INTI - International New Town Institute

Mission

Ewout Dorman — 2013-12-31T14:26:00Z

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 (...) - institute data

What is a New Town?

Jacob Buitenkant — 2013-12-30T14:46:00Z

New Towns differ from gradually developed towns in the political moment of the decision-making, and the subsequent design of a master plan by professionals, to create an urban community on a site where there was no town before. - institute data

Rising in the East

Jacob Buitenkant — 2012-09-30T11:01:00Z

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 (...) - Front-page

New Towns of the 21st Century

Rachel Keeton — 2012-09-01T09:48:00Z

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of the insights of a particular juncture in time, have large stocks of the same type of housing that will become outdated simultaneously, form part of a regional development and belong to an existing metropolis. Building a (...) - Events

Making Almere

Rachel Keeton — 2012-07-29T15:06:00Z

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 New Town Institute (INTI) is curator of the satellite exhibition Making Almere. The festival Making Almere is about the way the New Town of Almere will transform in the future. In the 1970s, the city (...) - Front-page

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 (...) - program

Who makes our future?

Rachel Keeton — 2012-06-12T08:39:00Z

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 been at the forefront of large-scale and long-term planning. It is, however, not at all clear what lies ahead. The book 'Dutch New Worlds. Scenarios in Physical Planning and Design in the Netherlands, (...) - Events

Leve de Stad

Rachel Keeton — 2012-05-10T14:57:48Z

On April 12, VPRO presented the project 'Leve de Stad' in Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Roland Duong and Teun van de Keuken presented and opened the evening with a short conversation with George Brugmans, Director of the IABR and Wim Schepens, chief editor of 'Leve de Stad'. The debate functioned as an introduction to the Tegenlicht-premiere of 'Making Cities: de stad van de toekomst' ('Making Cities: the city of the future'; click here to view the episode online.). The debate focussed on the (...) - Events

How Satellite Cities Are Reshaping East Africa

Rachel Keeton — 2012-05-10T14:22:02Z

East Africa hasn't urbanized at the same rate as the rest of the world. While over 50 percent of the world's population now lives in cities, the East African region of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi - the members of the regional intergovernmental organization East African Community - will only reach an urban population of 31 percent by 2030.

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Hafeez Contractor plans Dubai-like new city

Rachel Keeton — 2012-04-27T10:18:29Z

PATNA: Hafeez Contractor, one of India's well-known architects, plans to develop a Dubai-like city with eco-friendly buildings and water sports facilities alongside the river Ganges here, officials say.

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