and spaces, IRL.”

Artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman said: “The IRL (In Real Life) provocation for the Architecture Fringe 2019 is an incredibly timely invitation to explore the messy, conflicted, complex and brilliantly diverse reality of our contemporary cityscapes, in contrast to the limited and sanitised, ‘curated’, ‘selected’, and ‘crafted’ narratives and imagery usually presented by the profession.”

From exhibitions and performances to screenings and walks, proposals may take a variety of forms and potential participants are encouraged to join one of Architecture Fringe’s monthly meet-ups to share and discuss ideas.

The 2018 Architecture Fringe featured more than 70 projects, with 340 contributors across 56 venues.

The Architecture Fringe 2019 will take place across Scotland from 8 to 24 June 2019.

More information on how to apply can be found here.

Confirmed submissions for the open call close at 12 noon on 8 April 2019.