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The document discusses how cities have become "calcified" due to slow building processes and inability to adapt to rapid technological changes. It proposes developing a "secondary layer" of temporary and mobile structures that can more quickly react to changing demands. The document reviews precedents like Archigram, Team 10, and the Metabolists who addressed this issue. It will analyze food trucks, parklets, and pop-ups as current examples and will conduct code analysis and design experiments to define a s

Author

Misa Grannis

Language

EN