INTI - International New Town Institute

New Towns, Arrival Cities - Same Same but Different

ewout — 2019-12-23T13:39:43Z

This film features six old and new generation pioneers in New Towns across Western Europe. Although the cities differ in many ways, they all experience challenges due to increasing migration of foreign workers, refugees or asylum seekers. The film depicts their quest to revive the spirit of urban and social innovation of the early days of their foundation. The film is made by Marit Geluk, with support from Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds) and Europe for Citizens.

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Final Report

ewout — 2019-05-29T08:36:15Z

Despite all the different points of departure, this journey around Europe has made clear that post-war New Towns have to tackle a series of common challenges. Each city is of course unique, but all together they make it possible to recognize common phenomena. With the aim to reflect on the challenges that European New Towns have to master today, this publication gathers the reports of each Lab, inviting the reader to delve into each city while, case after case, widening the perspective to (…)

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Photos

Viviana Rubbo — 2019-05-28T14:24:26Z

The city built during the 1990s. Ph. Fiona Robinson
The new city centre after the redevelopment works of the 1990s-2000s. Ph. Viviana Rubbo
The regional cultural Hub - Theater De Stoep. Ph. Viviana Rubbo
Housing typologies in Spijkenisse. Source: Municipality of Nissewaard
The neighbourhood De Hoek. Ph. Viviana Rubbo
Public debate session during Day 2 of the New Town Lab
The Youth Parliament which gathered in Day 2 of the New Town Lab to discuss Youth participation in the (…)

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Lab Conclusions

Viviana Rubbo — 2019-05-17T08:04:52Z

Vällingby, the A-B-C acclaimed and renowned model, the social-democratic Welfare state flagship of Sweden, doesn't recognize itself anymore. As many other post-war middle-aged New Towns around Europe, its founding principles have become outdated. That faith of the pioneer generation which had moved to the satellite town in the 1950s and 1960s to find a modern and prosperous life, has also gone. The clash between utopia and the rough reality is becoming painful. Similarly to the other (…)

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Vällingby Report

Isabel Kooij — 2019-05-17T07:46:57Z

The present report is a documentation of the insights related to New Towns and migration from the two-day New Town Lab in Vällingby and it should be read within that context. The lab was the fourth of five events as part of the two-year project “New Towns Arrival Cities”, led by the Municipality of Nissewaard and coordinated by INTI, the International New Town Institute. European New Towns, built by the welfare state to accommodate growing urban populations, all share a social democratic (…)

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Lab Conclusions

Viviana Rubbo — 2019-05-16T22:15:59Z

Spijkenisse is the typical product of the welfare state. The years 1960s and 1970s saw the creation of many amenities, youth and community centres, those emblematic places of the New Town where one could develop his own talent. Everybody was encouraged to be part of the city life by organizing their own activities (this concerned the youngsters of that time, for instance), says Michelle Provoost, INTI Executive Director. As part of a cycle, the contemporary town has to reinvent its dialogue (…)

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Nissewaard Report

Isabel Kooij — 2019-05-16T21:52:07Z

The present report is a documentation of the insights related to New Towns and migration from the two-day New Town Lab in Spijkenisse and it should be read within that context. The lab was the fifth of five events as part of the two-year project “New Towns Arrival Cities”, led by the Municipality of Nissewaard and coordinated by INTI, the International New Town Institute. European New Towns, built by the welfare state to accommodate growing urban populations, all share a social democratic (…)

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Lab Conclusions

Viviana Rubbo — 2019-05-13T20:13:36Z

Evry no longer sees itself as a New Town and, with Senart, is reinventing its identity starting from the recognition of a multi-cultural dimension which has been part of the recent history of the New Town. The creation of a new narrative that embraces this multi-cultural diversity represents a challenge – shared by all the other New Towns explored throughout the implementation of this European programme - and requires first and foremost the understanding and value of the role that migrants (…)

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Grand Paris Sud Report

Isabel Kooij — 2019-05-13T19:33:44Z

The present report is a documentation of the insights related to New Towns and migration from the two-day New Town Lab in the agglomeration of Grand Paris Sud and it should be read within that context. The lab was the third of five events as part of the International New Town Institute's two-year project “New Towns Arrival Cities”. The first event was held in Milton Keynes in November 2017, the second in Sabaudia in May 2018. The European New Towns were built with a strong top-down planning (…)

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Video

ewout — 2019-05-10T12:30:32Z

In the framework of the ' New Town, Arrival Cities' project co-funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme, international public officers and representatives from different European countries have met in Spijkenisse to share a reflection of the future of the New Town. The main goal of the meeting was to address the pressing and complicated topic of the government-citizens relations: how to create the conditions for a collective construction of the city?". Italy, France, Great Britain, (…)

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