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...
SPS Seminar: Prof. Dag Kitang – Urban development and the conflict modernisation and renewal, 13 March, 12:30
SPS Seminar Speaker: Prof. Dag Kitang Topic: Urban development and the conflict modernisation and renewal Time and place: Tuesday 13 March 2018, 12:30-13:30, BG West 640, BK, TU Delft Dag Kittang is a professor in urban conservation and planning at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He...
SPS Seminar: Esther González-González – Autonomous vehicles & the city of tomorrow
Speaker: Esther González-González, University of Cantabria Topic: Autonomous vehicles & the city of tomorrow Room: OO West 64 Date: Tuesday 6 March, 12:30-13:30 Abstract: Automated Vehicles (AV) would undoubtedly have a great and significant impact on urban mobility, urbanisation patterns and the quality and use of urban space within the next 30-50 years. A key question...
The World Urban Forum 9 in Kuala Lumpur
Text by Roberto Rocco 22.000 people took part in the World Urban Forum 9 in Kuala Lumpur, + more or less 4.000 support staff. 48% of these people were women. I don’t know how many were from the Global South, but certainly more than 50%. The great topic of this WUF was implementation of the...
Prof. Dag Kittang – guest Professor at TU Delft from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Dag Kittang is a professor in urban conservation and planning at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at. He has a master in architecture and defended his doctoral dissertation on “The wooden town of Trondheim – modernisation or conservation” in 2006. He is doing research on the topic architectural and urban conservation and together with The...
SPS Seminar by Hsinko Yu on participatory planning and urban vitality (8 February, 12:00-13:00)
You are warmly invited, dear SPS blog guest, to the forthcoming Spatial Planning & Strategy Seminar on Thursday 8 February 2018 from 12:00 to 13:00. The speaker will be Cinco Hsinko Yu (TU Delft). He will present his on-going research on participatory planning and urban vitality in a context of urban regeneration in Taipei, Taiwan. The...
