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As products of urban growth and decline, urban voids are spaces in transition from one stage of development to another.Their interstitial existence portrays a non-classifiable resistance and freedom to social and ecological conventions of the city.This paper outlines our practice and approaches to working with the natures of urban vacant spaces in the context of growth and transformation in two cities with distinct socio-economic and cultural drivers that are mirrored in urban form and fabric: Tokyo and Melbourne.
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