Andres, L; (2021) The importance of temporary urbanism in deconstructing cities and shaping the post-pandemic city research agenda. The Large Glass (In press).

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It has now been several decades since temporary uses and projects have been deployed in cities under several rationales including re-inhabiting vacant and derelict spaces, fostering creative and innovative forms of urban living and making, allowing experimentations and testing new ideas, led by artists, local businesses, communities etc. 1 The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on the importance of temporary uses globally; streets, buildings and open spaces have had to adapt to unprecedented times to allow new practices, uses and regulations (e.g. social distancing)2 . This highlights two important features explaining the rise and eagerness for what I will call and define later as ‘temporary urbanism’. First, cities, the built environment, public and open spaces need to be thought through and (re)designed allowing for flexibility and malleability in the way they are used. This should allow them to adapt to changes driven by socio-economic mechanisms along with individuals’ behaviours. Second, the importance of adaptability in the urban making process has to be better recognised and conceptualised, in order to allow spaces to adjust more easily to changes hence enabling both resiliency and sustainability within the built environment.

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