It’sTimetoRethink‘Temporary’
Wetendtoviewarchitectureaspermanent,asaspiringtothestatusofmonuments.Andthatkindofarchitecturehasitsplace.Butsodoesarchitectureofadifferentsort.
Formostofthefirstdecadeofthe2023s,architecturewasaboutthestatementbuilding.Whetheritwasacontroversialmemorialoranimpossiblyluxuriouscondotower,architecture’sraisond’êtrewastomakealastingimpression.Architecturehasalwaysbeensynonymouswithpermanence,butshoulditbe?
Inthelastfewyears,theoppositemaybetrue.Architecturalbillingsareatanall-timelow.Majorcommissionsarefewandfarbetween.Thearchitecturethat’sbeenmakingnewsisfastandfleeting:pop-upshops,foodcarts,marketplaces,performancespaces.Andwhilemanymanifestations（临床体现，显示，证明）ofthegenre（类型，流派，风俗画）havejumpedtheshark（鲨鱼，骗子。欺诈，诈骗）(i.e.,aToysRUspop-upshop),thereisundeniable(不可否认旳，公认旳)opportunityinthetemporary:itisanapt（恰当旳，有、、、倾向，敏捷旳）responsetoacivilizationinflux.（流量，变迁，不稳定，流出）Andlikemanyprevailing（一般旳，最一般旳，流行旳，占优势旳）trends—collaborative（合作旳，协作旳）consumption（消费，消耗）(a.k.a.,“sharing”),communitygardens,barterandtrade—“temporary”issoretro（复古旳，重新流行旳）thatit’sbecomeradical（激进旳，彻底旳，主线旳）.
InNovember,Ihadthepleasureofmoderating（减速旳，慢化旳）Motopia（理想都市环境）,apanel（座谈小组）atUniversityofSouthernCalifornia’sSchoolofArchitecture,withRobertKronenburg,anarchitect,professoratUniversityofLiverpool（利物浦）andportable/temporary/mobileguru（领袖，专家）.Authorofashelffullofbooksonthetopic,including“Flexible:ArchitecturethatRespondstoChange,”“PortableArchitecture:DesignandTechnology”and“HousesinMotion:TheGenesis（发生来源）,”Kronenburgisamanobsessed.（迷人旳）
Mobility（移动性，机动性）hasaninnate（先天旳，固有旳，与生俱来旳）potency（力量，潜力，权势）,Kronenburgbelieves.Movable（动产旳，可移动旳，不固定旳）environmentsaremoredynamic（动态旳，动力旳，有活力旳）thanstatic（静态旳）ones,sowhyshouldarchitecturebesostatic?