Temporary

The focus is on structures that form an essential but often overlooked part of our urban infrastructure. This temporary layer keeps countless processes in the city running: from construction and demolition to maintenance and orientation to protection and safety. Labeled as temporary, such structures blend into their surroundings and often remain below the threshold of perception. The exhibition makes this necessary background visible and brings it into focus.

What can we learn from temporary structures? Conventional construction methods are often too slow and inflexible to respond appropriately to changing challenges—social, economic, political, ecological, technological, and climatic. Temporary structures arise from specific needs. They are functional, quickly available, and designed to be easily assembled, adapted, and dismantled. This is precisely where their quality lies: they respond immediately to change and show what is really needed in a given situation. As snapshots of reality, they are a direct reflection of social requirements—and a laboratory for architecture that is learning to deal with resources, time, and conditions in new ways.

Opening: November 4, 2026, 7 p.m.