Our 2019 group photo
This is our group in 2019 with our vision for the future. In 2019 Professor Vincent Nadin has left the section, as he retired. For information about our group, please write to spatial planning-BK@tudelft.nl
SPS Seminar 22 Sept: Gregory Bracken – The Shanghai Alleyway House
We invite everyone to the forthcoming SPS seminar on 22 of September. Gregory Bracken, who recently joined the Spatial Planning and Strategy section at the Department of Urbanism,will deliver a talk on the Shanghai alleyway house, an endangered generator of street life. Gregory Bracken (1968) is from Ireland and received his B.Sc. from the Dublin Institute...
Proposal for a Side Event- Habitat III Quito Ecuador, 17-20 October 2016.
Proposal for a Side Event- Habitat III Quito Ecuador, 17-20 October 2016. Planning for Energy Efficient Cities in Latin America Organised by: Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado, senior researcher, Delft University of Technology, A.M.FernandezMaldonado@tudelft.nl Roberto Rocco, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, r.c.rocco@tudelft.nl Number of participants: not limited. Language of discussion: Spanish. Building upon the European...
Resources for teachers at the TU Delft Summer School Planning and Design with Water
If you are a teacher and you want to get updates about the Summer School, please subscribe to our mailing list HERE. FOLDER (for distribution in your school). In this folder you can find summarised information. BRIEF POWER POINT PRESENTATION on THE SUMMER SCHOOL This powerpoint has very comprehensive information about the Summer School. TEACHING APPROACH....
Summer School Planning and Design with Water 2016 ends with a big energy boost!
The third edition of the Summer School Planning and Design with Water took place between 12 and 22 July 2016 at the Department of Urbanism of the TU Delft. The school gathered 70 students from 5 continents for an intensive exercise on plan making and design for sustainability. The School ended with a big boost...
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...
SCHOLARSHIP SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA for the Summer School 2016
Starting from 2016, the Department of Urbanism of the TU Delft provides one partial scholarship to students from Sub-Saharan Africa aged between 21 and 26 to participate in the Summer School. The scholarship consists of a stipendium that covers the travel costs and accommodation during the Summer School. We are looking for an exceptionally motivated individual with excellent...
The Summer School Planning and Design with Water is on! (12-22 JULY 2016)
The Summer School Planning and Design with Water is one of the best and most exciting activities we (Spatial Planning and Strategy at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment TU Delft) promote every year. This edition has seen 70 students from literally all over the world get together to think about sustainability, resilience, governance and...
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...
SPS Seminar 20 June: Pieter van der Kooij – Green City Freiburg’s Challenge
Topic: Green City Freiburg’s Challenge? Increase the housing stock by 15% in 15 years, whilst minimalizing the city’s land-use Speaker: Pieter van der Kooij Venue: BG West 270, BK, TU Delft Date and Time: 20 June (Monday) 12:30 – 13:30 Freiburg (South-West Germany, 230.000 inhabitants) is renowned worldwide for its sustainability policies. For over a decade...
Devising solutions to climate change impacts in cities – Adaptation Futures 2016 science-to-practice session
Marcin Dąbrowski and Dominic Stead, in collaboration with Peter van Veelen (acting as a chair/discussant), organised a science-to-practice session at the recent Adaptation Futures 2016 conference in Rotterdam (10-13 May 2016). The conference was huge, with about 1700 participants, and extremely rich in excellent presentations and discussions. The session we organised “Devising Solutions to Adaptation Challenges in Cities” was intended to...
