26 april
De Zwijger spreekt met… WeMakeThe.City
Kim van den Anker geeft een kijkje in de wereld van het verbinden
Bron: H-team
Nearly every European city, town and village grew considerably in the twentieth century because of the unprecedented growth in European economies and populations. As a result, the stock of property in Europe increased rapidly. Existing properties now do not always meet the current needs. So they have to be transformed and/ or require maintenance, for example regarding energy efficiency. The maintenance and re-use of the existing stock is becoming an increasingly important task across Europe.
With among others:
Joep de Roo
Joep is initiator, project manager and advisor of projects on urban and area development. He has a broad understanding of local and EU development processes and policies. Joep is able to turn ideas into local or EU projects and manage complex cooperation processes.
Gert Kwekkeboom
As an architect Gert Kwekkeboom is one of the co-founders of The Cloud Collective (TCC). Gert is specialised in the field of public architecture and urban design and communal housing. In 2016 TCC is researching differences in strategies to transformation of cultural heritage in France and the Netherlands.
Willemijn de Boer
She is the founder and owner of ANNA Real Estate & Culture, opening up vacant buildings and making them available to entrepreneurs, creative industries and cultural use. Willemijn is member of the H-team and founding member of the platform Haagsche Bodem, a community that accelerates redevelopment in The Hague.
Gerben van Dijk
As a debater Gerben is focussing on re-use in the built environment. He is currently occupied at ‘Bouwstenen voor Sociaal’, focusing on public real estate. His strong belief in re-use as an integral strategy for re-development of the built environment makes him the ideal H-team chairman.
Hilco van der Wal
Hilco is a consultant at APPM Management Consultants in spatial processes. He is also the initiator of the Urbanisator, a concept to address vacancy in the re-development of city areas. He is a member of the National Expertteam (office)-transformation and H-team.
Teun van den Ende
Teun van den Ende is secretary of the H-team from within the Board of State advisors (College van Rijksadviseurs). Teun has worked on exhibitions, debates and publications on transformation and re-use and he is founder and editor of a Dutch online platform (www.platformvoer.nl) on heritage in relation to spatial planning.
Authors:
Although most parts of Europe are still experiencing population growth and economic growth, our cities, towns and villages will not expand as much this century as they did in the previous century. There is simply not enough room for this. Transformation is therefore the obvious solution for areas where there is growing demand for space. This means infill where possible in low-density urban districts and changing the designated use of sites that have become abandoned.
The increasingly uneven population growth across the continent is also resulting in regions that are suffering from population and economic decline. They face the threat of high vacancy rates. That makes the question of how to deal with existing property even more urgent. Which is better: a change of designated use or demolition?
While the European approach to urban development is still very much geared to new buildings and urban expansion, the challenge of how to reuse the existing stock is growing in day-to-day practice. Tonight will be hosted by the H-team (Dutch re-development team).
Programme
20.00 welcome
by moderator Maarten van Tuijl (H-team)
20.05 – 20:15 re-use across the border
relating the booktheme to subtheme from urban expansion to re-use: Tom Bergevoet (temp.architecture)
20.15 – 20.30 introduction into 5 themes: from urban expansion to re-use
5 diabolic dilemmas of reuse in city development (gebiedsontwikkeling) related to European examples. Pitched by H-team & guests
- Joep de Roo (Eurodite / Linkeroever)
- Gert Kwekkeboom (The Cloud Collective)
- Willemijn de Boer (H-team, ANNA Vastgoed en Cultuur)
- Gerben van Dijk (H-team, Bouwstenen voor Sociaal)
- Hilco van der Wal (H-team, APPM)
- Teun van den Ende (H-team, College van Rijksadviseurs)
20:30 - 21:30 Discussion in groups
Discussions / gesprekstafels under guidance of debaters / guests
21:30– 22:00 wrap-up and reactions
Presenting the solutions for re-use on a European scale, with reactions from the audience and a panel of experts.
22.00 – drinks and afterparty
In Europe, the period of great economic and demographic growth is largely over. Unlike in Latin America, Asia or Africa, the boundaries of most European cities are therefore no longer moving away, but have come to a halt. The spatial assignment of the future European city will be fundamentally different. Building new space outside the city boundaries is no longer necessary. Instead, what exists should be made sustainable. The new spatial assignment involves maintaining, restructuring, densifying or diluting the existing city. This program revolves around the release of the book The Flexible City, sustainable solutions for a Europe in transition. In this publication the authors Tom Bergevoet en Maarten van Tuijl widen their methodological analysis from their successful Dutch publication de Flexibele Stad, to the European scale. They present a toolbox that is able to turn the new assignment into a success. European cities are compared, similarities and trends are identified and concrete examples are described in detail. This creates an inspiring handbook for anyone working on the future of the European city: from administrators and policymakers to developers, designers, builders and users In this series of 6 eventsanalyses, methods, instruments and examples of this book will be discussed. Each session zooms in on one specific theme of the book.
The Flexible City
In Europe, the period of great economic and demographic growth is largely over. Unlike in Latin America, Asia or Africa, the boundaries of most European cities are therefore no longer moving away, but have come to a halt. The spatial assignment of the future European city will be fundamentally different. Building new space outside the city boundaries is no longer necessary. Instead, what exists should be made sustainable. The new spatial assignment involves maintaining, restructuring, densifying or diluting the existing city. This program revolves around the release of the book The Flexible City, sustainable solutions for a Europe in transition. In this publication the authors Tom Bergevoet en Maarten van Tuijl widen their methodological analysis from their successful Dutch publication de Flexibele Stad, to the European scale. They present a toolbox that is able to turn the new assignment into a success. European cities are compared, similarities and trends are identified and concrete examples are described in detail. This creates an inspiring handbook for anyone working on the future of the European city: from administrators and policymakers to developers, designers, builders and users In this series of 6 eventsanalyses, methods, instruments and examples of this book will be discussed. Each session zooms in on one specific theme of the book.
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