It is difficult to make a distinction between Temporary, Tactical, Do It Yourself, Guerrilla urbanism and other current forms of transformation in towns and cities. They address similar challenges, but each of them offers different perspectives and tactics. This exhibition investigates the common ground of Temporary/Tactical urbanism with a specific focus on cities and towns in a post 2008 financial crisis.

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How have cities and towns reacted to a changed economic climate, especially in short term with low costs, bottom-up, community led and sometimes radical or unsolicited forms of (alternative) urban transformations.

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The exhibition built on various teaching and research activities developed since 2015. It includes field trips, design workshops, research symposia and conferences, all of which relate directly or indirectly to the exploration of key concepts in current practices of urbanism and urban design.

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It also poses a question about huddersfield and its town centre. Open to multiple options and tactics for the wider public to reflect on as part of a collective exercise, the work on display embraces a bottom-up approach to urban change.

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"First life, then spaces, then buildings, not the other way round” Jan Gehl