Dikes are the framework of the Dutch landscape. But even though there are so important, no book has been written about it. That is why the landscape architects of LOLA Landscape wrote it: Dutch Dikes. I contributed to this issue by writing an essay: dikes as a source of innovation.
I interviewed urban planning professor and author of ‘Emerald Cities’ Joan Fitzgerald for the John Adams Institute. Given the lack of national policy on climate change, cities have stepped into vacuum and are developing strategies of their own. Good for the climate, good for the economy, says urban planning professor Joan Fitzgerald.
I interviewed urban planning professor and author of ‘Emerald Cities’ Joan Fitzgerald for the John Adams Institute. Given the lack of national policy on climate change, cities have stepped into vacuum and are developing strategies of their own. Good for the climate, good for the economy, says urban planning professor Joan Fitzgerald.
A film, an app, an artwork, a Twitter-campaign, a product: those are just a few examples of social design with water. They can get an issue on the agenda, create a community and launch new products. For the book compiled by Anne van der Zwaag on social design, Looks Good Feels Good Is Good, I wrote the chapter on water. The world is ready for designers who, rather than adding yet another chair to what is already there, devote their time and creativity to solving the world’s (water) problems.
Ondergelopen parkeergarages, overstromende grachten en pleinen. Extremer weer zal de steden opzadelen met veel wateroverlast. Het biedt architecten, stedenbouwers en ontwerpers de kans om het stadsleven te combineren met waterberging. Een vijf pagina grote special van het zaterdagkatern Outlook van het FD. Read the article…
We gooien er afvalproducten in – poep, pies, wc papier, frituurvet, regenwater – en in toenemende mate komen er waardevolle grondstoffen uit. Uit het riool halen we tegenwoordig stroom, elektra, kunstmest, biogas, bioplastic en zelfs wc papier. Voor De Groene Amsterdammer schreef ik over het riool in aanloop naar de editie van mijn live talkshow Stadsleven op 24 februari met het thema ‘Afval stinkt niet’. Read the article…