20 July 2026

Call for Papers. VAD 16. The footprints

A footprint is evidence of what has passed; it is a trace of something that has already happened, a sign of an event. A footprint fades and eventually disappears if matter has no memory. Yet when its traces endure, they can evoke the future—not only because someone else will leave their own footprints after those that came before, but because the footprint of the past can be followed as a trail, becoming a path toward the future. This is precisely what makes it so valuable to researchers.

Footprints in the sand—or, for architects, those worn into stair treads—record footsteps that are continually made and erased, day after day, and which we can often read through history and memory. In this sense, the present issue follows naturally from the themes explored in previous editions.

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1 February 2026

Call for Papers. VAD 15. The memory

We often “remember” in order to try to recall past events. When we do so, we are forced to “refresh our memory”, to recover what we have “engraved in our memory”; and that is “if our memory does not fail us”, and with a greater chance of success if we “learned it by heart”. At the core of human beings is the awareness of being and having been, and therefore of remembering their life experiences and giving them meaning to guide us in the future (the ‘historical reason’ referred to by Ortega y Gasset). Hence, we can have a ‘record’ (medical, academic, police, digital, etc.) and we are able to produce biographical or historical accounts, depending on whether the focus is more on an individual or a group.

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7 November 2025

VAD. veredes, arquitectura y divulgación shortlisted at the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism

The journal VAD. veredes, arquitectura y divulgación has been selected as a finalist of the 17th Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU) in the category Dissemination and Publications, thanks to issues VAD10. La materia, VAD11. Los archivos, and VAD12. Las fuentes.

At VAD we would like to express our gratitude to the jury for this recognition, which highlights the editorial work and the ongoing commitment to research, critique, and quality in architectural dissemination.