Metro in Progress_Roundtable Brussels
Metro in Progress was an international roundtable event on metropolitan strategies, held in Brussels, November 2013. More than fourteen experts and administrators from eight metropolitan regions in the EU (Brussels, Stuttgart, Manchester, Paris, Bordeaux, Copenhagen-Malmo, Turin and Bucharest) share their insights, methods and experiences on the central theme: From Strategies to Implementation
Use versus Population
“Today, city planners swear loyalty to Jane Jacob’s vision. Her goal of preserving the city’s physical fabric by maintaining the small scale and interactive social life of the streets has been translated into laws for preserving much of the built environment. But these laws go only part of the way towards creating the vibrant city Jacobs loved. They encourage mixed uses, but not a mixed population.”
Debate Plug (In) & Play
The results of the design research Plug & Play were presented by the participating architects and urban designers and discussed with several professionals. Could, learning from all the different projects, a city-wide strategy be set up for the different locations?
Spying on the Neighbours!
House DDR’dam was part of the annual festival Spying on the Neighbours (Gluren bij de Buren).
City Gallery_Cool exhibited
City Gallery Cool, the map that sees Rotterdam as an open air museum and exhibits a new way to experience this museum, was part of the exhibition: ‘De Aankoop’.