INTI - International New Town Institute

Contact

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International New Town Institute
Robert Fruinstraat 52
3021 XE Rotterdam
The Netherlands
info@newtowninstitute.org
Chamber of Commerce: 32134604
Rabobank Almere the Netherlands
Account number: 116333146
Account name: International New Town Institute
IBAN: NL15RABO0116333146
BIC: RABONL2U

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About INTI

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The International New Town Institute (INTI) is a platform for research, education and knowledge exchange for New Towns.
In order to improve the quality and sustainability of future New Towns, we can learn from existing New Towns today. Why? Because New Towns have many similarities: they were designed from scratch according to planning doctrines of one specific period, they have experienced relatively fast urban growth, they demonstrate specific demographic patterns and they contain a (…)

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Board

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* Christine de Baan, ROAM Foundation
* Anita Blom, Architecture historian, Chair
* Shane Downer, Heritage and International Partnerships, Milton Keynes (UK)

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We proudly present Linda Vlassenrood as Programme Director

Jacob Buitenkant — 2011-11-01T08:14:00Z

We are pleased to announce that Linda Vlassenrood has joined the INTI team as Programme Director. Linda worked as a curator at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) from 2000, serving as Chief Curator from 2008 to 2011.
Over the last three years, as Head of Programming, Linda gave shape to a more publicoriented and more socially engaged program. Linda has curated a large number of exhibitions and events on architecture in its broades sense, such as 'China Contemporary' (2006) and (…)

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Simone Rots

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Dr. Simone Rots is an architectural historian and partner of Crimson Historians & Urbanists.
She is the Managing Director of the International New Town Institute, based in Rotterdam (NL) and the Network & Financial coordinator of the Independent School for the City. Next to that, she is Programme Expert Architecture at the Ammodo Architecture Awards. Simone received her PhD from Delft, University of Technology on the topic of the meeting point of modern planning and (…)

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Michelle Provoost

Jacob Buitenkant — 2011-10-01T06:48:00Z

Dr. Michelle Provoost is an architectural historian specialised in urban planning history, postwar architecture and contemporary urban development.
She co-founded the office of Crimson Architectural Historians in 1994, which has subsequently been engaged in a large number of research and design projects in the fields of urban planning, architecture and art. Since 2008 Dr. Provoost has served as Director of the International New Town Institute (INTI) in Almere, the Netherlands. Under her (…)

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Discussing the meaning of measuring

Jacob Buitenkant — 2011-02-08T10:23:56Z

Understanding how cities function by studying the use of models in the everyday practice of an urban designer was the topic of discussion at TU Delft University during the second meeting as part of the ‘Urban Planning Next Top Models' series, organized by U-Lab and INTI. “Mapping cities is extremely interesting. It gives you an insight in the urban fabric types”, one of the participants concluded.
This remark touched the importance of the lectures, dr. Meta Berghauser Pont of TU Delft (…)

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Mission

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Studying the past, present and future of planned communities in an urbanizing world.
INTI is a research and knowledge institute which focuses on the history and regeneration of Western New Towns, with a commitment to improving the planning of present day New Towns worldwide. The research takes a wide angle approach, employing social sciences, history, design and planning as analytical and operational tools. The subjects of this research range from the informal cities in the developing (…)

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What is a New Town?

Jacob Buitenkant — 2010-12-30T14:46:00Z

New Towns are cities or towns that are designed from scratch and built in a short period of time. They are designed by professionals according to a Master Plan on a site where there was no city before. This distuinguishes a New Town from a ‘normal' city that gradually grows and evolves over time. Also, New Towns are mostly the result of a political (top-down) decision.
The building of a new city ‘from scratch' is a heroic enterprise that challenges the architect or planner to find the (…)

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