jul 19th, 2016 | Design, Lezingen, Video, Water
In June 2016 I was keynote speaker at What Design Can Do. My lecture was called ‘Salty Water, Sweet City’.
What Design Can Do showcases design as a catalyst of change and renewal and promotes it as a way of addressing the societal questions of our time. The story is told through the annual conference in Amsterdam, additional conferences in other parts of the world, the worldwide What Design Can Do Challenge, as well as their own publications and the WDCD blog. This year I was also part of the selection committee for the Refugee Challenge.
Watch the video of ‘Salty Water, Sweet City’ here:
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jul 19th, 2016 | Video
On June 30 I was keynote speaker at What Design Can Do. My lecture was called ‘Salty Water, Sweet City’.
What Design Can Do showcases design as a catalyst of change and renewal and promotes it as a way of addressing the societal questions of our time. The story is told through the annual conference in Amsterdam, additional conferences in other parts of the world, the worldwide What Design Can Do Challenge, as well as their own publications and the WDCD blog. This year I was also part of the selection committee for the Refugee Challenge.
Watch the video of ‘Salty Water, Sweet City’ here:
Read the article…
nov 18th, 2014 | Architectuur, Publicaties

This is a good year for the Japanese-born architect Shigeru Ban. In June he was awarded the Pritzer Prize, and last week his new building for the Aspen Art Museum opened in Colorado. Read the article…
nov 17th, 2014 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
Wat worden de grote opgaven voor de architectuur in een tijd waarin architectuur meer draait om sociale interventies dan om ontwerpen in de klassieke zin? Voor De Gids schreef ik een stuk over de architect als ontwerper en stedenbouwkundige, maar ook als buurtwerker en activist. Read the article…
nov 9th, 2014 | Artikelen, Mobiliteit, Publicaties
De jaarlijkse Week van de Stad heeft dit jaar (5 t/m 9 nov. 2014) als thema de Ring rond Amsterdam. Na de Singelgracht en de A10 heeft de hoofdstad ongemerkt een nieuwe ringweg gekregen: de A11. Nu nog een samenraapsel van stukjes A1, A2, A5, A9 en A10 – maar als het allemaal straks de A11 heet kan de A10 een stadsboulevard worden. Read the article…