It Could happen TU 2: James Holston on Insurgent Citizenship, Democracy and the City, 13 JUNE 2019, BK
With Professor James Holston, University of California Berkeley, JUNE 13, 2019, 12:30-13:45 Berlagezaal 1, BK Organization: Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy& DDfV Delft Design for Values http://designforvalues.tudelft.nl Abstract: In the first event promoted by SPS and DDfV (Delft Design for Values), we discussed the rise of far-right politics, Patricia Schor from Amsterdam University College talked about...
Join upcoming P1 presentations of Planning Complex Cities graduation students!
On Wednesday 7 November 2018, 8.45 – 16.45, Room R and Room E*, current Planning Complex Cities graduation students will present their work for a first assessment of their MSc Urbanism graduation progress. They will show their thesis plans which set out the problem fields, research aims and questions as well as initial theoretical and...
Upcoming final presentations of Complex cities graduation students
Complex cities graduation students have worked over the past year on research and design projects at the common interest of and with SP&S researchers. They are now about to present their final outcomes. For a program of their presentations, please see here. Please note that a few upcoming P5 presentations are not listed yet, because...
The Urbanisation of (In)justice – 16-18 May 2018 – The UN Buffer Zone in Nicosia
The University of Cyprus, Department of Architecture invites you to the annual meeting of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP)’s Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures, which will take place in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Nicosia in the period between 16th and 18th May 2018. This meeting is organised in...
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Urban Thinkers Campus TU Delft REPORT ONLINE!
The preliminary online report on the UTC (Urban Thinkers Campus) organised at Tu delft between 7 and 9 June is on-line, at the World Urban Campaign (UN –Habitat) website. There is also a more journalistic version available on the WUC platform newsletter ‘On the road’ CITISCOPE also published an interview with RobertoRocco on the UTC....
Session on regional design and governance re-scaling at the RSA annual conference
On 4-7 June 2017 the Regional Studies Association (RSA) 2017 Annual Conference has taken place in Dublin, Ireland, under the title ‘The Great Regional Awakening: New Directions’. A group of researchers from universities in several European countries (Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia) have been involved in the organization of a session on regional...
Conference SHAPING REGIONAL FUTURES: Designing and visioning in governance rescaling
On 18th and 19th of May 2017 the conference SHAPING REGIONAL FUTURES: Designing and visioning in governance rescaling took place at the Medici Riccardi Palace in Florence. During the conference the roles of regional design and visioning in the formation of regional territorial governance were discussed. The conference aimed at an increased understanding of how...
2017 / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Events / External contributors / Global South / Governance / Guests / H2020 / Habitat / New Urban Agenda
IMPLEMENTING THE NEW URBAN planning AGENDA, GUEST-LECTURE/Workshop – Tuesday 17.01.2017, 12.30 – TU DELFT, NL
The New Urban Agenda 2016-2036 was approved by the United Nations on 20 October 2016 in Quito, Ecuador, endorsed by 167 countries, including all EU countries. The ancient city of Quito ‘in the middle of the earth’, now the highest capital city in the world, is demonstrating the local leadership needed to make a more...
Engage and act- a symposium on citizen involvement
On the 18th of November a symposium on citizen involvement took place at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. During the event the role of citizen engagement in planning decision making was investigated, in the context of different countries and on different levels of scale. The aim of the symposium was to identify key factors that...
Upcoming event: Globalisation and local identity
On the 28th of October, 14.00-16.00, room C at the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, there will be a debate about globalisation and its impact on the local identity of cities. Illustrated by three cases over the world, different prepositions concerning the impact of globalisation on the local identities of cities will be discussed. Experts will...
Jane Jacobs 100 Conference: The Outcomes
On 24 and 25 May 2016, we celebrated the 100th birthday of one of the most important urban thinkers of our time, someone who has influenced generations of designers and planners and others concerned with the built environment: the great Jane Jacobs. The two-day conference gathered scholars, practitioners and the general public who could enjoy...
David Miller’s joint lecture: Monday May 23, 18.30 at Erasmus University College
David Miller’s joint lecture The LECTURE by DAVID MILLER, former Toronto Mayor, will make place on Monday May 23rd, from 18.30 to 20.00 at the Erasmus University College (Nieuwemarkt 1A, 3011 HP, Rotterdam). Registration is required. This lecture is simultaneously part of the Rotterdam Urban Lectures https://rotterdam-urban-lectures.com and the Jane Jacobs 100 Conference at the Faculty of Architecture TU...
