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 June 12, 2012 Who makes our future? - Debate
In recent times, the use, and misuse, of large-scale and long-term planning for urban, regional, and national development has led to heated debates about the role of the government, of planners and designers, and of politics and the public. Dutch physical planning and design has traditionally (...)
Spring Semester 2012 Lecture series:’New Towns on the Frontier of Geopolitics’ -
In the second semester of the academic year 2011 – 2012, INTI, the Graduate School for the Social Sciences (UvA), and TU Delft will offer a lecture series for master students. This series can be attended by students from UvA and TU Delft, but students from other universities are also (...)
Almere, 28 February 2012 Making Almere - Press Release
Making Almere: who makes the city?
Who makes the city of Almere? That’s the central question during the architecture festival Making Almere from April 21 until July 29, 2012. The event takes place in Almere as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR). The International (...)
International Program New Towns of the 21st Century - Starts September 2012
Under the title "New Towns of the 21st Century", INTI is organizing a worldwide pooling of knowledge and experience related to New Town planning. Why? Because many New Town developments are predictable: they are designed and built in one fell swoop, they are the product of the insights of a (...)
Contemporary New Towns in Asia Rising in the East -
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Throughout the Asian continent, much of the recent urbanization has come in the guise of New Towns—cities that are completely planned and built from scratch. Many countries like the Emirates, India, China and Korea use these New Towns (...)
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Making Almere Making Almere: who makes the city? 
Rising in the East Buy it here: Amazon | Sun Architecture | Architecture Books Throughout the Asian continent, much of the recent urbanization has come in the guise of New Towns—cities that are completely planned and built from scratch. Many countries like the Emirates, India, China and Korea use these New Towns as a tool to manipulate and control an otherwise unwieldy urbanization process. Rising in the East: Contemporary Asian New Towns examines not only the urban designs, the architectural and urban character of these New Towns, but also the intricate political, economic, and social motivations that bring them into being. The stories of these cities are wrought with political intrigue, financial corruption, ruthless displacements and spatial segregation. Their justifications are often unrecognizable to people familiar with the origins of New Town planning. |
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