Join us for an upcoming lecture evening on eco-cities organized by the International New Town Institute. The evening will deal with the current generation of eco-cities, establishing lessons for designers, planners, ecologists working on sustainability issues in the urban environment. We aim to focus on sustainability and ecology at the large scale of urban planning, rather than on the small scale of architecture and housing. This approach is fuelled by the ambition of Almere, (a New Town from the 1970s) to use C2C and sustainable principles for the future ‘Schaalsprong’, the large extension Almere is undertaking. Can Almere and other Dutch cities learn from the experiences of eco-cities?
Location: Schouwburg Theater, Esplanade 10, 1315 TA Almere, NL
Entrance: €7.50
Language: English
During this evening, the speakers will examine the objectives and realities of Eco-cities by examining their internal and external systems. How do truly sustainable cities deal with issues of energy, waste, transportation and social interaction? What are the qualities and challenges specific to Eco-cities? With this lecture evening, INTI hopes to add depth to the current debate around sustainability, and offer alternative strategies for future ecologically-conscious cities.
Confirmed speakers include Winy Maas (MVRDV, The Why? Factory), Brian Clegg (author of Ecologic: The Truth and Lies of Green Economies), Peter Mensinga (ARUP, AARDLAB) and Gideon Amos, (Chief Executive of the British Town and Country Planning Association). The event will be moderated by Bert van Meggelen and introduced by Michelle Provoost (director INTI).
For more information or to make reservations, send an email to info@newtowninstitute.org or call us at +31 (0) 36 534 4070. You can also check for updates on the INTI website: www.newtowninstitute.org.
November 26, 2009: A Healthy City is a Sustainable City (part of the WSF series ‘FlevolandDuurzaam’). Sebastiaan Labrie interviews Joop ten Dam (Lecturer, Healthy City Windesheim University of Applied Sciences), Thijs van der Steeg (Almere Municipality regarding social sustainability) and Marco Zijlstra (Future inhabitant of the Buitenkans).
Location: Kleine zaal van De Kunstlinie, Esplanada 12, 1315 TA Almere
Time: 8pm-9.30pm
Language: Dutch
This event is organized by WSF Flevoland / Bibliotheek Almere / Europe Direct / VUconnected. More information: wsf-flevoland.
January 13, 2010: Michael Braungart in conversation with Ton Matton. A discussion between the developer of the Cradle to Cradle phenomenon and the designer of Surviving the Suburb: the Climate Machine.
This event is organized by CASLa. For more information on this event go to CASLa.
The ultimate political act in town planning is the building of a New Town. Governments, developers and planners conspire to create out of nothing a brand new community, based on the latest models of social and economic behavior, and using architecture and urban design as symbolic vehicles for the power of the state to build the perfect environment for its citizens. Or is the idea to build a New Town from scratch just proof of a fatal misunderstanding of what makes a city a city? Is it a sign of a gross ignorance on the part of politicians, planners and all those involved in this process of the complexity and the unpredictabilty of the urban? Whatever the situation might be, New Towns and Politics are closely related, even condemned to each other.
With the fourth conference of the International New Town Institute (INTI), New Towns & Politics, we wish to explore thoughts, analyses, projects, designs and political actions pertaining to the political dimension of New Towns, old and new. We invite researchers, writers, journalists, designers, artists, politicians and developers to send us ideas for papers and projects to be presented and discusses in the autumn of 2010 in a venue to be announced in The Netherlands. Authoritative and provocative keynote speakers will be invited to enliven the event with their presentations and a film program will open up unexpected vistas on the question of New Towns & Politics.
THREE QUESTIONS
We have formulated three main questions to further help along the flow of ideas, projects and papers.
– How have political regimes influenced the design methods and outcomes for New Towns in the recent past? In what way have they been designed to represent the political regimes they were the product of? As New Towns are since long designed mostly by globally operating engineering and design forms, what body of knowledge took shape through the parallel engagement with contrasting political contexts? This theme is still very relevant with the latest generation of New Towns taking shape mainly in Asia. Is it so different to work for a totalitarian regime, as opposed to a democratic country? Where does the difference lie and how does it manifest itself? Is the difference moral? Technical? Organizational? Esthetic?
– Democracy is widely regarded as the best - or least bad - form of government; at the same time democracy creates a complex and unpredictable context for the realization of long term projects like New Towns, or for the top down solution of urban problems often arising from New Towns. Democracy and large scale urban design and planning often seem at odds with each other. Are there forms or methods of planning and design that are democratic in themselves, that are tools for the community to help itself, or even to build itself? Is there an implicit conflict between planning and democracy?
– Many New Towns, once build for the middle classes, especially in the western countries of Europe and the US face the influx of new groups, housing the poor and the immigrant part of the urban population. Does this explain the correlation between above average electoral results for anti-immigrations political parties in some of these New Towns? How should we judge these demographic processes: ghetto-ization as a result of a policy of gentrification of the inner city areas or - to the contrary - part of integrative and emancipatory processes based on the social ambitions of these groups? To what extent are social changes connected to problems of safety and criminality? How is this matter being dealt with in different countries and by different regimes? Which policies have been developed for and against it? Should we fear segregation or should we be more sensitive to the positive aspects of it? Are New Towns maybe the laboratories where new communities are arising, celebrating their differences, without frustrations about their separateness? Is the idea of a city as a collection of communities a viable option for their future development?
FURTHER INFORMATION
Visit our website for more information: New Towns & Politics - Call for Papers
ABSTRACT FORMAT GUIDELINES
Please send your abstracts in English before May 1st 2010 to info@newtowninstitute.org.
The abstract submission should be on two pages, one page of text (max. 200 words) and one page of figures/images.
Don’t forget:
– Name, mailing address, phone, and e-mail of the author(s);
– CV and affiliation of the author(s)
– Explanation of the relation between abstract and the themes of the congress.
The ultimate political act in town planning is the building of a New Town. Governments, developers and planners conspire to create a brand new community on a tabula rasa, based on the latest models of social and economic behavior.
Or is the idea to build a New Town from scratch just proof of a fatal misunderstanding of what makes a city a city? Is it a sign of a gross ignorance on the part of politicians, planners and all those involved in this process of the complexity and the unpredictability of the urban?
Whatever the situation might be, New Towns and Politics are closely related, even condemned to each other.
