Urbanism or the discipline that needs to rewrite the operation manual to spaceship earth – in one generation.
In 1969, Richard Buckminster Fuller published his book Operation Manual to Spaceship Earth. It was at this moment that mankind
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 ingredients of large scale modernist housing estates: grade separation of traffic flows, buildings in the green, modern modular housing blocks with a uniform appearance… After years of social and economic problems, the area developed an image as one of the worst places to live in the whole country an beyond.
In the meantime many things have changed. De Bijlmer in recent years saw a renaissance and has left its old image behind. Students of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture worked on proposals how the area can further improve and become a showcase of climate adaptation while turning into a new centrality of the city.
I had the honour to take place on the table to discuss the findings of the students and my own insights into the potential of the Bijlmer.
The international new town day. organized by the International New Town Institute INTI was the first occasion to show this.
In 1969, Richard Buckminster Fuller published his book Operation Manual to Spaceship Earth. It was at this moment that mankind
Time and time again, after returning from Hong Kong, Tokyo, Copenhagen, New York or Tallinn, I am appalled by the
What unites and separates those who plan cities across the world The great blessing – and sometimes curse – of
Since more than twenty years, I am regularly coming to China. Ever since I went there for the first time,
For too long, politicians and planners have ignored or sugarcoated
Today I gave an online lecture about the agglomeration of
Urban planning is often described as a technical discipline, a
A public space is generally open and accessible to people