INTI - International New Town Institute

Taking Back Housing!

ewout — 2021-05-04T14:39:12Z

On the 16th of October, we co-hosted the international symposium Taking Back Housing! together with the Independent School for the City. During the online symposium, speakers from the Netherlands and abroad talked about the challenges of alternative housing projects such as housing cooperatives. Thanks to all the speakers and the audience, we were able to yet again host a great International New Town Day edition. In order for everyone to learn from these insightful presentations we have (…)

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Michelle Provoost wins Rotterdam Maaskant Award

ewout — 2021-03-26T12:47:00Z

The International New Town Institute is ecstatically happy but not at all surprised that our Director Michelle Provoost is this year's laureate of the biannual Rotterdam Maaskant Award. Every other year the prestigious award is given to a person or an organisation that has distinguished itself in the fields of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture through journalism, teaching, and/or research activities.
Some former Laureates are Ed Taverne, Rem Koolhaas, Riek Bakker, Dirk (…)

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Dalang Fever 3 at the Urbanism Biennale in Shenzhen

Sascha Herfkens — 2019-12-16T15:25:50Z

INTI presents a project at the 8th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen: Dalang Fever 3. This project is a continuation of the research and exhibitions on the same area in Shenzhen, presented at two previous editions of the Biennale and curated by Linda Vlassenrood. This time, it is a cooperation with Het Nieuwe Instituut. Dalang Fever 3 is also part of the DATAstudio programme (2015 – 2019) of Het Nieuwe Instituut, which addresses the question of how data and (…)

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A Manual

ewout — 2019-09-11T10:29:35Z

In the light of the present building boom in Africa, INTI has researched the quality of the urban plans for New Towns on the continent, which often leaves a lot to be desired. To critique the many shortcomings of these masterplans is easy, but can we also help to improve them? Using (good and bad) examples from more than 40 New Towns worldwide, we distilled 10 main principles for New Town planning and design. We bundled them in The Manual, which offers an alternative approach for planners, (…)

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New Towns, Arrival Cities

ewout — 2019-09-02T12:33:54Z

As New Towns across Europe experience changing dynamics due to increasing migration of foreign workers, refugees, asylum seekers and international students, among others, “New Towns, Arrival Cities” approaches these cities as potential laboratories of inclusion and experimentation, asking whether they can revive the spirit of urban and social innovation of the early days of their foundation. The two-year project brought together European city representatives, researchers, students, local (…)

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Utopian Radicalism

ewout — 2019-09-02T11:17:17Z

On the invitation of Milton Keynes we programmed a day during the Festival of Cultural Urban Living which is taking place from September 23rd to October 13th and is curated by RaumlaborBerlin. During that period, Midsummer Boulevard in central Milton Keynes will bring together citizens, artists, architects, urban planners, creatives and many others to deliver a free programme of exhibitions, events, creative workshops and performances.
On October 3rd, the topic is ‘Utopian Radicalism'. We (…)

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Dutch New Towns / Groeikernen

ewout — 2019-08-29T10:44:04Z

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Dit programma, dat INTI in samenwerking met de Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed is gestart, onderzoekt hoe jong erfgoed een positieve rol kan spelen in de ruimtelijke ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse New Towns, de groeikernen. Hoe kunnen ze de huidige bouwopgave aangrijpen om tot een kwaliteitsverbetering van hun steden te komen? Welke aanpak past bij hun ruimtelijke kenmerken (de kleinschalige structuren, labyrintische stedelijke weefsels) en structurele kenmerken (…)

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New Town Heritage: Exploring the Boundaries Seminar – report

ewout — 2018-04-17T11:55:45Z

On the 22nd and the 23rd of March 2018 the International New Town Institute in Rotterdam hosted the New Town Heritage: Exploring the Boundaries seminar. This two-day seminar discussed the future of New Towns and New Town history in one excursion and a day full panel-discussions and presentations. Bringing together an impressive number of Dutch and international experts from the fields of heritage, architecture and project development, the New Town Heritage seminar discussed the central (…)

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New Towns Heritage: Exploring Boundaries

ewout — 2018-02-08T10:44:22Z

The International New Town Institute (INTI) and the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have the pleasure of inviting you to our upcoming seminar “New Towns Heritage: Exploring Boundaries”. The seminar is funded by the AHRC as part of a series of events on New Towns heritage, coordinated by the New Towns Heritage Network lead by Oxford Brookes University. This series has been organised with the purpose of sharing research and policy on the architectural heritage value of the (…)

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INTI's exhibition at the Biennale in Shenzhen presents the results of urban planning workshops in Guangming

ewout — 2017-12-21T14:51:45Z

INTI's exhibition “Checklist or Reality Check? Research by design in Guangming New Town” will open on December 23 at the seventh Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture (UABB) in China, which is themed “Cities Grow in Difference”. Curated by Linda Vlassenrood (INTI) in collaboration with Markus Appenzeller (MLA+), it will present the results of four urban planning workshops between 2015-2017 as part of our advisory role for the urban planning department of Guangming New Town. (…)

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