PLAT utilizes a unique “call and response” format to explore and respond to compelling issues in architecture today. PLAT 10.0 and 10.5, as in each cycle, features content around a theme established in the previous issue and a series of responses in the subsequent. Building off the topics discussed for PLAT 9.0: Commit, PLAT 10.0: Behold discusses the potential of framing architecture as a medium for conveying meaning by suspending the primacy of the spatial experience. As with previous issues, PLAT 10.0 sources voices from the international architectural community, while its half issue, PLAT 10.5, features responses from Rice University’s campus, creating a dynamic conversation between issues and positioning the journal as an instigator of architectural discourse at Rice and beyond.

Jimmy Bullis is a master’s of architecture student at Rice University. He studied poetry writing at the University of Virginia and spent most of the past decade as a touring musician. He has recorded five albums, self-published a book, and edited the inaugural edition of 4, an anthology of creative writing. He is the winner of the 2013 Writer’s Eye competition and his work has been included in or covered by The Line of Best Fit, The Reykjavik Grapevine, and various other literary, cultural, and music publications. Recently, he worked for Baker Concrete Construction and as a researcher for Mark Wamble. He currently serves as a research assistant to Viola Ago and a design consultant for a new project by Alida Metcalf and John Mulligan for Rice University’s Humanities and Research Computing departments. Along with Pouya Khadem, he is coeditor-in-chief of PLAT 9.5: Leaving Space and PLAT 10.0: Behold.

Pouya Khadem is a master’s of architecture candidate at Rice University. In 2018, He received his bachelor’s of science in architecture from University of Tehran. Born in Tehran, Iran, he worked from 2017 to 2018 at RMJM as a junior architect. Along with Jimmy Bullis, Khadem is coeditor-in-chief of PLAT 9.5: Leaving Space and PLAT 10.0: Behold.

Jane van Velden is a master’s of architecture candidate at Rice University. She received a bachelor’s of arts from the University of Michigan, double-concentrating in philosophy, and arts and ideas in the humanities. Prior to studying architecture, she worked in development at Harvard University. She has worked at the office of MG&Co in Houston. As a current research assistant for Reto Geiser, she is assisting with a book on the future of architectural exhibitions. She serves as the student representative for the Rice School of Architecture lecture series committee and curriculum committee. Van Velden is the managing editor of PLAT 9.5 and 10.0.

Adam Berman is a master’s of architecture candidate at Rice University. He holds a bachelor of arts in environmental sciences from Northwestern University. Prior to enrolling at Rice, he worked for four years as a creative developer for an independent record label group in New York City. Berman is the design director of PLAT 9.5 and PLAT 10.0.

PLAT is an independent architecture journal produced by students at Rice Architecture. Its purpose is to stimulate relationships between design, production, and theory. It operates in a call-and-response format by curating professional and academic work into an open and evolving dialogue that progresses from issue to issue. PLAT is a speculative catalyst for architectural discourse, a platform on which the important issues in architecture today can be addressed and advanced. PLAT utilizes a unique call and response format to explore and respond to compelling issues in architecture today.