Meanwhile Bodies: Architecture Without Property

The meanwhile use of properties provides a quick fix for the problems of urban blight and wasted building assets, but we also need to better consider the experiences of those who temporarily occupy them. Australian architect and Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Cathy Smith explains the concept of ‘meanwhile’ and illustrates some of the spatial opportunities that can be used to momentarily ease the precariousness that some of the world's populations find themselves in.