TPT is SHORTLISTED: JP perspektiven SUPERSCAPE 18
"Out of 69 submissions by participants from 21 nations the jury has now nominated six concepts for the shortlist, to be elaborated further over the summer.
The Permanently Temporary: in the age of gravity-independent architecture | Viktória Sándor, Vienna (AT) Emerging issues due to population growth in urban environments and changing patterns of social behaviour require new strategies for architecture and urban design. The contrast between the rigidity of the physical environment and the rising value of flexibility generates tension. One way of facilitating to release this tension is increasing the level of adaptation and responsiveness of the physical space and therefore programming the existing city volume more efficiently. Aerial robots could provide temporary spaces that are integrated with the existing urban-fabric to increase the city’s dynamism."