Transforming Cities Through Temporary Urbanism: A Comparative International Overview

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
1 Introduction—Setting-Up a Research Agenda for Temporary Urbanism
	1.1 What is Temporary Urbanism?
	1.2 Temporary Use and Flexibility in the Built Environment
	1.3 A Research Agenda for Temporary Urbanism
	References
Part IReframing and Reconceptualising Temporary Urbanisms
2 Temporariness Takes Command: How Temporary Urbanism Re-Assembles the City
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Temporary Exemptions
	2.3 Maintaining the Myth of Transience
	2.4 Temporariness as Opportunity
	2.5 Durable But Mutable
	2.6 Assembling New Actors
	2.7 Temporary Uses Seen in Two Temporal Perspectives
	2.8 The Benefits of the Temporary
	2.9 Conclusion
	References
3 The Temporality Within Temporary Urbanism: Listening to Rhythms and Timespace
	3.1 Introduction: Time to Say Hello
	3.2 Dublin Biennial: An Introduction
	3.3 Section 1: Time in Geography from the 1970s to Now
		3.3.1 Four Conjunctions of Time and Space in Human Geography
		3.3.2 Timespace: Where Geography Should Go
	3.4 Section 2: Dublin Biennial
		3.4.1 Dublin Biennial: Dublin’s Neoliberal Urbanism
		3.4.2 Dublin Biennial: A Discordant Rhythm
	3.5 Conclusion
	References
4 Artistic Events as Planning Practice: Hybridisation, Expectations, and Pitfalls in Three Swiss Case Studies
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 A Tale of Two Worlds: Three Regimes of Hybridisation
	4.3 Mediatising Urban Planning Through Artistic Events: Case Studies
	4.4 Extension of the Scope of Action and Misunderstandings
		4.4.1 Temporalities
		4.4.2 Ethos
		4.4.3 Mediation
	4.5 Conclusion
	References
5 Informality and Temporary Urbanism as Defiance: Tales of the Everyday Life and Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 The Historical Context of Informality in Sub-Saharan Africa
	5.3 The State in Sub-Saharan Africa, Policy Failure, and Socio-Political Informality
	5.4 Informality and Temporary Urbanism: A Manifestation of Social Neglect and Exclusion
	5.5 Conclusion: Informality and Everyday Living in Sub-Saharan Africa
	References
6 Temporary Forms of Urbanism in Contested Urban Spaces in Lebanon: The Case of Dbayeh Camp
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Permanent Temporariness: Layers of Informality
