
A New Green Metabolism
I have to confess – I am a big lover of Japanese Metabolism. It was a movement in the 1960s
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 to take part in the discussion about the role of the urbanist today.
In my talk I made the point that the urbanist is many things at the same time, but above all someone who has an overview of the processes and what is missing to make it more successful.

I have to confess – I am a big lover of Japanese Metabolism. It was a movement in the 1960s

A Desert Nation Confronts a Heating Planet As the world warms, few nations feel the heat as literally as Saudi

Urban planning is often described as a technical discipline, a creative endeavour, and a guardian of long-term societal interests. Yet

Germany’s housing market has long stood at the intersection of economic stability and social equity. In recent years, however, a

Lecture series ‘Beyond Peak Indifference’ at Amsterdam Academy of Architecture

‘Modern Architecture, a planetary warming story’ is the title of

by a European Urban Planner Practicing on the Arab Peninsula

Riyadh’s is rapidly expanding – in population and urbanized area.