The Role Of Pop-Up Architecture In Urban Void Regeneration

Abstract

We live in cities that abide by common mindsets that traditional city planning is a sufficient approach to planning and developing a city. However, another approach has surfaced in the form of informal temporary uses and is usually generated by the people. One of these is pop-up architecture being a medium of expression and public engagement between people and a mean of satisfying certain needs within the city and informal development in an impermanent way. The paper shows the dichotomy between theory and practice regarding the planning process and how in practice, temporary uses are essential to a city’s urban fabric and its development—focusing on the urban voids as the main catalyst for temporary uses. More emphasis is then on pop-up cultures, how they act as a form of informal city regeneration within the formal system and contemplate the relationship between users and space with essential regard to time.