		6.2.1 Informality in the Lebanese Context: The Palestinian Spectrum
		6.2.2 Informality of Dbayeh Camp: A Permanent ‘Terrain Vague’
	6.3 People: Waiting Embodiment
		6.3.1 Passive Waiting: A Form of Subordination and Feminisation
		6.3.2 Active Waiting: A Constructive Force in Building Resiliency
	6.4 Materiality: Spatial Strategies and Place-Attachment
		6.4.1 Informality and Formality: A Hybridist Approach via Materiality and Praxis
		6.4.2 Abandoned School: An Opportunity to ‘Unwall’ the Social Barrier
	6.5 Conclusion
	References
7 Political Protest, Temporary Urbanism and the Deactivation of Urban Spaces
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Methodology
	7.3 The Meaning of Artistic Practices as a Form of Protest
	7.4 Deactivation as a New Expression of Temporary Interventions
	7.5 Political Transition in the Balkans and the Rise of Skopje as the European Capital of Kitsch
	7.6 Deactivation as “Dissensual Moments” to Break Spatial Meaning
	7.7 Deactivation as Catalyst for Temporary Differential Spaces
	7.8 Memories of Deactivation or the Permanence of the Temporary?
	7.9 Conclusion
	References
Part IIUnwrapping the Complexity and Diversity of Temporary Urbanisms
8 Reimagining Urban Planning:  From Institution to Innovation—A Comparative Exploration of Temporary Urbanism and the Future of City-Making
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Methodology
	8.3 Defining the Terms
	8.4 Reviewing Planning Practice
	8.5 A Global Urban Reality
	8.6 Disconnect Between Theory and Practice
	8.7 Emergence of Alternative Practice
	8.8 The Caselets
	8.9 Santiago
		8.9.1 Ciudad Emergente
		8.9.2 Mapocho Pedaleable
		8.9.3 Plazas de Bolsillo
	8.10 London
		8.10.1 Guerrilla Gardening
		8.10.2 Skip Garden (King’s Cross)
		8.10.3 Boxpark
	8.11 Analysis and Discussion
		8.11.1 The Emergence of Temporary Urbanism
		8.11.2 Relationship with Planning
	8.12 A Transformative Practice
		8.12.1 Reimagining Urban Planning
	8.13 Conclusion: A New Form of City-Making
	8.14 Case Study Interviews
	References
9 The Usefulness of Temporary Use: Narratives from Santiago’s Contemporary Urban Practices
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 The Literature and Its Geographical Gap
	9.3 Blurring the Dichotomy Between the Transitory and the Permanent
	9.4 Incrementality: A Tool for Urban Learning
	9.5 Final Reflections
	References
10 Developing ‘Transient Urbanism’ as a New Urban and Real Estate Strategy: The Case of the French National Railway Company (SNCF)
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Renewing with the Temporary Occupation: Resources and Influences for Developing a ‘Cultural Real Estate’ at the SNCF
	10.3 Launch of the Experiment: From the First Pilot Projects to the ‘Temporary Artistic Sites’ Approach
	10.4 The Development of ‘Transient Urbanism’: Temporary Occupation to Support the Long-Term Urban Project
	10.5 From Transient Urbanism to a Reflection on the Transformation of the City Over Time
	10.6 Conclusion
	References
11 Activated Alleyways: Mobilising Clean and Safe Dwelling in Business Improvement Areas
	11.1 Introduction
	11.2 Alleyways as Places in the Making
	11.3 Mobilising Alleyways: Multiple and Made to Move
	11.4 DVBIA’s Alley Oop Activation: Painted Pavements and Malls Without Walls
	11.5 What is Being Activated?
	References
12 Debating Temporary Uses and Post-crisis Rationales in Barcelona and Budapest
	12.1 Introduction
	12.2 Temporary Use of Vacant Spaces: Beyond Contestation and Co-optation
	12.3 Barcelona and Budapest in Context
	12.4 Emerging Discourses on Temporary Use
	12.5 Post-crisis Rationales: Seeking Urban Commons and Promoting Placemaking
	12.6 Conclusion
	References
13 Address Urban Regeneration Challenge with Temporary Creative Uses: The Case of Beijing’s Dashilar Area
	13.1 Introduction
	13.2 Dashilar Area and Its Regeneration Challenge
	13.3 Temporary Creative Uses as the Strategy
	13.4 Discussion and Conclusion
	References
14 Exploring Urban Regeneration Through Temporary Uses in Central São Paulo, Brazil
	14.1 Introduction
	14.2 Urban Reactivation by Temporary Uses in Brazil
	14.3 São Paulo and Luz-Santa Ifigênia
	14.4 Nova Luz Project: The Proposed Master Plan
	14.5 Temporary Place-Making for Social Reactivation in Luz-Santa Ifigênia
	14.6 Discussion and Conclusion
	References
15 Temporary Urbanism in a Public Park: The Case of Postman Square, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
	15.1 Introduction
	15.2 Temporary Urbanism and the Literature Relevant to Postman Square
	15.3 Temporary Urbanism at Postman Square: Findings
	15.4 Temporary Urbanism at Postman Square: Discussion
	15.5 Concluding Comments
	References
16 Conclusion: Transforming Cities Through Temporary Urbanisms
	16.1 Purposes and Contributions
	16.2 Time, Temporality and Temporariness
	16.3 Urban Planning, Governance and Politics
	16.4 Conclusion
	References