By the introduction of the proposed ephemeral spatial system, the project aims to visualize potential solutions for emerging issues due to 1) climate change; 2) population growth in urban environments; 3) and the “urban scissors-effect” (=increasing contrast between the rigidity of the built environment and the rising importance of the notion of temporality in everyday life).
The vision is based on
• Hypothesis 1: If architecture could be ephemeral and adaptive, the existing city volume could be programmed more efficiently by the activation of its time-dependent snooze-zones. The resulting shift in the urban pattern would support the intensification of the city and the establishment of a new social contract;
• Hypothesis 2: If the building elements of ephemeral architecture could fly and self-organize according to the spatial demands, the urban space transformation could become smooth and fluent.