Temporary and Tactical Urbanism

Temporary and Tactical Urbanism

Tanzil Shafique

Quentin Stevens (RMIT), Kim Dovey

ARC Discovery Project (2018-2021)

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This project will to map and critically analyse the diverse constellations of actors, interests and contexts that are currently re-shaping urban design and planning practice, using innovative conceptual and methodological tools from assemblage thinking. Temporary/tactical urbanism is one of the most significant global movements in urban design and planning in recent years. It encompasses a myriad of small, experimental design projects led by diverse actors that transform underutilized urban spaces. Such projects range from temporary parks and container villages to less formal ‘DIY’ and ‘guerrilla’ urbanism. Advocates argue that T/T urbanism heralds a more agile future for urban design and planning; and such a movement resonates with the call from policy-makers, planners and designers to make cities smarter, more innovative and resilient. While short-term benefits are often apparent in their intensive usage and transformative imagery, the broader and longer-term problems and impacts are harder to discern and articulate. This project entails a critical analysis of the varied assemblages of actors and interests within different temporary/tactical approaches, and of how they engage with wider public interests.

Publications

Stevens, Q. & Dovey, K. (2019) 'Pop-Ups and Public Interests: Agile public space in the neoliberal city’, in: Arefi, M. & Kickert, C. (eds) Bottom-Up Urbanism, New York: Palgrave, pp. 323-337.'

Stevens, Q. (2020) ‘Pop-ups in Perth, lo Squaderno 55: 19-22.

Dovey, K. & Wollan, S. & Woodcock, I., (2018) 'Graffiti as Character', in: Dovey, et al. (eds) Mapping Urbanities, New York: Routledge, pp. 189-207.

Dovey, K. (2016) Urban Design Thinking, London: Bloomsbury. (Ch 27: Temporary/Tactical)

Dovey, K. (2014) ‘The Temporary City’ (book review) by P. Bishop and L. Williams, Journal of Urban Design, 19 (2), p261-263.

Stevens, Q. & Ambler, M. (2010) ‘Europe's City Beaches as Post-Fordist Placemaking’ Journal of Urban Design, 15 (4).

Tanzil Shafique
Tanzil Shafique

Tanzil Shafique, Assoc AIA, is a PhD researcher at the Melbourne School of Design. Previously, he was the Design Research Specialist at the Office of the Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at University of Arkansas, where, he worked also as a Project Designer at the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and was a faculty for the Urban Design Studio, leading the Urbanism Seminar. He graduated at the top of his M.Arch in Ecological Urbanism class from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York in 2014. His thesis was awarded the Faculty Graduate Award. He was practicing architecture in NYC before moving to Arkansas. Previously he taught undergraduate studios in BRAC University in Bangladesh. As part of the UACDC, his work has been awarded numerous AIA awards. He writes and lectures on design philosophy around the world. In 2016, he co-founded Estudio Abierto / Open Studio with Paco Mejias. 

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