This s tudy aims to research the origin and development of temporary landscapes, combining the research progress of temporary landscapes in China and other regions in the world, and propose the development trend of temporary landscapes in the future. As a unique form of open space, the temporary landscape has the characteris tics of "time limit," guidance, flexibility, and functionality. It is a spatial s trategy for the temporary occupation of land in urban cons truction. This article firs t introduces the temporary landscape background, combs the temporary landscape's development and connotation, and puts forward the temporary landscape concept based on summing up previous s tudies. Then, s tarting from three aspects: the type mechanism, design practice, and comprehensive functional benefits of temporary landscapes, this paper focuses on the research progress of the phenomenon of temporary landscapes in China and abroad in recent years. Finally, it makes a comparative analysis of the research, summarizes the differences in the s tudy of temporary landscapes between China and other regions, and proposes prospects for future research trends combined with the international development situation.
