If we think of "transit areas" as airport lounges, train-station waiting rooms and subways--spaces always in temporary use, and inherently associated with flexibility and mobility--"Transit Areas" suggests that more and more cities now match that description. These case studies cover urban transformations in Eastern Europe since the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Spain's speculative landscapes may be perceived as a test zone for a model of global urbanization that was introduced with neo-liberalization in the 1990s. The huge vacancy rate and the consumption of the landscape in the absence of users and low levels of demand testify to the dubiousness of a form of architectural production that is based purely on the speculative value of the built objects. Bauhaus Lab has developed critical positions, counter-models, and projects that engage with the implications of this form of urbanization.