The Inverted Estate: Reimagining inverse town planning to stimulate an improved human-nature connection, a case study for the Haagse Beemden

The Haagse Beemden in Breda is a neighbourhood that is designed towards the concept of the ‘’inverse town planning’’. In this concept, the underlying landscape structures the layout of the neighbourhood, resulting in an urban area with the landscape at its core. In the case of the Haagse Beemden this means that the neighbourhood was built around...

Unlikely Collaborations?: Planning Experts from both Sides of the Iron Curtain and the Making of Abuja

As a so-called “playground of the Cold War”, post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa was contested territory in the ideological power game that dominated the second half of the twentieth century. However, despite the tension between eastern and western blocs, the non-aligned nations of the “South” also provided opportunities for unlikely collaborations...

Urbanism PhD Research 2008 - 2010

To ensure the quality of the Ph.D. research the Department introduced a special procedure for periodic evaluation: after a period of nine months the potential Ph.D. candidates are asked to present their research design, theoretical framework and methodological approach to the members of the Department and to an external review, drawn up by the...

Ontwerpen aan de stad: Stedenbouw in Nederlands-Indië en Indonesië (1905-1950)

This book describes the development and professionalization of Dutch Indian (Indische) town planning between 1905 and 1951. It simultaneously portrays the modernisation of the Dutch East Indies and the emergence of modern day Indonesia.

For Kota and Kampong: The Emergence of Town Planning as a Discipline

This chapter, an abridged version of Van Roosmalen's dissertation, describes the development and professionalization of Dutch Indian (Indische) town planning between 1905 and 1950, the simultaneous modernisation of the Dutch East Indies and the emergence of modern day Indonesia. A Dutch version of the chapter was published in 2004 ('Voor kota en...

Avant-garde between east and west: Modern architecture and town-planning in the Urals 1920-30

On hearing the term "Soviet modernism", images of Moscow and Leningrad spring to mind. These two cities may compete with each other for the title of the Russian modernist paradigm. Meanwhile little attention has been paid to the developments in more remote areas of Russia. Apparently, the Ural region played a remarkable role in the history of...

Changing Views on Colonial Heritage

Within the context of a rational study and in order to arrive at a balanced appreciation of nineteenth and twentieth century heritage worldwide, architecture and town planning realized under colonial rule requires special attention. This paper describes the strengths and need for a revised vision of this particular heritage and the...