forA on the Urban examines the open, unfinished, multi-scaled, interconnected, complex and wild nature of urban manifestations, challenges and situations through an expanded notion of architecture. Just as there is no one way of understanding the urban, there also is no one way of reading the first issue of forA on the Urban. It is not one single physical object but a collection of several: a box, a bookmark, a puzzle, poster—and a book.

forA on the Urban is a project made possible by the University of Applied Arts Vienna, conceptualized and produced by the Institute of Architecture (IoA), edited by Gerald Bast, Andrea Börner, Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén García Grinda, and Baerbel Mueller, and supported by an international advisory board consisting of experts: Tom Avermaete, Margitta Buchert, Nerea Calvillo, Mario Carpo, Filip de Boeck, Keller Easterling, Teresa Galí-Izard, Mario Gandelsonas, Andrew Herscher, Sandi Hilal, Nikolaus Hirsch, Sanford Kwinter, Lesley Lokko, Mpho Matsipa, John McMorrough, Peter Mörtenböck, Helge Mooshammer, Alesandro Petti, Philippe Rekacewicz, Curtis Roth, Saskia Sassen, Abdoumaliq Simone, Ines Weizman, Liam Young.