Carto(graphie)s of Disquiet: A Geometric dis/Assemble and re-Assemble of Mental Space, published in Design Ecologies -- editor Dr Shaun Murray, engages with a dynamic structure for the organization of thought and imagination through assembled visual constructs, a spatial scaffold, observed at different scales. Design Ecologies (DES) issue on ‘Architectural Scaffolding’ focus on how practices examine what scaffolding is in terms of their practices. The articles in this issue consider design as a continuum: a way to explore niche ecologies as an architectural imperative.