architecture magazine

Positive Tension

RIAS Quarterly Autumn 2022

During 2022, -ism magazine was invited to co-edit the autumn issue of RIAS Quarterly alongside student-led , Edinburgh-based Crumble Magazine. The theme Positive Tension invited various grassroots organisations within the built environment to share their inspirations, reflect on their journeys as catalysts for change in the industry.

Movement towards change does not solely sit with the collective but begins with one or few individuals. Evident in our own stories, Crumble and –ism, albeit alternative in our aims, were founded by
individual frustrations with the industry’s blockade of young voices and outdated hierarchical systems
— Aoife B. Nolan and James Haynes