With the fourth INTI conference, New Towns & Politics, we wish to explore thoughts, analyses, projects, designs and political actions pertaining to the political dimension of New Towns, old and new. Authoritative and provocative speakers as Sociologist Kenny Cupers (Buffalo NY), architects Zvi Efrat (Tel Aviv), Nathalie de Vries (MVRDV), Kees Christiaanse (KCAP) en Georgeen Theodore (New York), architecture journalist Kieran Long (Londen), researcher Azadeh Mashayekhi (Tehran) en Aldermen Adri Duivesteijn (Almere) and many more will enliven the event with their presentations and a film program will open up unexpected vistas on the question of New Towns & Politics.
REGISTER NOW: Send an email to seminar@newtowninstitute.org
The conference fees are:
EUR 300,- (VAT excl.) for professionals
EUR 70,- (VAT incl.) for Students
Fees include entry for both days, dinner and drinks.
PROGRAM
Thursday 11 november 2010, Library Almere
| 09.00-09.30 | Doors open & Coffee |
| 09.30-10.15 | Introduction
-Michelle Provoost |
| 10.15-11.45 | Theme 1: Participation and Community Power
-Georgeen Theodore : The Dream of a Lifestyle: Marketing Master Planned Communities in America -Daniel Yupeng Zang : Community Power Missing in Chinese New Town Planning: Case Study of Songjiang New City and Guangling New City -Kenny Cupers : Cities in search of the user |
| 11.45-12.45 | Theme 2: The Architect and the Process -Kieran Long (Evening Standard) interviews Kees Christiaanse (KCAP) and Nathalie de Vries (MVRDV) on the role of the Architect in the development of New Towns in Russia and Asia |
| 13.00-14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30-17.00 | Theme 3: New Towns as Political Instrument -Zvi Efrat : New Towns in Israel -Azadeh Mashayekhi : Revisiting Iranian New Towns -Dan Handel : Grid and Revelation: Cities of Zion in the American West -Vincent Lacovara : Specific Flexibility in Place-making - or - The Law of Unforseen Planning |
| 17.00-18.00 | Drinks |
| 18.30-21.00 | Dinner |
Friday 12 November 2010, Theatre Almere
| 09.00-09.30 | Doors open & Coffee |
| 09.30-09.40 | Introduction
-Michelle Provoost |
| 09.40-11.15 | Theme 4: Left and Right in Urban Planning -Adri Duivesteijn : On Politics, Building and Almere -Kieran Long : Planning for the Big Society -Christian Salewski : Planning and Politics in an open society: scenarios for Almere, Markerwaard and New Netherlands 2050 (1970-1990) |
| 11.15-12.45 | Theme 5: Asia -Victor Oldiges : Between Gropius and Mao -Yi-ling Lin : Tin Shui Wai: Heavenly Hopes or City of Misery? -Laurence Liauw : New Town Policies: the Case of Hong Kong and PRC -Kyo Suk Lee : Korea: City Building as a Perpetuum Mobile |
| 13.00-14.30 | Filmlunch with Introduction by Jord den Hollander |
| 14.45-16.15 | Theme 6: From Government to Private Sector -Timothy Moore : The Gulf States of Saudi Arbia -Steven Beunder : New Towns in China and India - government led versus private sector development -Todd Reisz : Modernization of the Arabian Coast -James Kostaras : New Smart Cities of the 21st Century and the end of civic engagement in the modern democracy |
| 16.15-17.30 | Final Remarks |
| 17.30-19.00 | Drinks |
Mensen die wonen en werken in een bepaalde stad denken veel kennis van die plek te hebben. Toch blijkt dat er altijd meer te leren is over het hoe en waarom van de stad. Daarom organiseert het International New Town Institute in samenwerking met de Plusbibliotheek Flevoland een 6-delige cursus over Lelystad. Een New Town met een boeiende geschiedenis en toekomst!
De ontwikkeling van Lelystad is sinds 1980, toen de stad een gemeente werd, een boeiend en deels onvoorspelbaar proces geweest. Het is een stad waarover veel vooroordelen bestaan. Ongeacht of deze terecht zijn: daar moet je als inwoner en gemeente wel mee leren omgaan. Eigenlijk probeert Lelystad al haar hele bestaan om te gaan met meningen, idealen en verwachtingen. Bovendien moest de stad regelmatig een antwoord vinden op onverwachte ontwikkelingen.
Om de verschillende waarheden en ontwikkelingen van Lelystad beter te belichten organiseren het International New Town Institute (INTI) en Plusbibliotheek Flevoland de zesdelige cursus ‘Leren van Lelystad’. De cursus biedt iedereen de gelegenheid deze bijzondere stad en haar ontwikkelingen beter te leren kennen en te begrijpen. Aan de hand van thema’s wordt Lelystad op een overzichtelijke maar prikkelende wijze ontleed en gepresenteerd.
Wanneer:
De cursussen zijn op donderdagavond 22 en 29 september en 6, 15, en 27 oktober en 3 november.
Locatie:
FlevoMeer Bibliotheek | Lelystad, De Promesse 4.
Aanvang 20.00 uur, ontvangst vanaf 19.45 uur.
Elke cursusavond duurt circa 1,5 uur.
De voertaal is Nederlands.
Dear INTImi members,
As we approach the end of 2011, we are so pleased to have had your support this year. Our shared accomplishments over the last few months include INTI’s participation in the Shenzhen Biennale; the publication of our latest book, Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia; a productive visit to MIPIM Asia in Hong Kong; and INTI’s selection as curator for the second Architecture Festival Almere. We look forward to an exciting 2012 and many more opportunities to enliven the global discussion on New Towns! Thank you for your continued support of the International New Town Institute, and be sure to check the website for all the latest updates on upcoming events!
With thanks,
The INTI Team
Workshop Shenzhen
Date: December 8-11, 2011
Location: Longgang, Shenzhen (a closed meeting)
A group of Chinese and Dutch urban designers and academics will work in a creative and collaborative process to find value adding solutions for improving the economical, social and environmental sustainability within the planning process of the Dayuan Longgang New Town in Shenzhen. The results are presented to experts and local officials on December 11. The workshop is a pilot project in which INTI serves a unique role in developing new models of collaboration between public, private and academic partners. The workshop showcases the high level of exchange between Dutch and Chinese experts on future sustainable developments in New Towns.
Book launch: ‘Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia’
Date: December 9, 2011
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Venue: Yi Dutang (F3, Creative Park, OCT, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518053)
On Friday December 9, The International New Town Institute (INTI) presents the new book Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia.
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 orchestrate and control an otherwise unwieldy urbanization process.
Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia 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. This book uses sixteen case studies to illustrate different approaches on contemporary New Town development in Asia: Masdar City (UAE), Tianjin Eco-city (PRC), Zira Island (Azerbaijan), Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Astana (Kazakhstan), Binh Duong New City (Vietnam), Al Madina a’Zarqa (Oman), Saadiyat Island (UAE), CamKo City (Cambodia), King Abdullah Economic City (Saudi Arabia), Magarpatta (India), New Songdo City (South Korea), Cyberjaya (Malaysia), Songjiang New City (PRC), Tin Shui Wai (Hong Kong), Bumi Serpong Damai (Indonesia).
Registration: RSVP, admission free.
For registration and information please contact Ms. Clarisse Stulp, email clarissestulp@gmail.com or see:
www.newtowninstitute.org
Exhibition ‘Allmetropolis’
Exhibition dates:
December 8, 2011–February 18, 2012
Time: 10:00-18:00
Venue: B10, OCT Loft
What are the opportunities if a Chinese urbanization model would be applied to Europe? This question will be tested by a case study in which the Chinese city Shenzhen will be compared to the city of Almere in The Netherlands. Both areas started their urban development in the late 1970s: Shenzhen as a promising Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Almere as promising New Town on Flevoland, the world’s largest man-made polder. In collaboration with and supported by INTI, the Go West Project investigates the economic, social and environmental implications and challenges of this scenario.
The Go West Project puts into perspective the economic, social, spatial and ecological developments of Shenzhen and Flevoland. This forms the starting point of a research that shows the possibilities and opportunities of using the Shenzhen model in a European context.
Conference ’6 under 60’
Date: December 10, 2011
Time: 19:00 – 20:00
Venue: the OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009 Shennan Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen 518053
Michelle Provoost, director of INTI, participates in the round table conference to reflect on the exhibition ’6 under 60’. Chief curator of the SZHK biennale Terence Riley will moderate the conference. ‘6 Under 60’ is a collaborative research endeavor and interactive multi-media exhibition organized and presented by the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture, School of Cinematic Arts and Roski School of Fine Arts. An interdisciplinary team has analyzed six cities that emerged or were transformed within the last 60 years — Chandigarh, Brasilia, Gaborone, Almere, Shenzhen and Las Vegas.
Symposium ‘Shenzhen and the World’
Date: December 11, 2011
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Venue: Multifunction hall, Shenzhen civic center, Fuzhongsan Road, Futian district, Shenzhen
Michelle Provoost, director of INTI gives a lecture and participates in the Symposium ‘Shenzhen and the World’, organized by Laurence Liauw (Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, department of Architecture).
Contact
For registration and more information please contact:
Ms. Linda Vlassenrood,
Program Director of INTI’s international activities,
email l.vlassenrood@newtowninstitute.org
or see: www.newtowninstitute.org
and www.szhkbiennale.org/2011.
Workshop Shenzhen
Date: December 8-11, 2011
Location: Longgang, Shenzhen (a closed meeting)
A group of Chinese and Dutch urban designers and academics will work in a creative and collaborative process to find value adding solutions for improving the economical, social and environmental sustainability within the planning process of the Dayuan Longgang New Town in Shenzhen. The results are presented to experts and local officials on December 11. The workshop is a pilot project in which INTI serves a unique role in developing new models of collaboration between public, private and academic partners. The workshop showcases the high level of exchange between Dutch and Chinese experts on future sustainable developments in New Towns.
Book launch: ‘Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia’
Date: December 9, 2011
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Venue: Yi Dutang (F3, Creative Park, OCT, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518053)
On Friday December 9, The International New Town Institute (INTI) presents the new book Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia.
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 orchestrate and control an otherwise unwieldy urbanization process.
Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia 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. This book uses sixteen case studies to illustrate different approaches on contemporary New Town development in Asia: Masdar City (UAE), Tianjin Eco-city (PRC), Zira Island (Azerbaijan), Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Astana (Kazakhstan), Binh Duong New City (Vietnam), Al Madina a’Zarqa (Oman), Saadiyat Island (UAE), CamKo City (Cambodia), King Abdullah Economic City (Saudi Arabia), Magarpatta (India), New Songdo City (South Korea), Cyberjaya (Malaysia), Songjiang New City (PRC), Tin Shui Wai (Hong Kong), Bumi Serpong Damai (Indonesia).
Registration: RSVP, admission free.
For registration and information please contact Ms. Clarisse Stulp, email clarissestulp@gmail.com or see:
www.newtowninstitute.org
Exhibition ‘Allmetropolis’
Exhibition dates:
December 8, 2011–February 18, 2012
Time: 10:00-18:00
Venue: B10, OCT Loft
info
What are the opportunities if a Chinese urbanization model would be applied to Europe? This question will be tested by a case study in which the Chinese city Shenzhen will be compared to the city of Almere in The Netherlands. Both areas started their urban development in the late 1970s: Shenzhen as a promising Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Almere as promising New Town on Flevoland, the world’s largest man-made polder. In collaboration with and supported by INTI, the Go West Project investigates the economic, social and environmental implications and challenges of this scenario.
The Go West Project puts into perspective the economic, social, spatial and ecological developments of Shenzhen and Flevoland. This forms the starting point of a research that shows the possibilities and opportunities of using the Shenzhen model in a European context.
Conference ’6 under 60’
Date: December 10, 2011
Time: 19:00 – 20:00
Venue: the OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009 Shennan Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen 518053
Michelle Provoost, director of INTI, participates in the round table conference to reflect on the exhibition ’6 under 60’. Chief curator of the SZHK biennale Terence Riley will moderate the conference. ‘6 Under 60’ is a collaborative research endeavor and interactive multi-media exhibition organized and presented by the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture, School of Cinematic Arts and Roski School of Fine Arts. An interdisciplinary team has analyzed six cities that emerged or were transformed within the last 60 years — Chandigarh, Brasilia, Gaborone, Almere, Shenzhen and Las Vegas.
Symposium ‘Shenzhen and the World’
Date: December 11, 2011
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Venue: Multifunction hall, Shenzhen civic center, Fuzhongsan Road, Futian district, Shenzhen
Michelle Provoost, director of INTI gives a lecture and participates in the Symposium ‘Shenzhen and the World’, organized by Laurence Liauw (Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, department of Architecture).
Contact for the SZHK Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture 2011
For registration and more information please contact:
Ms. Linda Vlassenrood,
Program Director of INTI’s international activities,
email l.vlassenrood@newtowninstitute.org
or see: www.newtowninstitute.org
and www.szhkbiennale.org/2011.
INTI collaboration
The International New Town Institute invites you to become a member of INTImi, our international and multidisciplinary network of public, private and academic professionals, dedicated to improving the quality of global urban development. INTImi-members pay an annual fee and enjoy access to its members’ expertise and global network. Additional benefits include priority participation in events, considerable discounts to INTI-activities, INTI-excursions and INTI-publications and access to the online New Town database.
