Block is an Israeli journal that stands at the intersection of architecture, art and media. Functioning as a quarterly periodical and producer of symposia and exhibitions, Block uses contemporary theory as a means of cultural exchange.

Block's third volume Y-Utopia? Is a product of collaboration with editor Tali Hatuka of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Y-Utopia? questions utopian intentions in architecture and planning. It differentiates between the Utopias of literature and philosophy and the utopian intentions engaged by architects and planners.

Y-Utopia? Links the utopian discourse to the practical planning bodies with a round table discussion on "The Israeli Integrated National Master Plan". This volume includes an exceptional visual lexicon that depicts the non linear ways in which methodologies of planning have shifted through the different modes of representation - from utopian sketches to diagrams of utopia. Among the contributors for this issue are: Diane Davis, Lawrence Vale, Alexander D'Hooghe, Oren Yiftachel, Ohad Meromi, Lu-Yon Hubert and others.

Guest speakers:
Tali Hatuka (Phd), an architect, urban designer and Research Fellow in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Hatuka works primarily on social and architectural issues, and on the relationships between urban form, violence, everyday life and modern society. Alexander D'Hooghe (b. Belgium, urban designer, engineer-architect) is assistant professor in Architecture and Urbanism at MIT.