‘Holding Properties Vacant Is Resource Stupidity’: Towards a Typology of Roles in the (Inter)mediation of Urban ‘Temporary Use’

Trans-form. Particular urban transitions of heritage areas in contemporary Romanian cities: 2 case studies

“…In this regard, the instrument of temporary use, mostly associated in the past with informal appropriation of space (Lutzoni, 2016) has started being used as a tool and gained more recognition in the processional practice. Temporary use embraces initiatives of local communities (Bishop & Williams, 2012) and becomes a channel for social engagement (Hernberg, 2021), critically responds to the subject of urban sustainability by changing the traditional cycle of use and promoting financially efficient and accessible project, provides flexibility through scalable interventions (Löwstett, 2018) while at the same time promoting and enhancing the specific historical identity of the site (Galdini, 2020), (Kasarabada, 2020). The power of a single precedent grows exponentially in a network generated development.…”