CONTENTS
Acknowledgements i"
About the editor and contributing authors vi
Foreword
Introduction 2
CHAPTER 01: Young architects' programmes: test ng, testing, testing...
Interview 01: The Living 15
Interview 02: GUN Architects 25
CHAPTER 02: Public realm and engagement:
facilitating possibilities and animating places 37
Interview 03: We Made That 43
Interview 04: The Decorators 53
Perspective by Shumi Bose:
Party on: the political value of temporary 65
CHAPTER 03: Playful storytellers: digging deeper and building narratives 69
Interview 05: Aberrant Architecture
Interview 06: Studio Weave 87
CHAPTER 04: Collectives and self-initiated projects:
making it up as you go along 101
Interview 07: Assemble 107
Interview 08: EXYZT 117
Interview 09: Practice Architecture 1 27
Perspective by Mariana Pestana:
Building alternative possible worlds 14 1
CHAPTER 5: Participative building and materiality:
scarcity of resources and a platform for communication 145
Interview 10: Folke Kobberling and Martin Kaltwasser 153
Interview 11: Plastique Fantastique 167
CHAPTER 6: The art world and temporaiy architecture:
the meeting of two disciplires 1 77
Interview 12: GRUPPE 185
Interview 13: Morag Myerscough 197
Perspective by Cany Ash:
Learning from Canning Town Caravanserai: a temporary town and its legacy 205
Conclusion 208
Endnotes 21 1
Index 212
Image credits 217