Future Perspectives for Development in the Global South

Emerging New Roles for Designers and Planners: Articulating Soft and Hard Infrastructures.

Hard infrastructure are often purposed by urbanists to facilitate further economic and societal Hard infrastructure are often purposed by urbanists to facilitate further economic and societal development. However, the recent protests in Brazil and Turkey against the urban plans told the development. However, the recent protests in Brazil and...

Why TU Delft must contribute to development in the Global South

Can the Netherlands effectively and fairly contribute to development in the Global South? What is the role of the University in preparing professionals and critical minds to do so?

Why discuss spatial justice in urbanism studies

It is very difficult to discuss the issue of spatial justice within the context of a country that enjoys so much of it. The Netherlands is probably one of the places in the world where the overarching objectives of spatial planning and design have been most fully attained: healthy, fairly sustainable and mostly prosperous cities with few signs...

Articulating Soft and Hard Infrastructures: Emerging New Roles for Designers and Planners

Hard infrastructure are often purposed by urbanists to facilitate further economic and societal development. However, the recent protests in Brazil and Turkey against the urban plans told the other side of the story of infrastructure: the design of hard infrastructure alone is not enough. Roberto Rocco, an assistant professor of TU Delft and...