LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 Latin America
Ooze architects was awarded the Bronze prize at the recent LafargeHolcim 2017 Awards, the world’s most significant competition in sustainable construction. From over 750 entries across Latin America (and over 5,000 worldwide), their project Água Carioca was selected as a leading example of innovative design. The jury highlighted the ‘intelligence and playfulness’ with which Ooze took on the pressing challenge...
NALACS THESIS AWARD 2016-2017
NALACS, the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, promotes events and networking opportunities for students, researchers and professionals interested in Latin American and Caribbean studies working in the Netherlands. NALACS promotes events and networking opportunities for students, researchers and professionals interested in Latin American and Caribbean studies working in the Netherlands. Every year,...
Meet NALACS, the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Meet NALACS, the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies *visit our webpage HERE. About NALACS, the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, is an association for everyone in the Netherlands who is engaged with Latin America and/or the Caribbean. Its members include researchers, PhD candidates and students, as well as journalists, NGO staff,...
Roberto Rocco gives keynote speech at LANDac’s annual conference in Utrecht
LANDac stands for Netherlands Academy on Land Governance and aims to understand Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development. The LANDac Annual International Conference 2016 took place on 30 June and 1 July in the Muntgebouw in Utrecht. The conference drew over 150 participants from all continents, including academics, students, policy makers, practitioners and private...
NALACS Conference 2016, co-organised by SPS
NALACS Conference 2016 The Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS), in cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology,has organised the conference ‘Cities and Citizenship in Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean,’ held on 16-17 June 2016 in Delft, the Netherlands. This 2-day conference...
Change and Exchange of Planning Ideas in Latin America, panel at the 17th IPHS Conference
Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado and Roberto Rocco led two sessions on “Change and Exchange of Planning Ideas in Latin America” at the International Planning History Society Conference, held at TU Delft from July 17 to 21, 2016. The 17th IPHS Conference is one of the largest academic events in the Planning Community. This edition included around 500...
Conference Cities and Citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean, TU Delft, June 16-17 2016
Conference Cities and Citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean, TU Delft, June 16-17 2016. ENROL HERE. The Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS) and the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology, are pleased to announce the joint conference, ‘Cities and Citizenship in Contemporary Latin America...
2016 / Development studies / Erasmus University / Latin America / Lectures / Partnerships / Roberto Rocco
Rio’s Olympic Legacy: Missed opportunities Dr Roberto Rocco (TU Delft) Monday 2 May, 18.30 – 20.00 at the Erasmus University College
Rio’s Olympic Legacy: Missed opportunities Dr Roberto Rocco, TU Delft Monday 2 May, 18.30 – 20.00 Erasmus University College, Nieuwemarkt, 1A, Rotterdam (next to Rotterdam Blaak Station) This lecture introduces the socio-political context in which the Rio 2016 Olympics will take place and addresses the limitations of the Olympic legacy for the city of Rio...
2016 / Confronting Informality / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Doctoral research / Events / Informal settlements / Latin America / RPS / Seminar
Simone Rots: The Squatted New Town: Modernism meets informality. March 31, THU, 12h30-13h30 room 01WEST060
You are cordially invited to attend the Spatial Planning Seminar The Squatted New Town: Modernism meets informality. Venezuelan cases March 31, THU, 12h30-13h30 room 01WEST060 @Bouwkunde, Julianalaan 134, Delft By Simone Rots PhD candidate at the Delft University of Technology, faculty of Urbanism Researcher at The International New Town Institute (INTI) Keywords: New Town, Modern Movement,...
NALACS Thesis Award: Sven da Silva (WUR), wins with thesis on the politics of informality
On FEB 26, the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (@NALACS) awarded a prize for the best Master thesis written at a Dutch Institution on a Latin American or Caribbean theme. The finalists presented their theses in Petcha Kutcha format. The quality of their work was outstanding. Sven da Silva with his thesis...
CALL FOR PAPERS: CITIES AND CITIZENSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: NALACS and TU Delft: THURSDAY 16 AND FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016
CITIES AND CITIZENSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN . NALACS – TU DELFT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DATE: THURSDAY 16 AND FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2016 VENUE: DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, THE NETHERLANDS. The Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS), in cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft...
JOIN A PANEL DISCUSSION: CHANGE AND EXCHANGE OF PLANNING IDEAS IN LATIN AMERICA: International Planning History Society (IPHS) Conference (Delft, 17 to 21 July 2016)
JOIN A PANEL DISCUSSION: CHANGE AND EXCHANGE OF PLANNING IDEAS IN LATIN AMERICA at the International Planning History Society (IPHS) Conference (Delft, 17 to 21 July 2016) We invite papers that explore the change and exchange of planning ideas among Latin American countries in the 20th and 21st century and /or discuss planning approaches...
