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.
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 of the community of urban planners and designers to deal with the challenges cities, countries and all mankind are facing.
The video shows the presentation of the results in front of the 1.000 people strong general assembly of ISOCARP.
On 05 October 2023 I bid farewell to the role of Head of Urbanism at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.
On 28 November 2023 I had the pleasure to be part of a discussion at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam
The massive changes our cities need to undergo in the coming decades ask for rethinking of planning practices and profound