INTI is also looking forward to finding new collaborations with public, private and academic partners, strategically or activity based. We invite you to get involved and participate as partner in one of our activities.
Workshop Shenzhen
Date: December 8-11, 2011
Location: Longgang, Shenzhen (a closed meeting)
A group of Chinese and Dutch urban designers and academics will work in a creative and collaborative process to find value adding solutions for improving the economical, social and environmental sustainability within the planning process of the Dayuan Longgang New Town in Shenzhen. The results are presented to experts and local officials on December 11. The workshop is a pilot project in which INTI serves a unique role in developing new models of collaboration between public, private and academic partners. The workshop showcases the high level of exchange between Dutch and Chinese experts on future sustainable developments in New Towns.
Book launch: ‘Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia’
Date: December 9, 2011
Time: 19:00 – 21:00
Venue: Yi Dutang (F3, Creative Park, OCT, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518053)
On Friday December 9, The International New Town Institute (INTI) presents the new book Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia.
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 orchestrate and control an otherwise unwieldy urbanization process.
Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia 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. This book uses sixteen case studies to illustrate different approaches on contemporary New Town development in Asia: Masdar City (UAE), Tianjin Eco-city (PRC), Zira Island (Azerbaijan), Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Astana (Kazakhstan), Binh Duong New City (Vietnam), Al Madina a’Zarqa (Oman), Saadiyat Island (UAE), CamKo City (Cambodia), King Abdullah Economic City (Saudi Arabia), Magarpatta (India), New Songdo City (South Korea), Cyberjaya (Malaysia), Songjiang New City (PRC), Tin Shui Wai (Hong Kong), Bumi Serpong Damai (Indonesia).
Registration: RSVP, admission free.
For registration and information please contact Ms. Clarisse Stulp, email clarissestulp@gmail.com or see:
www.newtowninstitute.org
Exhibition ‘Allmetropolis’
Exhibition dates:
December 8, 2011–February 18, 2012
Time: 10:00-18:00
Venue: B10, OCT Loft
What are the opportunities if a Chinese urbanization model would be applied to Europe? This question will be tested by a case study in which the Chinese city Shenzhen will be compared to the city of Almere in The Netherlands. Both areas started their urban development in the late 1970s: Shenzhen as a promising Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Almere as promising New Town on Flevoland, the world’s largest man-made polder. In collaboration with and supported by INTI, the Go West Project investigates the economic, social and environmental implications and challenges of this scenario.
The Go West Project puts into perspective the economic, social, spatial and ecological developments of Shenzhen and Flevoland. This forms the starting point of a research that shows the possibilities and opportunities of using the Shenzhen model in a European context.
Conference ’6 under 60’
Date: December 10, 2011
Time: 19:00 – 20:00
Venue: the OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009 Shennan Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen 518053
Michelle Provoost, director of INTI, participates in the round table conference to reflect on the exhibition ’6 under 60’. Chief curator of the SZHK biennale Terence Riley will moderate the conference. ‘6 Under 60’ is a collaborative research endeavor and interactive multi-media exhibition organized and presented by the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture, School of Cinematic Arts and Roski School of Fine Arts. An interdisciplinary team has analyzed six cities that emerged or were transformed within the last 60 years — Chandigarh, Brasilia, Gaborone, Almere, Shenzhen and Las Vegas.
Symposium ‘Shenzhen and the World’
Date: December 11, 2011
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Venue: Multifunction hall, Shenzhen civic center, Fuzhongsan Road, Futian district, Shenzhen
Michelle Provoost, director of INTI gives a lecture and participates in the Symposium ‘Shenzhen and the World’, organized by Laurence Liauw (Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, department of Architecture).
Contact for the SZHK Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture 2011
For registration and more information please contact:
Ms. Linda Vlassenrood,
Program Director of INTI’s international activities,
email l.vlassenrood@newtowninstitute.org
or see: www.newtowninstitute.org
and www.szhkbiennale.org/2011.
INTI collaboration
The International New Town Institute invites you to become a member of INTImi, our international and multidisciplinary network of public, private and academic professionals, dedicated to improving the quality of global urban development. INTImi-members pay an annual fee and enjoy access to its members’ expertise and global network. Additional benefits include priority participation in events, considerable discounts to INTI-activities, INTI-excursions and INTI-publications and access to the online New Town database.
INTI is also looking forward to finding new collaborations with public, private and academic partners, strategically or activity based. We invite you to get involved and participate as partner in one of our activities.
After a successful book presentation at the 2011 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, we are pleased to announce that Rising in the East is now available for purchase worldwide.
“This is an epic book – a book telling the epic, the founding myths of contemporary New Towns in Asia.”
Markus Appenzeller
Director International Projects, KCAP Architects&Planners
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. Rising in the East: Contemporary New Towns in Asia 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. This book uses sixteen case studies to illustrate different approaches to the same urban question: Masdar City (UAE), Tianjin Eco-city (PRC), Zira Island (Azerbaijan), Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Astana (Kazakhstan), Binh Duong New City (Vietnam), Al Madina a’Zarqa (Oman), Saadiyat Island (UAE), CamKo City (Cambodia), King Abdullah Economic City (Saudi Arabia), Magarpatta (India), New Songdo City (South Korea), Cyberjaya (Malaysia), Songjiang New City (PRC), Tin Shui Wai (Hong Kong) and Bumi Serpong Damai (Indonesia). Their stories 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.
This book aims to illustrate both the opportunities and challenges that present themselves in contemporary Asian New Town planning. In doing so, Rising in the East presents an immediate account of the current urbanization processes that are transforming the Asian continent. As a key part of this development, New Towns have their own sometimes tragic, sometimes spectacular stories to tell. Their histories reveal the drama behind the mundane rows of cookie-cutter housing blocks. While globalization continues to blur regional differences, it becomes imperative to ask: what can we learn from these new New Towns?
Practical information:
Author: Rachel Keeton
Editor: Michelle Provoost
Designers: Ewout Dorman, Gerard Hadders
ISBN 9789461056832
English edition
Paperback | Full color
432 pages / 170 x 240 mm
Published 2011
€34,50
To request more information or images please contact INTI at: info@newtowninstitute.org, +31 (0)36 5344070 or +31 (0)6 14651733
On April 18 the International New Town Institute (INTI) collaborates with SICA | Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities to organize an expert meeting on Architecture and Design: Possibilities and Opportunities in China.
SICA, the International New Town Institute, the Netherlands Architecture Institute, the Chinese European Art Centre and the Dutch Design Fashion Architecture initiative will present their China program and share their knowledge and network.
