每12年，一个特大城市平地而起就是为了一个名叫大壶节的宗教节日——花费10周才能建成的城市只用一周便被彻底拆卸。从这个运转畅通的临时建筑中我们能学习到什么？在这个见解独特的演讲中，城市设计师胡拉尔 · 麦罗特拉（Rahul Mehrotra）探索了能移动、能适应甚至消失的，在这个星球上尽可能落下最轻微痕迹的临时城市能带来什么好处。

A city of seven million people rises for just 55 days at the Kumbh Mela festival in India, built from five simple materials and disassembled within a week. This temporary megacity offers all the infrastructure and services of a permanent metropolis but leaves almost no trace when gone. Its intentional impermanence challenges the obsession with lasting structures and urges a shift toward flexible, reversible urban solutions. Such fleeting settlements highlight how cities can touch the Earth lightly while efficiently meeting massive human needs.

Ephemeral Cities Can Inspire a Sustainable Urban Future

*The Kinetic City & Other Essays*

*Working in Mumbai: RMA Architects*

*Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral Megacity*

临时城市的建筑奇迹

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胡拉尔 · 麦罗特拉: 临时城市的建筑奇迹