Peter Bishop

Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality, of course, the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been relatively little analysis of the importance of interim, short-term or 'meanwhile' activities in urban areas. In...

Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners are strictly three-dimensional. In reality, of course, the city is four-dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been relatively little analysis of the importance of interim, short-term or 'meanwhile' activities in urban areas. In an...