Guest of honor will be Huang Weiwen, director of the Shenzhen City Design Center. We invite you to share your thoughts during a network dinner and the audience discussion session.
New Towns of the 21st Century
INTI will present its research and exchange program New Towns of the 21st Century to address the challenges of New Town developments in six different cities around the world. Over a three-year period, a research and exchange program for students and professionals will be established, supported by temporary outposts for several ’researchers in residence’, beginning in Shenzhen (China) and Chandigarh (India) in September 2012.
INTI organizes a worldwide exchange of knowledge and expertise on the planning, realization and improvement of new cities. Why? Because the scale and pace of global urbanization is unprecedented and most New Town developments are predictable because of many similarities: they are designed and built from scratch, they showcase ideas of one specific era, they are always part of larger regional developments, they contain a vast, homogeneous housing stock and they demonstrate specific demographic patterns. In order to improve the quality of our urban future, we can learn from existing New Towns today.
For more information on the expert meeting and to register please visit SICA.
If you have questions about the expert meeting or New Towns of the 21st Century please email l.vlassenrood@newtowninstitute.org or visit www.newtowninstitute.org.
On April 18 the International New Town Institute (INTI) collaborates with SICA | Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities to organize an expert meeting on Architecture and Design: Possibilities and Opportunities in China.
Wednesday 18 April 2012, 16.00 - 21.00 hrs (presentations and network dinner). Lloyd Hotel, Oostelijke Handelskade 34, Amsterdam. Costs for the event, including dinner: 22,50 euro to be paid at the spot. Language: English. For registration use this form.
Please note: register before 13 April, the number of seats is limited. You will receive a confirmation of participation after 13 April.
On 18 April SICA Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities organises an expert meeting on working in China. This time the focus is on architecture and the development of cities. SICA invites relevant partners and professionals who are active in China to share their knowledge and experience in these fields. After the presentations we kindly invite you to take part in the discussions with the speakers and work on your network during a dinner.
After a short introduction on cultural exchange between the Netherlands and China by Monique Knapen, programme director China at SICA, Huang Weiwen will deliver the keynote speech. Huang Weiwen is deputy chief urban planning of the Shenzhen municipality, senior advisor of the Hongkong/Shenzhen biennale of urbanism and architecture and director of the Shenzhen City Design Center. He will present his work and talk about the developments in Shenzhen in general.
The other guest speakers are Ole Bouman, director of Netherlands Architecture Institute, Linda Vlassenrood, programme director at International New Town Institute, Janwillem Schrofer, chairman of the board of the Chinese European Art Center and Christine de Baan, programme director Dutch Design Fashion Architecture.
For questions, please contact SICA, Alex Lebbink or Kayan Tang, T 020 6164 225 / e-mail post@sica.nl.
We hope to welcome you!
In collaboration with Entente Florale, the International New Town Institute and the Flevoland Province, the municipality of Almere is organising the international conference "Growing Green Cities I: a call to action". The conference is intended
to offer a platform to the agenda of the (international) horticulture industry (Growing Green) and the agenda of (international) exemplary green cities (Green Cities). The objective is to start a dialogue between these two agendas, to gather best practices and to launch a 10-year international exchange programme, where possible linked to official World Horticultural Exhibitions.
SUBJECTS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED ARE:
GREEN IS ENDANGERED - Green is endless and diverse, and meticulously intertwined with our daily lives. But where green – with everything it offers us – deserves a declaration of love, paradoxically the opposite is the case; green is endangered. Around the world a shift is occurring from a rural to an urban society. As the urbanisation will continue unrelentingly, we have no other option than to look for ways to keep our cities safe, healthy and attractive, to look for a better balance between red and green.
– How do we ensure the liveability of our cities, knowing that these cities will only get bigger and more crowded?
– How do we ensure that valuable open spaces, our green refuges, are preserved?
– How can city growth take place with healthy systems in themes such as Feeding, Greening, Energising and Healthying.
GROWING GREEN CITIES - The significance of the horticulture industry also grows with the growth of the world population:
more and more people need to be fed, be provided with clean drinking water and sustainable energy. The Dutch horticulture industry is one of the most important players at the global level.
The industry is growing in depth, by looking for better, more sustainable production methods, for both the masses as well as on a small scale. The industry is growing in width, by looking for relevant cross-overs with other industries, to broaden its focus. The on-going urbanisation makes that the quality of our future is increasingly dependent on the quality of our cities.
Cities ask themselves the question how they can maintain their resilience and appeal. How do we ensure the liveability of our cities? How do we ensure that the power of red does not make green disappear? The sense of urgency is growing, which in turn means around the world people are trying to look for ways to ensure the quality of life of city dwellers. Cities such as Shenzhen, Vancouver, Taipei City or, closer to home, Milan, will present inspiring examples during this conference.
A CALL TO ACTION - This conference is an invitation to the (international) horticulture industry, the Green Cities and the knowledge and innovation institutions associated with it to jointly grow towards a universal image of the ideal Green City, and to put this into practice.
REGISTER
You can pre-register for the Growing Green Cities I conference at www.floriadealmere.nl. You will receive an invitation and you will be able to confirm your registration as soon as the complete programme is published. The costs will amount to €195 per person. Please contact Esma Bolat via ebolat@almere.nl or +31 (0)36 527 7288 for additional information.
New Towns | New Territories
New Songdo City has been hailed as one of the first truly “smart” cities of the 21st century. The cutting-edge technology present in every square meter of this development is testament to the developer’s dreams of a high-tech, futuristic city. The real innovative aspect of this project, however, is the fact that the city is being sold as a package. For the first time ever, interested parties can buy a “City in a Box”, and know exactly what they are getting—down to the door handles and hinges. Every component is included in a one-time purchase, making construction infinitely faster and more streamlined. China has already purchased two Songdos, and Middle Eastern buyers are said to be interested.
Place: Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Time: 9 am – 7 pm
The conference ’New Towns | New Territories’ explores the latest innovations in global urbanization, privatization and new organizational models of urban development as well as the impact and challenges for professional practice.
Global urbanization is moving at a faster pace than ever before and it is showing a fundamental shift in its structure and organization. Hundreds of economic, eco and satellite cities are being developed by private companies. Not only in Asia, but also in Europe. The growing privatization has led to an increased dynamic between client, investor, developer, designer, builder and end-user. The organizational models shift with each new urban development as alliances, politics and financial interests change.
We want to know: Who are the new players in the field of urban development? What visions, ambitions and strategies do they have? What innovations and financial models make these cities possible? And, perhaps most importantly: how will these new approaches change the quality of life in our future cities?
