2015 / Alumni / Latin America / Masters in Urbanism / Public Space / RPS / urban design / urban models
Department of Urbanism Alumno’s graduation project influences decision-making in Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Plan
Rio’s West Harbor Activation Plan MSc. Rafael Saraiva Rafael Saraiva is an associate of MLA+ Architecture, Planning and Consulting, responsible for the company’s operations in Latin America. He graduated from TU Delft in 2010 with the thesis entitled “Innovation Backbone: a new economic zone in Rio de Janeiro’s urban voids”, where he analysed the area...
NALACS Film Screening BURDEN OF PEACE + Networking Event 27 NOV at Rialto, Amsterdam
The Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies NALACS invites you to the screening of the film BURDEN OF PEACE, by Dutch filmmaker Sander Wirken. “One Woman Fighting Crime and Corruption in a Country Haunted by its Past”. The film will be preceded by DRINKS AND NETWORKING EVENT for researchers, students and the...
NALACS THESIS AWARD 2014-2015
NALACS THESIS AWARD 2014-2015 Have you recently written your Master’s thesis on a Latin American or Caribbean topic? Then send us your thesis before October 1, 2015 and you are in competition to win the NALACS Thesis Award and a €250 cash prize! To enter the competition and be eligible for the NALACS Thesis Award,...
2015 / Complex Cities / Complex Cities studio / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Education / Francisco Colombo / Informal settlements / Latin America / planning / Regional Planning / Urbanism / Vincent Nadin
Globalisation Studio final presentations
Students on the 2015 Globalisation Free Choice Studio made their final presentations in June. The Studio was based on urban development and spatial planning in the context of flood risk management in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One team from Argentina joined the presentations in Delft together with Profession Flavio Janches of the University of Buenos Aires...
2015 / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Events / External contributors / Guests / Latin America / Seminar
Monica Haddad: Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University at BK 26 March 12h30
Monica Haddad will present the lecture “Spatial Tools for Analyzing Urban Structures” at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft on March 26 from 12h30 to 13h30, BK, room 1WEST290 Monica is Associate Professor at the department of Community and Regional Planning, College of Design, Iowa State University. Her field...
2015 / Academic Writing Skill / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Latin America / NALACS
SPS is one of the sponsors for the NALACS Thesis Award: Rialto (Amsterdam), 27 FEB, 16:00
The Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy of the TU Delft is co-sponsor for the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Thesis Award. The NALACS Thesis Award is given to the best thesis written on a Latin American or Caribbean topic in a Dutch higher education institution. The program includes a short documentary, a lecture by...
2014 / Book / Developing countries / Europe / Latin America / publication / Roberto Rocco / Urban Cultures / Urbanism
Book chapter in “Are we the world? Randstad vs Sao Paulo, Detroit and Istanbul”, edited by W. Vanstiphout and M. Relats
The book “Are we the world? Randstad vs Sao Paulo, Detroit and Istanbul” is edited by Wouter Vanstiphout and Marta Relats. Roberto Rocco has contributed a chapter in the book entitled “Sao Paulo: constructing the city, reinventing democracy”. The book review at the NAI site says “Are we the world? is part six of the Design and Politics series,...
NALACS THESIS AWARD 2013-2014
NALACS THESIS AWARD 2013-2014 NALACS is the Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Have you recently written your Master’s thesis on a Latin American or Caribbean topic? Then send us your thesis before October 1, 2014 and you are in competition to win the NALACS Thesis Award and a €250 cash prize! To enter...
2014 / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Education / Informal settlements / Latin America / SIM Course
Course Smart Infrastructures and Mobility takes 18 students to Sao Paulo
The course SIM (Smart Infrastructure and Mobility) took 18 TU Delft students for a week of activities in Sao Paulo the biggest city of Brasil. The objective was to link with research being done at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo (FAUU-USP), led by Professor Alexandre Delijaicov of the...
2014 / Conferences / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Latin America / Roberto Rocco
SPS at LASA (Latin American Studies Association) in Chicago 2014
With over 7,000 members, forty-five percent of whom reside outside the United States, LASA is the one Association that brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors, across the globe. LASA’s mission is to foster intellectual discussion, research, and teaching on Latin America, the Caribbean, and its people throughout the...
2014 / Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado / BLOG Planning Latin America / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Latin America
Gathering of Latin American Researchers of Bouwkunde and OTB
Latin American researchers of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment gathered for an informal meeting in April to get to know each other and discuss further collaboration. The gathering is part of the effort of the Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy to foster initiatives in international development partnerships. Meeting at the restaurant Rossio...
2014 / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Latin America / Lectures / Roberto Rocco
Roberto Rocco discussant at CEDLA Ester Limonad’s lecture
Roberto Rocco was discussant for Ester Limonad’s lecture at CEDLA (Center for Latin American Research and Documentation) of the University of Amsterdam. Limonad is professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and is spending a period as guest scholar at the University of Leiden. Limonad talked about past and recent trends in Brazilian...
