Where contemporary culture has increasingly become nomadic, place has become transitive. This condition stands in contradiction to the time-honored notion of the city as a sedentary entity.
Whether brought about by natural catastrophe or initiated by choice, instant cities emerge, only to disappear again just as rapidly. This has given rise to non-paradigmatic terminologies such as relief urbanism, deadline urbanism, or event urbanism.
Among other factors, speed and agility in decision-making places a new performative demand on the collective. Such a shift from notions of fixed locality to temporary accommodation for mass migration requires equivalent forms of flexibility in planning.
| Temporary Urbanism: between the permanent and transitory |
Moderators
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Reed Kroloff, Dean, School of Architecture, Tulane University, USA |
| Eyal Weizman, Director, Centre for Architectural Research, Goldsmith Institute, UK |
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Teddy Cruz, Architect, eStudio, USA
 Workshop paper - Trans-Border Flows: Urbanisms Beyond the Poverty Line (PDF, 134KB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 26.65MB) |
Eduard Epp, Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, Canada
Workshop paper - Flood Architecture: Along the Ganges River (PDF, 514KB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 661KB) |
Manuel Herz, Architect, Manuel Herz Architects, Germany
Workshop paper - Refugee Camps – or – Ideal-Cities in Dust and Dirt (PDF, 0.98MB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 25.9MB) |
Cassidy Johnson, Lecturer, University College London, Canada/UK
Workshop paper - Strategies for the Reuse of Temporary Housing (PDF, 1.49MB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 4.24MB) |
Pushkaraj Karakat & Snehal Hannurkar, Architects, India
Workshop paper - “International Aid Cities”, a By-Product of Reconstruction in Post War Cities (PDF, 409KB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 39MB) |
Fernando Murillo, Urban Planner, United Nations Relief Work Agency (UNRWA); IDES Research Program, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Workshop paper - “Refugee City”: Between Global Human Rights and Community Self Regulations (PDF, 0.97MB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 1.33MB) |
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Mark Robbins, Dean, School of Architecture, Syracuse University, USA
Workshop paper - Strategies of Engagement (PDF, 352KB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 11.22MB) |
Deane Simpson, Architect; PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland/New Zealand
Workshop paper - RV Urbanism: Nomadic Network Settlements of the Senior Recreational Vehicle Community in the US (PDF, 1.29MB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 8.35MB) |
Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, PhD Candidate, Centre for Architectural Research, Goldsmith Institute, Serbia/UK
Workshop paper - Evasion of Temporality (PDF, 228KB)
Workshop presentation (PDF, 4.87MB) |
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