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Algorithm of the city
Podcast review by Jol Abels Many events in public space that we as Dutch people consider normal stem from laws and regulations about this...
Mar 4


Imagine Utopia
Book review of Polylemma by Ian Witte Küchenmonument. (Photo: raumlabor) When I was little, I loved to dream about utopia. Futuristic...
Feb 4

Onder Planologen: The layered approach and the dichotomy in our field
Podcast review by Erik Mies The layered approach didn't come out of the blue. McHarg's 1969 work 'Design with nature' was a layer model...
May 21, 2024


Plato: The world’s earliest spatial planner?
Book review by Jens den Boer The Republic is arguably Plato's most famous works and many of the issues and ideas presented in the book...
Apr 30, 2024

Invisible cities
Book review by Zwaan Hoeksma Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino is a must-read for any spatial designer. It's a slim book with a clear...
Feb 27, 2024


Klimaatgids voor de 21e eeuw
Book review by Janna de Ruijter Enkele maanden geleden vond in het universiteitsgebouw Gaia het ontwerp atelier EU2120 plaats. Een...
Nov 28, 2023


Pressure To Change: how people were brought together in a fight against cars
Podcast review by Carien de Wildt For a lot of people the Netherlands has always been a biking paradise. With the most bikes per capita...
Oct 3, 2023


Curbing Traffic - The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
Book review by Rutger de Graaf In recent years, a trend is taking place in online spaces like Youtube and Twitter: more and more urbanist...
May 30, 2023
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