Transient Spaces and the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York hosted two evenings of discussions around the themes and ideas explored in the book.
Continuous flows of people leaving and arriving challenge architects and planners, governments and policy makers to create infrastructural systems and spatial fabric of unparalleled resilience and elasticity. Increased border tensions and internal conflicts, compounded by environmental degradation, climate change, economic precariousness and identity anxieties, have created impromptu urban enclaves whose very characters and economies are defined by migration. Mass migration is one of the most important urban issues of the 21st century. The essays and proposals in this volume explore unconventional opportunities for cities to leverage conditions of impermanence in order to catalyze change, meet the needs of migrant populations, and foster sustainable urban development policies that benefit both host and guest communities more effectively. It is published by the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York, ISBN 978-1-732.
Transient Spaces is edited by Loukia Tsafoulia, Suzan Wines and Samantha Ong. Rahul Mehrotra, Eyal Weizman, and Deen Sharp have reviewed the book and contributed book blurbs. The book examines transience as a force of opportunity and resilience in the design of cities and includes contributions from such notable writers and thinkers as Michael Sorkin and Saskia Sassen. Transient Spaces is a curated collection of essays and projects about the impact that mass migration is having on cities around the world.
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