Conference Review: New Towns for the 21st Century: the Planned vs. the Unplanned City

The conference on the Planned vs. the Unplanned City took place in Almere on June 4th and 5th. The two day event included lectures on many topics related to the subject of the planned and unplanned, including presentations by Urban Think Tank (Venezuela/USA), Claudio Acioly (Kenya/Brazil) and Anne Lacaton (France). Some of the presentations were more controversial than others, and the audience was always eager to debate the speakers during the discussions.

Many thanks to everyone who took part in this conference, and we look forward to seeing your next year!

Check back soon for individual reviews of the lectures and discussions.

4-5 June, 2009 -

Katharina Hagg’s review of the INTI conference “New Towns for the 21st century – the Planned versus the Unplanned City” was published on Archined.nl in July. Click here for the full review.

For Hans Teerds’ review of our lecture evening with Anne Lacaton, Jord den Hollander and Sam Jacobs, click here.



related items:
  • Juval Portugali - On the boundaries of self-organization - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Tahl Kaminer - City and Society - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Marco Broekman – The beauty of the unexpected - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Jing Zhou - Building by Registering - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Jörg Stollmann - UrbanInform - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Final Discussions - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Peter Gotsch - AlphaVille-Tamboré? - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Claudio Acioly - Informal Cities in a Global Context - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Urban Think Tank - Defying Gravity - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Wolfgang Kil - Normalisation of planned communities - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City
  • Pu Hao - Planning and Unplanned Development - video INTI Conference - New Towns for the 21st Century: The Planned vs. the Unplanned City



    • Michelle Provoost gives the introduction to the conference at the Schouwburg Almere.


    Joris van Casteren describes how Lelystad—a New Town in the Netherlands—reacted to his autobiographical book about growing up as a young vandal in the city.


    Wolfgang Kil gives a lecture on the normalisation of planned communities.


    Urban Think Tank (Hubert Klumpner and Alfredo Brillembourg) present their research on "Rules and Strategies of the Informal City."


    Filmmaker Jord den Hollander and architect Sam Jacob (FAT Architects) prepare for the lecture evening over dinner.


    Anne Lacaton, Jord den Hollander and Sam Jacob discuss the issues of adaptation and flexibility in the New Town during the lecture evening Who’s Afraid of Planning?





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