Lecture ‘Part of the excitement was taking risks: distributed uncertainty in temporary use’
- When
- 10-12-2025 from 19:30 to 23:00
- Where
- Green Hub: in the UFO-building (entrance on street level, at the large outdoor staircase (side of the Vooruit-building/VIERNULVIER)); Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33
- Language
- English
- Organizer
- Kobe Tilley
- Contact
- ktilley.Tilley@UGent.be
We welcome dr. Robin Chang (RWTH Aachen University) to give a lecture on uncertainty and risks in temporary use initiatives.
Temporary use initiatives, who use space in between two ‘permanent’ functions, are often said to be experimental, inclusive and creative uses of space. As they provide often affordable space, they function as (spatial) incubators for their users and serve as prefigurations of space. Taking risks is often inherently part of the initiative. This creates, however, also precarious and uncertain conditions to work with and in. Dr. Chang will enlighten us on the risks temporary uses face, how these initiatives embrace them and aim to stabilise.
Dr. Chang is a research associate, lecturer and postdoctoral fellow at RWTH Aachen University. Dr. Chang has published multiple works on the topic of Temporary Use of Space (https://www.pt.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/hkfdl).
This event is linked to the Master’s Thesis Atelier ‘Temporalily depleted?’, an Atelier in context of the Stadsacademie.
This event is supported by Doctoral Schools (Ghent University) and Flanders: State of the Art