Architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning are disciplines marked by change. Changing styles, changing ideals, and changing pedagogies have all influenced history through our current zeitgeist. As we continue forward into an unknown future, how can we as Knowlton students create change, and how are we influenced by it?

Flux is a common theme throughout the history of the Knowlton School, which was founded in 1899. Early student work obeyed the Beaux-Arts pedagogy, until the advent of the Bauhaus and its influential new principles of Modern architecture. Landscape architecture joined the foray in 1915, originally as part of the College of Agriculture, then uniting with the Department of Architecture in 1937. The City and Regional Planning program was founded in 1956, the newest within the school. Recent changes include a focus on sustainability and ensuring our work is accessible to all. Should Knowlton change its pedagogy further? How has the inclusion of disciplines other than architecture alone altered the student experience?

Even today, Knowlton continues to change. Students and professors come and go, and new ideas emerge while others fade away. Examples of recent changes within Knowlton, Ohio State, and the world as a whole include Knowlton’s new interim director, new student organizations such as Knowlton Society and One:Twelve’s revival, Ted Carter’s role as the new president of Ohio State, and Donald Trump’s reelection as president of the United States. How does ongoing flux at different scales impact our education as college students? What changes do you think Knowlton, the larger architecture/landscape/planning discipline, and the world must make to be more effective, beautiful, equitable, or humane?

We encourage students, faculty, staff, and alumni to submit pieces relating to the idea of flux, or anything else you’re interested in, by emailing onetwelveksa@gmail.com or messaging @onetwelveksa on Instagram.