Ephemeral Infrastructure

Harvard GSD

As cities confront rapid demographic, environmental, and sociocultural shifts, impermanent infrastructures have emerged as critical tools for addressing transient needs and fostering dynamic public engagement. Ephemeral Infrastructures: Designing for Impermanence interrogates the design, materiality, and societal impacts of temporary structures, proposing a systematic classification to analyze their diverse applications across global urban contexts. Students will explore infrastructures…