Oz Journal
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| Discipline | Architecture |
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| Language | English |
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Publication history | 1979-present |
| Publisher | New Prairie Press (US) |
| Frequency | Annual |
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Oz is the Journal of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University. Published since 1979,[1] it is the second oldest student-edited journal in the United States, and is dedicated to the exploration of ideas in design through the publication of diverse responses to theoretical issues. Oz has received accolades and recognitions including two Douglas Haskell Awards for Student Journalism from AIA New York and numerous awards for graphic design and printing.
Each year two to three fifth-year graduate students are selected as editors based on idea proposals for a journal theme. The editors seek out essays and projects from leading practitioners, scholars, and artists worldwide. The journal serves as a printed, physical publication—increasingly rare in recent times—allowing for expanded participation and debate for students, faculty, alumni, and others. Oz serves as an established and respected vehicle with which to grant Kansas State’s architecture program a wider, global reach. Oz is largely underwritten through gifts from our many friends: firms, individuals, foundations, and professional organizations.
History[edit]
Started in 1978 by faculty member David Howard Bell, and editor Charles Lynn, the intent of the journal was to expose students to a greater range of critical architectural thought and discourse. Professor Bell had been the editor of the now defunct, Modulus, which had been the student journal at the University of Virginia, School of Architecture. Bell taught design studios and seminars on critical architectural theory, and the idea of launching the Oz journal represented a clear extension of his teaching and scholarly work.
Name and Logo[edit]
Within the first three years of the journal—the formative years—a framework for what it would become was established, but it did not initially get off the ground smoothly. Lynn, the first editor, graduated, and student Ray Streeter was selected as editor with Michael Grandy and Joy Swallow as assistant editors. At this time the journal still had neither name nor logo. The Dean at the time (Bernd Foerster), taught a second-year lecture course that everyone had to take. One of his big themes was that architecture had to have “a sense of place.” The editors and staff at the time had all come to believe this was true, and were looking for a name that spoke of place. When it was thrown out (as a joke really) that they call it Oz, the editorial team laughed and then looked at each other and realized it was exactly what they were looking for. Oz, a fictional place that everyone knows about. It is both all about Kansas, but not about Kansas at the same time. It stuck.
Another significant question remained: what would be the visual representation of the journal? Professor Bell designed the Oz logo. In this conception, the “O” letter is shaped as a circle yet the inside portion, the counter, is shaped like the plan of the Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. Michelangelo’s plan placed the statue of Marcus Aurelius near the center of the circle, symbolizing that space as being the center of the Roman world, though the oval has no center. The Oz logo has Manhattan as the center of the journal while not being the center of the architectural world.
Volumes[edit]
The first Oz journal was printed in spring of 1979. At 8.5 x 11 inches this volume was printed on campus. The iconic cover of Oz 1 was actually a failed competition entry to design the cover of the State address by the Kansas governor. It features characters Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz driving a bright yellow Kansas State University work truck lovingly referred to as “Jahnke’s Truck.” (Referring to then-Associate Dean Bill Jahnke)
Thomas Lance Braht and Michael Grandy edited volume 2. This issue was printed in the European A4 paper size (an influence of the Italian study program on the editors) and included work from a week-long studio with noted architect Peter Eisenman, the overview authored by student Helen J. Maib, that launched a tradition of engaging important external architects, thinkers, and others contributing to global architectural discourse.
Volume 3, edited by Dixie Roberts Junk and Robert P. Junk, with assistant editors Kelly Kerns and Ken Zuber, is the first to establish Oz in its current format. Much credit is due to the Junks for their work on this volume. Under their tenure as editors the 10.5 x 10.5 inches square format and its text styles, fonts, and overall layout was established. It was also the first journal to have a specified “Theme Statement” to which contributors would respond. Since this volume’s printing, this framework has only been slightly adjusted on a case-by-case basis for reasons of theme.
The Faculty Advisor role transitioned from Bell, to Professor Frank Locker for the critical volume 3. The prominent architectural historian Richard Longstreth then led volumes 4 and 5 at the faculty level. Professor William Miller took the reins for volumes 6 through 9, with Professor Ray Streeter sharing the responsibility for volumes 8 and 9. It is with Streeter’s steady hand, that students were able to complete the journal from volume 8 in 1986 all the way through volume 43 in 2021, though Professor Matt Knox briefly interrupted Ray’s tenure as faculty advisor for volumes 19-21. Then for volumes 23-33 Ray worked with either professor Knox, or Professor R. Todd Gabbard sharing the role as faculty advisors intermittently. Through Professor Streeter’s patience and long-term commitment the journal has become what it is today. Picking up the reigns in 2022, Professors Christopher Fein (editor for volume 21) and Michael Grogan have assumed the role of Faculty Advisors.
Legacy[edit]
Oz has published works by nine Pritzker Prize winning architects: Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban, Thom Mayne, Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Zaha Hadid, Robert Venturi, and Arata Isozaki, in addition to hundreds of other major architects and scholars, including Todd Williams and Billie Tsien, Steven Holl, Marlon Blackwell, Thomas Schumacher, MVRVD, and Barrozi Viega.
Additionally numerous significant artists have been published such as: Julius Schulman, Richard Serra, and Alice Aycock.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Who We are – Oz Journal". ozjournal.org. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
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