Case studies will include: New Songdo (Korea), Strand East (UK), Parades (Portugal) and Lavasa (India)
Speakers will include key-representatives of: CISCO, Lavas Corporation Ltd, Royal Haskoning/ DHV, HOK, Bloomberg Businessweek, Landprop/ InterIKEA, Municipality of Newham, TU Delft, Living PlanIT, Buro Happold, Balonas Menano, Institute for International Development, MVRDV, and independent critics.
Organization: This conference is the 5th International Conference organized by the International New Town Institute (INTI), in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (I&M) and Volume magazine. Online documentation by tegenlicht.vpro.nl.
For this event a limited amount of tickets is available.
For more information please contact info@newtowninstitute.org or see the website.
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Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Time: 9:00 – 19:00
Place: NAI, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cost: €200 excl. VAT
Global urbanization is moving at a faster pace than ever before and while it may look like the same old story, a fundamental shift is taking place just beneath the surface. The real innovations are less visible and seem to happen on an organizational and financial level. Today, hundreds of economic, eco and smart cities are being developed as totally privatized cities. This spreading privatization has led to new business models, changing roles and responsibilities and new dynamics between client, investor, developer, designer, builder and end-user. The organizational models shift with each new urban development as alliances, politics and financial interests change.
The conference explores the latest innovations in global urbanization, privatization and new organizational models of urban development as well as the impact and challenges for professional practice.
We want to know: Who are the new players in the field of urban development? What visions, ambitions and strategies do they have? What innovations and financial models make these cities possible? How are they governed? Who is in charge? How can we secure public interests in a private city on the long term? And, perhaps most importantly: how will these new approaches change the quality of life in our future cities? How can we measure the performance of a private city? When is it successful? When is it desirable?
Four case studies
To help answer these questions, the conference explores four newly constructed cities as inspiration and a starting point for the discussion: New Songdo near Incheon (South Korea); Lavasa near Pune (India); Strand East in London (United Kingdom) and PlanIT Valley near Porto (Portugal).
Speakers
Speakers will include key representatives from: CISCO, Lavasa Corporation Ltd, HOK, Landprop/ InterIKEA, the Municipality of Newham, Royal Haskoning/ DHV, Accenture, Bloomberg Businessweek, TU Delft, Living PlanIT, Buro Happold, Balonas Menano, the Institute for International Development, the New Cities Foundation, and independent critics. More information on the speakers and the program can be found here.
Organization
This is the 5th International Conference organized by the International New Town Institute (INTI). New Towns | New Territories is organized in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (I&M). A special follow-up publication will be done in partnership with Volume magazine. Online documentation will be provided by tegenlicht.vpro.nl.
Title
The title of the conference, ‘New Towns | New Territories’ refers to both new cities in a very literal way as well as to innovative models of urban development practice. The title therefore implies our fascination with both the physical and organizational shifts taking place.
– For this event a limited amount of tickets is available.
Register here
– More information can be found here
– To request additional information or images please contact INTI at info@newtowninstitute.org
This conference is organized in collaboration with the Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu and the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi). A special publication on the results of the conference will be done in partnership with Volume magazine and VPRO Tegenlicht will produce online documentation of this event.
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International New Town Institute: who we are and what we do
The International New Town Institute (INTI) is a not-for-profit foundation based in the Netherlands, dedicated to improving the quality of global urban development, with a focus on New Towns.
We believe that in order to improve the quality and sustainability of our urban future, we can learn from existing New Towns today. INTI is studying the past, present and future of planned communities in an urbanizing world and serves a unique role in bringing together multidisciplinary expertise and experience in a wide range of activities in collaboration with public, private and academic partners. INTI initiates studies, offers educational programs, and organizes public events and lectures. The foundation is financed by the government of The Netherlands, its members, benefactors and partners.
Since 2008 INTI has grown from a small institute into an internationally known network organization for education and research relating to New Towns. INTI is now considered a leading organization related to New Towns, with an extensive lecture and conference series, global network of professionals, and considerable publications.
New Towns | New Territories: New Players in Urban Planning
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Time: 9:00 – 19:00
Place: NAI, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cost: €200 excl. VAT
This conference is organized in collaboration with the Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu and the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi). A special publication on the results of the conference will be done in partnership with Volume magazine and VPRO Tegenlicht will produce online documentation of this event.
Place: Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Time: 9 am – 7 pm
The conference ’New Towns | New Territories’ explores the latest innovations in global urbanization, privatization and new organizational models of urban development as well as the impact and challenges for professional practice.
Global urbanization is moving at a faster pace than ever before and it is showing a fundamental shift in its structure and organization. Hundreds of economic, eco and satellite cities are being developed by private companies. Not only in Asia, but also in Europe. The growing privatization has led to an increased dynamic between client, investor, developer, designer, builder and end-user. The organizational models shift with each new urban development as alliances, politics and financial interests change.
We want to know: Who are the new players in the field of urban development? What visions, ambitions and strategies do they have? What innovations and financial models make these cities possible? And, perhaps most importantly: how will these new approaches change the quality of life in our future cities?
Case studies will include: New Songdo (Korea), Strand East (UK), Parades (Portugal) and Lavasa (India)
Speakers will include key-representatives of: CISCO, Lavas Corporation Ltd, Royal Haskoning/ DHV, HOK, Bloomberg Businessweek, Landprop/ InterIKEA, Municipality of Newham, TU Delft, Living PlanIT, Buro Happold, Balonas Menano, Institute for International Development, MVRDV, and independent critics.
Organization: This conference is the 5th International Conference organized by the International New Town Institute (INTI), in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (I&M) and Volume magazine. Online documentation by tegenlicht.vpro.nl.
For this event a limited amount of tickets is available.
For more information please contact info@newtowninstitute.org or see the website.
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Dear sir, madam,
City and nature enhance each other; both are needed for a healthy, attractive living environment. Yet there is a tension, with 50% of the world’s population already living in cities – just 2% of the earth’s surface – and set to rise to 70% by 2050.* It is obvious that such a demographic shift will put a lot of pressure on space as green increasingly has to make way for red.
So how can we safeguard the liveability of our cities, in the knowledge that such cities will only grow and become even more populated? How can we preserve those valuable open spaces, our green sanctuaries? How can urban growth go hand in hand with a higher quality of life for billions of people, with enough food, with healthy systems for energy and water? It is a universal issue that is becoming more urgent in every shift from rural to urban living.
Growing urbanisation is forcing us to look for ways of keeping our cities healthy and attractive, not just for ourselves but for future generations. It is a task for society as a whole, so not the exclusive domain of urban citizens or policymakers. Also urban developers, architects, planners, (environmental) activists, ecologist, scientists, entrepreneurs and NGOs need to find a better balance between red and green.
