How to #makespace for urban growth with quality was the topic of a recent session for municipal professionals I was honoured to host. Themed ‘#RuimteZat!’ (Sufficient Space!), based upon eleborate research by KAW architecten we dove into accomodating spatial and social improvements in the existing city weave, next to a minimum of 25% extra houses, without sealing open landscapes or nature areas in Gemeente Zaanstad.
Being serious about co-authoring an urban development plan for a city comes with the responsibility to watch over it’s realisation when you are a strategist or city architect. It’s even more relevant when space is limited, and creating social return (#SROI) is a serious goal.
In this quest we are happy as a team to invite inspiring experts that help motivate colleagues and partners within our executive training program #NieuwZaanstad. An exceptional contribution was the key note lecture of Reimar von Meding of KAW architecten earlier this week. We even had to move into a different location to fit in the growing audience, appropriately into the largest room in the city hall.
The lecture is part of the excecutive training program set up by: Marc den Hertog, Lisa Schouten, Meike Westers, Hilde Bloemers, Frida Ruhulessin, Rianne Kleine Koerkamp and Lennart Graaff