2o11

the International Perspectives

A programme, which focuses on what urban functions of activities and facilities are important for Randstad Holland and consequently contribute to its international image.

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Festival City_Rotterdam in the AIR Archive

Festival City_Rotterdam has been added to the website of the Architectural Institute of Rotterdam.

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tIP o2|o7 Social Network City @ UU

Christian Licoppe is Head of the Social Science Department and Professor of Sociology at Telecom Paris-Tech. Christian Licoppe has been researching the influence and potentials of locative media and games on ‘real’ urban environments. From a sociological standpoint, he has looked at the technological side of urban space, combining ‘real’ versus virtual worlds and seeing whether this combination offers a new way of social interaction. He argues that these new forms of social media can produce new environments of interaction, where urban public places can transform into ‘hybrid ecologies’.

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Soundgallery Summer 2o11

Every workday between 19.oo and 21.oo, from the middle of August until middle of September 2o11, Soundpiece performed as a Soundgallery, exhibiting soundscapes of different sound artists. The artists were asked to create a soundscape in which Rotterdam is represented by different sound atmospheres.

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The Mayor's Garden

Interview with David Dooghe by newspaper Metro on project Vibrant City.

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The middling brother of a rich family

During the Ruimteconferentie 2o11 organised by the Planbureau, David Dooghe presented the first results of the research ‘Defining the Metropolis, Randstad’.

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WenK Sint Lucas: From Brussels to Tirana.

David Dooghe is a studio mentor for the Master Urban Design at Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Sint-Lucas, Gent.  

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It is not about how big you are, but about how you grew

Defining the Metropolis researches the influence of global top urban facilities in the development of urban agglomerations in the world. This is an update of primarily results of the project.

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Economics of Beauty

An advice on what is the economical surpluses of investments in the quality (architecture, public space and amenities) of the inner city.

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tIP o4|o7 Self Organising City @ EUR

Stephen Marshall is Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning and Urban Design at the Barlett School of Planning, University College of London. In his book ‘Cities, Design and Evolution’ (2oo8), Stephen Marshall has researched how cities are put together: both in terms of how different parts are organised in relation to the whole, and how they are created or evolve over time. The book presents a new evolutionary perspective that recognises both the designed and organic nature of cities. 

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tIP o3|o7 Flagship Developments @ UVA

Paul Lecroart is a Senior Urban Planner at the Urban Planning and Development Institute in the Paris Ile-de-France Region, working on various (sub)regional assignments. He studied the impact of major events on world cities and currently researches large scale urban development in 15 different European cities. Paul Lecroart has examined these developments from various perspectives. Firstly, he has looked at how these developments fit into the economic, social, environmental and spatial ambitions of the metropolitan area. Secondly, he has looked at the implementation of these projects: how they are planned, managed and delivered. Finally, he has looked at how a major event can give an impulse to the development of urban areas and the collaboration of various parties at different levels.

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tIP o1|o7 Cultural Clusters @ TUD

Bernd Fesel is the Deputy Director of the European Centre for the Creative Economy (ECCE). This institute came about from the Ruhr European Capital of Culture (ECoC) event in 2o1o, for which Bernd Fesel was the advisor for the Creative Industry. His organisation supports, facilitates and tries to crosslink the creative economies in the Ruhr region, both at a local and regional scale.

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You reach your destination!

What could be the role for the urban design and the designer now the long-term perspective seems to be under pressure by the focus on short time winnings? For Plandag 2011, Planning of the future, David Dooghe wrote a paper on how the role of the urban design and designer is shifting.

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Still, Slow and Silence

How still, slow and silent is the city? In the talkshow Multitasken, David Dooghe was interviewed on his experiences as curator of Soundpiece.

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Community of Competence Metropolisation

Defining the Metropolis was input for INTA’s first Community of Competence on Innovative Metropolitan Development.

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Wireless Debate

The physical world of the city and the virtual world of the internet are overlapping more and more. This has major consequences for both the way we experience public spaces and the way we exchange news and stories.

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WenK Sint Lucas: Dendermonde

David Dooghe is a studio mentor for first Master Urban Design at Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Sint-Lucas, Gent/Brussels.

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