The quest is already under way. All over the world, and on different scales, initiatives are getting off the ground, often under the header of ‘Green City’, which colour our cities greener, both literally and figuratively: green roofs in Chicago, windmills in Copenhagen, urban parks in Curitiba, CO2 reduction in Vancouver, waste recycling in San Francisco, LEED-certified towers in Taipei, sustainable transport in Portland and healthy food systems around (new) major cities in Asia and Russia.
‘Green City’ is not possible without ‘Growing Green’
The municipality of Almere has registered its candidature for the Floriade 2022, the seventh world horticulture exhibition on Dutch soil, to be awarded by the Netherlands Horticulture Board (NTR). It is in the run-up to the Floriade that a link can be laid between all the parties, national and international, that are concerned about the future of our cities and the horticulture sector, for which ensuring enough food, clean drinking water and renewable energy is the key societal task for the coming decades. It is precisely because this task is shifting more and more to the city in the face of ongoing urbanisation that the horticulture sector – comprised of tree, fruit and flower nurseries, food horticulture and ornamental plant growers – has such a vital role to safeguarding the liveability of our cities.
Growing Green Cities – A Call To Action
If Almere is awarded the Floriade 2022, Almere intends, in very close collaboration with the NTR, to cluster strengths. The challenge is to bring together the knowledge and expertise from around the world to create a shared vision of what the ideal ‘Green City’ should or must be. We will do this by (organising) a ten-year long dialogue focused on exchanging national and international best practices.
On behalf of the municipality of Almere I invite you to take part in this dialogue, in both word and deed, to contribute your own expertise and to learn from the expertise of others. The dialogue begins on 20 September 2012 with the ‘Growing Green Cities – A Call To Action’ conference at the Floriade grounds in Venlo. The conference is being organised by the municipality of Almere, the province of Flevoland, Entente Florale and the International New Town Institute in collaboration with Elba Media. A varied programme has been drawn up (see attachment 1). For more information on how you can register, go to www.floriadealmere.nl.**
Prior to the decision of the NTR, we want to show you that the ‘Green City’ is no utopia but a prospect that beckons. I therefore look forward to seeing you on 20 September, at the first exploration of our ‘Growing Green Cities’ network.
Adri Duivesteijn
Councillor for Sustainable Spatial Planning
Chairman of the Floriade 2022 Steering Committee
* United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects; the 2011 revision, 2012 & European Commission, Making Our Cities Attractive and Sustainable, 2012
** If you are unable to participate in the conference but would still like to respond to our ‘Call To Action’, and be part of the ‘Growing Green Cities’ network, please return a signed copy of this Call (see attachment 2).
New Towns New Territories
Place: Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam, Netherlands. Time: 9 am – 7 pm
We would like to follow up on our invitation to take part in the conference New Towns | New Territories on Thursday 27 September 2012 in the NAi in Rotterdam. In this email you will find the program of the conference.
Global urbanization is moving at a faster pace than ever before and it is showing a fundamental shift in its structure and organization. Hundreds of economic, eco and satellite cities are being developed by private companies. Not only in Asia, but also in Europe. The growing privatization has led to an increased dynamic between client, investor, developer, designer, builder and end-user. The organizational models shift with each new urban development as alliances, politics and financial interests change.
The conference ’New Towns | New Territories explores the latest innovations in global urbanization, privatization and new organizational models of urban development as well as the impact and challenges for professional practice.
Speakers will include key-representatives of: CISCO, Lavasa Corporation Ltd, Royal Haskoning/ DHV, HOK, Property EU/ City Leaders, Landprop/ InterIKEA, Municipality of Newham, TU Delft, Living PlanIT, Buro Happold, Balonas Menano, the Institute for International Development, and independent critics.
Opening Session ‘What’s happening?’
– Michelle Provoost, Director of the International New Town Institute, EU/NL
Session 1, New Songdo, Korea: ‘City in a Box’
– Jean-Louis Massaut, Director, Worldwide Smart+Connected Communities practice, Cisco, UK/ Asia
– Gale international, video interview, TBC
– James Kostaras, Research Associate, Institute for International Urban Development, USA
– Tiffany Tsui, Director Strategic Business & Sustainable Development, region China, Royal Haskoning DHV, EU/NL
Session 2, Strand East, United Kingdom: ‘City as a Community’
– Harald Müller, director of LandProp/ Inter IKEA, EU/ UK
– Isaac Kalisvaart, CEO of MAB Development, Bass Fellow Yale School of Architecture 2013, EU/NL, TBC
– Clive Dutton, Director for Regeneration, Planning & Property of Newham EU/ UK, TBC.
– Wouter Vanstiphout, Design as Politics, TU Delft, EU/ NL
Parallel Session 3, Lavasa, India: ‘City as a private enterprise’
– Scot Wrighton, City Manager of Lavasa, Asia/India
– Tim Gale, Head of Planning, HOK, EU/UK, Asia
– Landor Associates, Branding consultant/ strategic advisor for Lavasa, Asia/India TBC
Parallel Session 4, Living PlanIT, Portugal: ‘City as a Laboratory’
– Rosemary Lokhorst, Executive Vice President at Living PlanIT, EU/ PT
– Pedro Balonas, Urban Planner Parades, Balonas Menano, EU/PT
– Andrew Comer, Partner and managing Director for Environment & Infrastructure, Buro Happold, EU/UK
– Simon Giles, Senior Principal, Accenture, EU/NL
– Yongping Chen or Henry Li, Build Your Dreams (BYD), Asia/China. TBC
Closing session ‘What’s next’
Reflections and conclusions from the speakers and the audience including key attendees e.g.:
– John Rossant, Chairman of the New Cities Foundation (NCF), EU/SW
– Henk Ovink, Deputy Director General Spatial Planning at Ministry for Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands and co-curator at IABR 2012, EU/NL
– Ole Bouman, Director, Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi), EU/NL
For more information on the content of the conference look here or visit our site www.newtowninstiute.org
To register for this special event go to the site of INTI or register here. The amount of tickets is limited, so don’t wait too long. Please note that your registration is valid only after we have received your payment. You will receive a confirmation of your registration.
For more information please contact info@newtowninstitute.org or see our website www.newtowninstiute.org. We hope to welcome you in Rotterdam on 27 September for the conference with what should be an exciting set of discussions on new players in urban planning!
This conference is the 5th International Conference organized by the International New Town Institute (INTI), in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi), the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (I&M) and Volume magazine. Online documentation by tegenlicht.vpro.nl.
