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Without the legal and economic strictures of permanent construction, pop-up architecture offers a unique opportunity for architects to build small-scale structures that enable community participation and social engagement. What, though, are the political manifestations for instigating this type of public participation through lightweight architectural programming? Andrea Kahn, Adjunct Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), examines this phenomenon by profiling three projects located in the public realm by Jonathan Kirschenfeld and CDR Studio in New York, and Vallo Sadovsky Architects in Bratislava.