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
EXTENDED DEADLINE: APRIL 10th. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: JANE JACOBS 100: Her legacy and relevance in the 21st century
EXTENDED DEADLINE: APRIL 10th. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: JANE JACOBS 100: Her legacy and relevance in the 21st century “A celebration of the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs and a look forward” For more information, please visit our website: http://janejacobs100.co On 24 and 25 May 2016, we wish to celebrate the 100th birthday of one...
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,...
Akkelies van Nes invited as a key note speaker on the international women’s day
Akkelies van Nes was invited to give a keynote lecture at the Norwegian dwelling and urban planning association ( BOBY ) on the international women’s day 8th March 2016. The title on the lecture was: “Kvinnestrategi og -kultur innen byplanlegging” (translated to: “Female strategy and culture in urban planning”). The main message of this lecture is that...
2016 / Conferences / Confronting Informality / Developing countries / Development / Development studies / Events
“CONFRONTING INFORMALITY: Informal Urbanisation: Understanding and Mitigating a Global Phenomenon” Thursday, March 17th, 2016, from 09:00 – 17:00 at TU Delft
Dear TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy friend, You are cordially invited to attend the he 2016’s symposium “CONFRONTING INFORMALITY: Informal Urbanisation: Understanding and Mitigating a Global Phenomenon” Thursday, March 17th, 2016, from 09:00 – 17:00 at BOUWKUNDE (the Faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft, Julianalaan 134, Delft), at Berlagezaal The third edition of this symposium will...
Recommendations of Workshop “Fresh Eyes on the Refugee Crisis” launched.
With immigration high on the agenda across Europe and elsewhere, and the number of refugees and asylum seekers on the rise, the Global Young Academy (GYA) identified integration as a priority for urgent attention. In partnership with the Dutch Young Academy and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the GYA convened a two-day...
Scupad* student Workshop Ethiopia, 16-20 May 2016 in Addis-Ababa
The intensifying ECOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES around the globe areproducing unprecedented reorganization of societies in space. Among the multifold causes, poverty and climate change are referred among the prime roots of the crisis which is producing massive migration (be it rural-urban or cross border). In an attempt to address the challenge of our time,...
The End of the Line.
In December 2015 the Dutch Young Academy, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Global Young Academy hosted a two-day workshop of 20 academic experts and practitioners drawn from different disciplines and from over 10 countries across three continents. The participants endeavoured to provide a fresh and innovative perspective on the refugee crisis, focusing...
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...
SPS Seminar, THU 3 March, 12:30 – Nasibe Charbgoo: Urban Rhythms and Continuity of Place Meanings
Nasibe Charbgoo (Iran University of Science and Technology) Topic: Urban Rhythms and Continuity of Place Meanings Thursday 3 March, 12:30-13:30, Room BG West 270, BK, TU Delft This work has been inspired by a major question links to the work of Kevin Lynch, who was concerned with the experience of time in cities: What about...
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...
Confronting Informality Symposium : CALL FOR POSTERS
CALL FOR POSTERS The Confronting Informality Symposium is a student led event sponsored by the Chair of Spatial Planning & Strategy at the TU Delft University of Technology. The 2016 Symposium will approach informal urbanisation with social disarticulation and segregation as main perspectives. We invite you to submit your work for a poster exhibition to...