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New Towns | New Territories
Strand East is one of the case studies in the INTI-conference ‘New Towns | New Territories’ on September 27, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Strand East is a neighborhood for 6.000 inhabitants initiated, financed and owned by the private organization LandPROP (a subsidiary of InterIKEA). The project was conceived as part of the wave of redevelopment that flooded this area when the London Olympics were announced. This mixed-use neighborhood is built with the same middle-class target group as the familiar IKEA stores, but at a new scale: housing, recreational and business facilities will be built on the site of an old industrial terrain. LandPROP is also concerned with creating a strong sense of community in this area, and their long-term interest in the project is evident: all 1.200 dwellings will be rental units, with LandPROP as landlord.
A documentary ‘Making Cities, The City of the Future’, by VPRO Tegenlicht, features Strand East and Harald Müller, CEO of LandProp, who is also a speaker at the conference ‘New Towns | New Territories’ on September 27 in Rotterdam.
Everything you always wanted to know about privatized cities but didn’t know who to ask.
The International New Town Institute (INTI), Volume and VPRO Tegenlicht invite you to come and have a drink with us at the launch of the new issue of Volume magazine, the online documentation of tegenlicht.vpro.nl and to have a toast on the New Year in Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum, Spui 14, Amsterdam on January 11, 2013 at 5.00pm till 7pm .
Volume #34: City in a Box , was conceived in conjunction with the conference ‘New Towns | New Territories’ initiated and organized by the International New Town Institute (INTI) at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (September 27, 2012), which explored the latest innovations in global urbanization. All videos of the conference are available online via tegenlicht.vpro.nl/inti.
If you can’t make it to the launch, you can order Volume #34: City in a Box here. See also the event on Facebook.
Volume #34 and the conference ‘New Towns | New Territories’ was made possible with the support of: The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, EFL Stichting, the Netherlands Partners for Water International Program, The Netherlands Architecture Fund, the Netherlands Architecture Institute, VPRO Tegenlicht, Volume and the International New Town Institute.
The International New Town Institute is a non-profit scientific research institute dedicated to improving the quality of global urban development, with a focus on New Towns (International New Town Institute)
Volume is an independent quarterly magazine that sets the agenda for architecture and design, published by Archis. Each issue mirrors Volume’s open network that is constantly growing with authors and readers: Engage at volumeproject.org. Volume Magazine is supported by the Mondriaan Foundation
"Da Lang Fever"
Opening of the exhibition Da Lang Fever on Sunday December 8, 16.00 at The Value Factory, Shekou, Shenzhen, China.
“火热大浪”展览活动将于2013年12月8日下午4点于深圳市蛇口价值工厂隆重开幕。
See the short presentation movie Da Lang Fever
The International New Town Institute contributes to the Shenzhen Urban Border Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture 2013 with the event and exhibition called Da Lang Fever. Roller-skating, Dancing and Singing performances from Da Lang Neighborhood.
Da Lang Fever is curated by Linda Vlassenrood.
Informatiecentrum Making Almere: Growing Green Cities, Floriade 2022 is sinds januari 2014 gevestigd in het Schouwburgcomplex aan de Esplanade in het hart van Almere. De succesvolle tentoonstelling vertelt de geschiedenis van de nieuwe stad Almere en toont de plannen voor de toekomst.
De tentoonstelling Making Almere was sinds april 2012 te zien op het Belfort en brengt de ommezwaai in beeld van de door professionals ingerichte stad in de jaren ’70 -de Heren afdeling- via de productieve jaren ’80 en ’90 -de afdeling Confectie- naar een stad gemaakt door vele mensen nu -de afdeling Voor Hem en Haar.
Daarnaast wordt in de tentoonstelling uitgebreid aandacht besteed aan de plannen en initiatieven voor Growing Green Cities en de Floriade 2022.
Het thema Growing Green Cities, bedacht in het kader van de Floriade 2022, staat centraal in de ontwikkeling van Almere. Growing Green Cities verwijst naar een beweging die het leven van stadsbewoners in alle opzichten duurzamer, gezonder en aantrekkelijker moet maken.
In het informatiecentrum worden in de aanloop naar de Floriade diverse activiteiten georganiseerd. Het centrum is vrij te bezoeken tijdens openingstijden van de Schouwburg Almere.
Het is mogelijk om de ontvangstruimte te boeken voor bijeenkomsten, rondleidingen en lezingen. Neem contact op met dhr. Jacob Buitenkant, j.buitenkant@newtowninstitute.org / www.makingalmere.nl
Het International New Town Institute (INTI) is curator van Informatiecentrum Making Almere: Growing Green Cities, Floriade 2022.
Voor de redactie, niet voor publicatie:
Voor meer informatie, opvragen van foto’s hoge resolutie en voor boekingen kunt u contact opnemen met Jacob Buitenkant, tel. 06-17392651 of via mail
Schouwburg
Esplanade 10, 1315 TA Almere
www.makingalmere.nl
The International New Town Institute and the African Centre for Cities in Cape Town call on architects and urbanists to make a proposal for participation in The Density Syndicate as part of the Cape Town World Design Capital 2014. The only possibility for consideration is through this Open Call.
The Density Syndicate summary
Cape Town suffers from extensive urban sprawl, due to a combination of the legacy of Apartheid spatial policy, the middle-class ideal of single-family homes on individual plots of land, and politicians allowing developers to choose the way of least resistance for the expansion of the city. These societal divisions result in a fragmented city: a patchwork of disconnected business districts, affluent gated communities and poor townships, spread out across an area far beyond the city bowl defined by the bay and Table Mountain.
Studies have confirmed that there is more than enough space to accommodate growth within the city perimeter. There is a clear necessity to increase density. The current situation is socially, economically and ecologically unsustainable. Together with our local partners, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) and the City of Cape Town Planning Department, the International New Town Institute (INTI) proposes a project to study the possibilities for increasing Cape Town’s urban density, by using the combined design intelligence of Dutch and South African architects and planners. The Density Syndicate will organize strategic partnerships between 5 Dutch and 5-10 South African architects (and urban planners) to connect these creative thinkers to Cape Town’s most urgent urban planning challenges.
By choosing three different sites in Cape Town and developing design proposals that will be exhibited at the large ACC exhibition in October 2014, on the occasion of Cape Town World Design Capital 2014, the project aims to offer innovative, alternative strategies as a starting point for the future urban development of Cape Town. While simultaneously offering Dutch and South African architects opportunities to work together, learn from each other, and find common ground.
Proposals may be submitted until midnight, March 1, 2014. The selection committee will make their decision on April 1, 2014. Selected participants will be announced on April 3, 2014.
