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Spatial planning and strategy is a chair in the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology. We are concerned with knowledge about the formulation, implementation and evaluation of strategic and urban planning tools - visions, strategies, plans and programmes.

Our 2019 group photo

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
Book Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft

Book Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft

On the occasion of Professor Vincent Nadin’s retirement after 11 years at TU Delft, the section Spatial Planning and Strategy launched a book celebrating Vincent’s time as head of the section and later a head of department. This book is a compilation of all our activities during those eleven years....
SPS is part of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft

SPS is part of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft

SPS is part of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft. Click on the logo to go to the official website of the Department of Urbanism Urbanism The Department of Urbanism in the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology...
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  The chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy promotes activities concerning International Urban Development. This concerns mostly issues of urban development in the Global South. This includes (but is not limited to) urban management, housing, informal urbanisation, governance, resources management, territorial management, urban emergencies, among other topics concerning the built environment in the Global...
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Welcome to the BLOG Spatial Planning and Strategy of the Delft University of Technology

Welcome to the BLOG Spatial Planning and Strategy of the Delft University of Technology

  Spatial planning and strategy is a chair in the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology led by Professor Wil Zonneveld. We are concerned with knowledge about the formulation, implementation and evaluation of strategic and urban planning tools – visions, strategies, plans and programmes. We are particularly...
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Randstad 2040 Paul Gerretsen

Randstad 2040 Paul Gerretsen, originally uploaded by Roberto Rocco.

Randstad 2040 Gathering

Randstad 2040 Gathering, originally uploaded by Roberto Rocco.

Randstad 2040 Vincent Nadin 5

Randstad 2040 Vincent Nadin 5, originally uploaded by Roberto Rocco.

Randstad 2040 The Gathering 11

Randstad 2040 The Gathering 11, originally uploaded by Roberto Rocco.
Randstad 2040 Wendy Tan

Randstad 2040 Wendy Tan

Randstad 2040 Wendy Tan 2, originally uploaded by Roberto Rocco.

Photo album for Randstad 2040

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertorocco/sets/72157611566788206/

Academic Research in Areas of Design Practice

On Sept 11, 2009, the chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy (Urbanism) organizes an all-day event about the relationship between research and design practice. The invited guests are Professor Michael Biggs and Dr. Daniela Buchler, University of Hertfordshire, UK, leading researchers in the field. When? Sept 11, 2009-09-01 Location: Bouwkunde, Belagezaal (from 8:45 to 13:00),...

6 July 9th RPS Seminar

We are very pleased to have Dr. Z Zhou , our visiting scholar from Tsinghua University in China, to present his recent work (the poster has been attached). The Title of his presentation is “Passive House Application in Affordable Housing: European Experience and Feasibility in East Asia”.Dr. Z Zhou has forwarded us his recent papers...

26 June 8th Seminar

We are very pleased to have Dr. Lidewij Tummers to present her recent work (the poster has been attached). The abstract of her presentation is as follows:‘Gender equality is a fundamental right, a common value of the EU, and a necessary condition for the achievement of the EU objectives of growth, employment and social cohesion’....

8th June 7th Seminar

We are very pleased to have Dr. Roberto Rocco to present “Design, Planning and Research: Looking for parameters to assess academic value in areas with strong elements of practice”. The abstract of his presentation is:In professional areas in which there is an element of design practice, such as architecture and urbanism, the academic model of...

29 May RPS #6

We are very pleased to have Dr. Qu Lei to present “Peripheral Cluster versus New Town: Comparative Study on Two Types of Peripheral Development in Beijing Metropolitan Region”. The keywords of her presentation will be “peripheral cluster”, “New town”, “Spatial decentralization”, “poly-centric regional planning”. Location: BK.01.west.290 Time: 12.45-13.45

Key components of Spatial Planning (to discuss)

Chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy, TU Delft KEY COMPONENTS OF THE SPATIAL PLANNING CURRICULUM First Draft, Vincent Nadin 16 May 2009 This paper is intended to start a discussion that will lead to a distinctive flavour and more coherence in spatial planning education at TU Delft. We will work towards a common position. This...