INTI - International New Town Institute

The Dalang School of Life

ewout — 2020-12-02T13:12:00Z

Dalang Fever 3 consisted of research, an exhibition at the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture and a workshop. A multidisciplinary science and design team from both the Netherlands and China came together during a four-day online workshop in June 2020 to review the research method, analyse the collected data and propose improvements for Dalang. The goal was to find out how to incorporate people's needs into the continuous transformation of the area. What spatial, organisational (…)

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New Towns, Arrival Cities - Same Same but Different

ewout — 2019-12-16T10:32:26Z

This film features six old and new generation pioneers in New Towns across Western Europe. Although the cities differ in many ways, they all experience challenges due to increasing migration of foreign workers, refugees or asylum seekers. The film depicts their quest to revive the spirit of urban and social innovation of the early days of their foundation. The film is made by Marit Geluk, with support from Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds) and Europe for Citizens.

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The Making Of The Clay Oven in Alamar that survived Irma

ewout — 2017-10-01T13:52:00Z

While in the Netherlands and Western Europe we are slowly developing a participatory approach to the city, in the New Town Alamar (Havana, Cuba) more than 100.000 people already live in self-built apartment blocks since the 70's. Also 95% of vegetables consumed in Alamar are locally produced in large urban agriculture farms. To strengthen and revive this spirit of DIY in architecture and food production, INTI is organizing with Cuban partners a series of community events, fuelling the unique (…)

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New Towns; Challenges and Opportunities

ewout — 2016-10-19T08:23:44Z

What are the most important challenges and opportunities on the agenda of New Towns? How can questions of livability, demography, participation, work, accessibility and mobility be transformed into guidelines for the design of new towns?

By creating and extending our platform we connect professionals and representatives from New Towns worldwide and nourish a solid process of mutual learning. With the network and platform that INTI creates, examples of implementation will become accessible for similar cities, universities and design professionals. In this short film, 11 representatives of New Towns, explain their ambitions and how they want to work towards the concrete implementation of practical projects.

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Making Cities Together Lab, Nairobi

ewout — 2016-09-26T11:03:15Z

Fast growing cities, like Nairobi, face serious challenges in developing into an inclusive and prosperous environment. The ‘Making Cities Together' project aims to develop a sustainable, viable and long-term agenda for Nairobi's public spaces as an entry point to urban development.
In May 2015 the Placemaking Design Lab took place to develop new strategies for public spaces in the City centre, Dandora and Korogocho. The 'Must Seed' strategy in Dandora is selected for implementation at the (…)

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Five minute impression of the "Urban Africa” conference

ewout — 2015-04-29T13:38:07Z

This international conference explored the current trajectory of African urbanization with insights from some of the most exciting voices in the field and serve as a platform to begin an open debate. Organized by the International New Town Institute (INTI), April 7, 2015 in Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
See the movie in HD quality
A film by Marit Geluk

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Videos available from the “Shenzhen: From Factory of the World to World City” Conference

ewout — 2015-01-15T12:24:38Z

Videos from the “Shenzhen: From Factory of the World to World City” conference held by INTI on December 12 in Almere are now available online through our website. For the first time, the results of INTI's international research and exchange program in Shenzhen were presented in the Netherlands. Speakers and panelists from both China and the Netherlands discussed the major constraints in the current urban planning process in Shenzhen and presented new stakeholders, new social and economic (…)

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To Withdraw like a Monk and Live like a Prince: Learning from Saadiyat Island

ewout — 2014-10-01T11:43:11Z

Lecture at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, August 21, 2014, by Rachel Keeton
INTI researcher Rachel Keeton presented a lecture on the New Town Saadiyat Island. Saadiyat Island is a “dreamscape” created by Tourism Development & Investment Company just half a kilometer from downtown Abu Dhabi. It is an amalgam of luxury residential areas, 5-star resorts and golf courses crowned by a Cultural District containing a hallucinatory collection of museums designed by five Pritzker Prize (…)

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lecture series: 'The New Town: From Welfare City to Neoliberal Utopia' #6

ewout — 2014-05-27T09:26:00Z

Lecture 6 | 27 May , 13:45 – 15:00, Room F, TU Delft by Michelle Provoost.
Lecture series offered by the Design as Politics Chair at the Architecture Faculty of Delft University of Technology at Delft, the Graduate school for the Social Sciences at UvA, and INTI.

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lecture series: 'The New Town: From Welfare City to Neoliberal Utopia' #5

ewout — 2014-05-20T10:13:00Z

Lecture 5 | 20 May, 13:45 – 15:00, Room F, TU Delft by Wouter Vanstiphout.
Lecture series offered by the Design as Politics Chair at the Architecture Faculty of Delft University of Technology at Delft, the Graduate school for the Social Sciences at UvA, and INTI.

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