Aim

Migration is a key driver of urban change across the globe. It has created opportunity for new patterns of urban diversity but will also pose particular social and political challenges in Europe over the coming years. Whilst permanent built environments are essential characteristics of cities, architects should search for solutions that include the needs of today’s flexible life amid the jungle of buildings. Yet a state of regarding migrants as a temporary phenomena gives permission to omit their needs in planning urban settlements. Within this research, we will analyse and identify the consequences of the movement of social and economic capital that people in motion often bring about. This will require study of related networks of social, architectural and spatial fields at multiple scales from local, regional, European and beyond. The ideas and tools we will accumulate will directly question the ongoing legitimacy of existing practices and propose alternatives to the current planning of our cities and settlements.