Movement
Tactical Urbanism
Explore in the Atlas →Citizen-led, low-cost, temporary interventions ('pop-ups') that test and transform urban space incrementally.
Ephemerality
Details
- Origin
- United States
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Lived experienceObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Degree of codification
- Protocol performed
- Mode of transmission
- Apprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Tactical Urbanism exemplifies
- Mike Lydon associated with
- Anthony Garcia associated with
Sources
- Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia. Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change. Island Press, 2015.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Tactical Urbanism." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/tactical-urbanism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.