Fiction is defined as a concept conceived through imagination. There may be artifice in the presentation of fiction, whether by invention or even guile. Architecture, then, may be said to originate from fictitious realms; imagined forms and abstract marks of representation materialize in space and time to tell stories through the distillation of ideas, by establishing perspectives, transforming information, and mapping cultural preoccupations. In its sixth iteration, [Trans-] Journal denotes an exodus to thoughts behind the relationship between fiction and architecture. This issue assumes an elastic definition of architecture as media that critically engages with design practice and the spatial realm. It is this elasticity that has fostered these multiple interpretations of fiction as it is, on the one hand, associated with creativity, and on the other, deceit. Contributors range from practicing architects and designers to educators, artists, and writers, many of whom operate across disciplinary boundaries to offer reflections on the topic.

[Trans-] Journal is a non-profit academic journal established in 2014 at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at The University of Arizona. [Trans-] Journal brings together various media to explore topics across architecture and design, seeking understanding beyond a facile condition and through the intricacies that derive from interrogating origins and implications. Our editors consider architecture a mode of expression capable of being positioned in relation to a myriad of creative practices to generate possibility and incite discovery.