This issue of trans magazine examines how dirt and disgust shape architectural practice and identity formation. Moving beyond well-worn theoretical ground, it explores our visceral reactions to uncleanliness and how these instincts serve as both compass and barrier. The contributors investigate how architectural students, becoming hyper-aware of their profession's "dirtiness," often create sanitized barriers and distance themselves from practice. Through diverse perspectives, the issue reveals nuanced understandings of dirt's role in architecture, suggesting that our disgust compass might sometimes need recalibration.

Contributions by: Elias Aebi, Lewis Beauchamp, Lucia Bernini, Lily Blanchard, Dasha Byrne, Nico Canal, Loïc Cao, Lulu Crouzet, Paola De Martin, Christina Fäh, Hélène Frichot, Damla Göre, Steffen Hägele, Philip Heckhausen, Robin V Hueppe, Adam Jasper, Rabea Kalbermatten, Blanka Major, Lara Makhoul, Danny Sahan, Sina Schaper, Thomas Sommerauer, Jakob Walter, Ella Willemse, Lene Zech

This issue of trans magazine examines how dirt and disgust shape architectural practice and identity formation. Moving beyond well-worn theoretical ground, it explores our visceral reactions to uncleanliness and how these instincts serve as both compass and barrier. The contributors investigate how architectural students, becoming hyper-aware of their profession's "dirtiness," often create sanitized barriers and distance themselves from practice. Through diverse perspectives, the issue reveals nuanced understandings of dirt's role in architecture, suggesting that our disgust compass might sometimes need recalibration.

Contributions by: Elias Aebi, Lewis Beauchamp, Lucia Bernini, Lily Blanchard, Dasha Byrne, Nico Canal, Loïc Cao, Lulu Crouzet, Paola De Martin, Christina Fäh, Hélène Frichot, Damla Göre, Steffen Hägele, Philip Heckhausen, Robin V Hueppe, Adam Jasper, Rabea Kalbermatten, Blanka Major, Lara Makhoul, Danny Sahan, Sina Schaper, Thomas Sommerauer, Jakob Walter, Ella Willemse, Lene Zech