Urban environments are constantly changing. General trends or disruptions, such as digitisation or the recent pandemic which impacted the way we commute and work, drive changes that can lead to a shift in the building’s use.

During this fluctuation process, unused spaces offer possibilities for temporary occupation. Interior architects are given the opportunity to redefine spatial conditions to extend the usability of available spaces. The reintegration of such environments might have relevance on an economic, environmental and sociological scale.

This semester project aims to introduce temporary living and working spaces. The installations are designed to be placed inside large available spaces that offer temporary occupation. The students are asked to develop and design a holistic personal idea and to present it via various forms of media. The project begins with investigations into possible locations and their structures. Students then select one realistic scenario as a basis for their work. The projects must include a spatial project for one individual to use the available space in relation to a general concept with emphasis on atmospheric quality, choice of materials, integration of light, and ergonomics. Additional expected considerations include human rituals, social behaviours and rules, and parameters of physical and psychological shelters. Concepts vary from temporary housing for elderly people with reduced mobility to a sanatorium inside a botanical garden-house, an escape space for people living in psychiatry, shelters for refugees, and student housing.