Urban Development Trends in Tbilisi and the World
BMG, a Georgian news outlet interviewed me about my view on the City of Tbilisi and what problems need to be solved there. Comparing international urban development concepts like...
Speaking
The Health of Land & Quality of Life
During COP16 in Riyadh in December, 2024 – People’s Day – the Quality of Life Initiative delivered a thought-provoking Side Event hosted by UN-Habitat and UNDP: Our Land. Our...
Living with Landscape – Wonen met Landschap
On 28 November 2023 I had the pleasure to be part of a discussion at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam on the topic of “Living with Landscape”. The panel...
Discussion: Energy Efficient Architecture – Integrating Renewables
I had the pleasure to participate in a panel discussion at Cityscape Global in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in August 2023. The discussion focussed on the question, how renewables can...
Look Beyond Architecture to find Human Centered Architecture
In August 2023, I gave a lecture at Cityscape Global Conference and Fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the brief presentation, I highlighted the need to look beyond architecture...
Farewell speech as Head of Urbanism at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
On 05 October 2023 I bid farewell to the role of Head of Urbanism at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. In my speech, I looked back on six years...
Ego Eco Lecture @ Archiposition
Our role as humans on this planet has to change. Until now we saw ourselves as the pinnacle, ruling over the rest and exploiting nature at our pleasing. This...
Non Standard Planning – Lecture at Flexible Planning Conference in Gdansk
The massive changes our cities need to undergo in the coming decades ask for rethinking of planning practices and profound changes in planning systems. The two-day conference organized by...
The City – In Between – Lecture at TU Vienna
Invited by TU Vienna and sponsored by STO Stiftung, I was invited to speak about public space in cities. In my lecture, I highlight the focus of city making...
De Bijlmer – van buitenwijk naar stadswijk
The Bijlmer was one of the great experiments of the 1970’s in the Netherlands. In the South-Eastern outskirts of Amsterdam a city of the future arose with all the...
Is ontwerpen Ethiek? – in gesprek met Geerd van de Wetering
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, archined, one of the most influential websites on the thinking around architecture, invited Thijs van Spaandonk and me to contribute to a special publication around...
Today’s Role of the Urban Designer – Metropolitan Club TU Delft
Following a letter I was co-authoring that raised concerns about the state of affairs in urbanism at TU Delft when it comes to links with practice, I was invited...
The City of the Future – Lecture at Strelka Conference
How does the city of the future look like, and what are the big drivers? I was investigating these questions in a lecture delivered at the occasion of a...
Declaration of the results of the 55th ISOCARP world congress, Jakarta 2019
I was one of the track leaders of the 55th ISOCARP world planning congress in Jakarta 2019. In that role I was co-authoring the Jakarta declaration – a call...
International New Town Day 2016 NingoPrampram – Planning a city in Africa
For two years, I worked in a team with great colleagues on a planned city extension for the Greater Accra Region in Ningo Prampram. When completed, it can house...
China Complex City – International New Town Day 2016
For almost a quarter of a century, I have been working in Shenzhen. In that time, the city has been growing from around 8 million to more than 20...