The Urbanism Week 2011 was an unforgettable event for everyone with a fascination for the (un)built environment. Polis Platform for Urbanism is proud to build the platform for knowledge exchange and offers you the chance to look back and ahead.

On this page you can find the videos of all lectures of Urbanism Week 2011. Click on the name of the keynote speaker to re-enjoy Urbanism Week 2011!

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Monday // 26 SEPT

Introduction by Polis // Organizing party

Lecture by Alexander D’Hooghe // Associate professor Architectural Urbanism at MIT
‘On the architecture of urbanism’

Lecture by Han Dijk // Partner of POSAD
‘On winning design competitions’

Discussion by Alexander D’Hooghe & Han Dijk
‘On the architecture of urbanism’‘On winning design competitions’
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Tuesday // 27 SEPT

Lecture by Erik Pasveer // Chief of  Urbanism at municipality  The Hague
‘On designing the city’

Lecture by Koen de Boo // Partner of Plein06
‘On the independent urbanist’

Discussion by Erik Pasveer & Koen de Boo
‘On designing the city’ & ‘On the independent urbanist’

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Wednesday // 28 SEPT

Lecture by Tess Broekmans // Partner of Urhahn Urban Design
‘On the spontaneous city’

Lecture by Chris Zevenbergen // Director of Business Development at Dura Vermeer
‘On building the future’

Discussion by Tess Broekmans & Chris Zevenbergen
‘On the spontaneous city’ & ‘On building the future’

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Thursday - The Symposium // Day 1 – 29 SEPT

Introduction by Polis // Organizing party

Opening by Henk Ovink  // Director for National Spatial Planning

Lecture by Markus Appenzeller // Director International Projects of KCAP
‘On the edge of architecture’

Lecture by Hubert Habib // Director of Grontmij the Netherlands
‘On engineering the habitat’

Lecture by Alfredo Brillembourg // Partner of Urban-Think Tank and professor ETH Zurich
‘On the global change’

Debate with prof. Han Meyer, prof. Maurits de Hoog, dr. Ronald Wall (EUR) and our key-note speakers
Crisis and beyond: the continuous state of change

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Friday - The Symposium // Day 2 – 30 SEPT

Welcome by Polis // Organizing party

Opening by Maurits de Hoog // Chairman of the Urbanism department at TU Delft

Lecture by Edward Soja // Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA
‘On the spatiality of human life’

Lecture by Maarten Hajer // Director of ‘Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving’
‘The Art of Intervention: rethinking urbanism and governance’

Lecture by Adriaan Geuze // Director of West 8
‘On recreating urban space’

Debate with prof. Henco Bekkering, prof. Joost Schrijnen, prof. Wouter Vanstiphout and our key-note speakers
Society & Space: rediscovering the human form

Final Lecture by René Boomkens // Professor social and cultural philosophy at RUG
‘On the urban society’

Closing by Bart Cosijn, Maurits de Hoog & Jorick Beijer

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