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
We regret to inform Ina Klaasen’s passing
Dear friends and colleagues, We regret to inform you that on Sunday August 2nd, whilst on holidays in Italy, Ina Klaasen passed away. She was 68 years of age. Ina was a retired Associate Professor at the Section of Spatial Planning and Strategy at the Department of Urbanism of the TU delft, but she had...
Publication: DiSP-The Planing Review “Public Spaces and Urban Cultures”
Sabine Knierbein (TU Vienna) and Ceren Sezer wrote about the activities of the AESOP Thematic Group Public Spaces and Urban Cultures (2010-2015) for DiSP The Planning Review (Volume 51, Issue 2, 2015). Thanks to all who have contributed. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02513625.2015.1064652?journalCode=rdsp20
Marcin Dąbrowski’s lecture on adaptive cities at Urban Studies Foundation symposium
Marcin Dąbrowski presented his research on governance challenges in climate change adaptation in the Dutch and Chinese delta cities as a lecture at a symposium organised by the Urban Studies Foundation (USF) at the University of Glasgow. Marcin’s research is conducted as part of a USF postdoctoral research fellowship. You can see the video here:...
Complex Cities graduations – detailed descriptions available.
The Complex Cities research group* has formulated a set of research and design projects for Master of Science Urbanism graduations, starting in the fall semester 2015. Please find an updated and detailed description of these via this site: https://complexcitiesstudio.wordpress.com/ . Projects are defined to enhance the relation among research and education. They are meant to inspire...
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...
Habermas comments.
Since Jürgen Habermas is an often quoted author in planning literature (argumentative, collaborative, communicative planning) and since many readers of this blog share an interest in European integration: take note of his recent remarks on negotiations with Greece, published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on 22 June, at this link. The article is in German but has...
Third International Conference: NEW URBAN LANGUAGES: TALES AND IMAGES OF SPATIAL JUSTICE (TU Delft 24-26 JUN 2015)
The 3rd International Conference “New Urban Languages: Tales and Images of Spatial Justice” took place from June 24 to 26 2015 at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft (Bouwkunde). The Conference is a joint initiative of the Politecnico di Milano (Department of Architecture and Urban Studies), the Politecnica of...
Workshop: III Public Space Biennale in Rome, May 2015
Ceren Sezer initiated and co-organised a workshop on ‘Marketplaces as urban development strategies’ on May 20 2015 during the III Biennial of Public Space in Rome . The workshop aims to re-think the role of marketplaces in supporting public life of today’s cities from several aspects: how do marketplaces create a vivid public space? How can...
SPS Seminar: Prof. Ashwani Kumar (CEPT University, India) – Blue blood of cities? Water and urbanism in India – 2 July 2015
On Thursday 2 July, Ashwani Kumar (CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India), a visiting UKNA fellow at TU Delft, presented his reflections on water and urbanism in India and discussed the potential for transfer of practices and ideas from the Netherlands into the cities in the Ganges river basin. Presentation slides – click here. Blue blood of cities?...
Indian NGO, 1000th member of SPS Facebook page
We already have 1000 members in our Facebook page, folks! An Indian NGO focusing on urban planning, research and project management is the 1000th member! Visit them HERE. Visit our Facebook page HERE.
Invitation: Shaping regional futures – A conference on the performance of regional design.
On the 14th-15th of October 2015 the Chair of Urban Development at the Technical University Munich and the Chair of Spatial Planning & Strategy at the Delft University of Technology are organizing a conference on regional design. During the conference the performance of regional design will be discussed: the way how the imagination and envisioning of...
Le Genre, La Ville
The CNRS International Interdsiciplinary research group on work, gender and societies published a thematic issue on The City in its scientific journal ‘Travail, Genre et Societés’. The issue was presented with a debate at Sorbonne University, Paris, Wednesday 27th May. Lidewij Tummers contributed to the issue as well as the debate on ‘Gender stereotypes in...
