INTI - International New Town Institute

Lecture series: 'The New Town: From Welfare City to Neoliberal Utopia', 2015

ewout — 2015-03-10T15:03:21Z

Together with the Design as Politics Chair at the Architecture Faculty of Delft University of Technology at Delft, we offer an elective course for students of the Urbanism and the Architecture Master tracks. The lecture series is focused on the planning and (re)design of New Towns all over the world as well as sociological, cultural, political and economic aspects of new urban environments.
The course consists of a chronological order and explores the development of New Towns from (…)

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Lecture series: 'The New Town: From Welfare City to Neoliberal Utopia'

ewout — 2014-05-06T13:41:48Z

Together with the Design as Politics Chair at the Architecture Faculty of Delft University of Technology at Delft and the Graduate school for the Social Sciences at UvA, we offer an elective course for master students of the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Graduate school for the Social Sciences at UvA. The lecture series is focused on the planning and (re)design of New Towns all over the world as well as sociological, cultural, political and economic aspects of new urban (…)

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Health Care in New Towns

Saskia Hulskes — 2013-07-20T10:46:00Z

An important aspect in the planning of a New Town is the planning of health care services. Many New Towns have a progressive attitude towards health care. In some New Towns, experiments are undertaken to organize health care in new and innovative ways. In some cases even a totally new health care system is developed from scratch. Because of this, New Towns provide great opportunities to learn and research the health care systems that are being developed in different regions around the world. (…)

- Education / May 2013

Course "NieuweStedenStudies"

Saskia Hulskes — 2013-06-11T08:52:00Z

NieuweStedenStudies (offered in Dutch) will search for the characteristics of the suburban city. What opportunities are there and how should we develop New Towns in the future? How can we organize and shape the physical restructuring? What social measures can stimulate a vital city? The two-day program starts with investigating the original ambitions, design and realization of the New Towns and examines how these aspects have taken shape over time. The course will focus especially on what (…)

- Education / May 2013

Lecture series:'New Towns on the Frontier of Geopolitics'

Jacob Buitenkant — 2012-06-27T10:05:00Z

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 welcome.
The content will focus on the planning and (re)design of New Towns all over the world as well as sociological and cultural aspects of new urban environments. This course will be attended by students (…)

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General introduction on New Towns & themes

ewout — 2012-02-13T09:00:04Z

- lecture series New Towns on the Frontier of Geopolitics, 2012

study materials

ewout — 2012-01-25T16:34:47Z

Documents Course Manual 2011-2012
Assignments Garden City 22-2-2012
Community Facebook community page
Introduction General introduction on New Towns & themes
Literature
1. What kind of problem is the New Town? art 1.1 New Towns become normal towns too (Kil) art 1.2 Happy / Happy Hoogvliet (Provoost) 2. Ebenezer Howard and the start of the Garden City Movement art 2.1 The Garden City Introduced (Ward) art 2.2 The Experimental New Towns (Osborn) art 2.3 The Garden City Campaign (…)

- lecture series New Towns on the Frontier of Geopolitics, 2012

Masterclass 'Van wie is de Stad?'

Jacob Buitenkant — 2011-12-22T07:58:00Z

In commission of the municipality of Almere, INTI is organizing a masterclass entitled ‘Van Wie is De Stad?' (Who owns the city?) for municipal employees (policy makers and advisors).
The course deals with the topic of partnership and addresses the changing relationship between government and city. The main goal is to enhance communal knowledge and evoke (unexpected) insights into the field in which the government participates, as well as regarding its own performance within this field. A (…)

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Learning from Lelystad

Jacob Buitenkant — 2011-10-06T12:58:00Z

In collaboration with the Library of Lelystad, INTI is pleased to offer a new course for inhabitants and other people who are interested in Lelystad. The history of the development of Lelystad has been interesting and unexpected. It is a city who has to deal with a lot of bias, some true some false. How does the municipality deal with this prejudice? The local government has not only to deal with the image of Lelystad, but also needs to find some proces tools to deal with unexpected changes (…)

- Education / June 2011, October 2011

excursion Cergy Pontoise 2011

ewout — 2011-08-10T09:01:03Z

Excursion manual 110408-excursion-guide-Cergy
List of Literature List of Literature Paris Cergy
Obligatory titles Rubinstein: The French New Towns 1978 Leonard Downie: New Towns Reorganizing Suburbs 1972 Haan/Haagsma: Delouvrier 1988 Mol/Buurman: Villes Nouvelles 1988 Lefevre: The Evolution of the Ile-de-France over the Last Decades 2003 3 Interviews Magazine Citylab 2004/2005
Further reading Cupers: In search of the user 2010 Master Plan Cergy (SCoT) 2010 part 1 (general image) Master (…)

- lecture series New Towns on the Frontier of Geopolitics, 2011