Since a couple of years a remarkable phenomenon is witnessed in the field of urban development which entails that large multinationals corporations, such as IKEA and Siemens, start to engage in urban development projects. As their motivation to do so is unclear, it is difficult to estimate whether this phenomenon offers opportunities or threats for urban development practice. This paper…
Delft is a medium-sized city in the western part of the Netherlands with approximately 100,000 inhabitants. The city combines its historic features with a variety of distinctive technological industries, such as the Delft University of Technology, life sciences and material conglomerate DSM, and the well‐known Dutch scientific research institute TNO. This situation has led the…
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM – FIELD TRIP DELFT/ROTTERDAM By Erwin Heurkens Delft University of Technology, March 2015, Delft
Tijdens de Archis Speaks-bijeenkomst ‘The Art and Science of Real Estate’ in Pakhuis de Zwijger debatteerde Friso de Zeeuw met Jesse Keenan en James Saunders (beiden CURE New York) en Marc Koehler (Superlofts) over de rol van de ontwikkelaar en architect in hedendaagse gebiedsontwikkeling. Uiteraard ging het over het spanningsveld tussen ontwerp en financiering van…
De faciliterende gemeente heeft de toekomst, horen we steeds vaker. Een gemeente die initiatieven van burgers en de private sector ondersteunt. Maar hoe dit nou precies werkt, blijft vaak in nevelen gehuld. Risicodragende publieke investeringen en gemeentelijke regie over het plan- en ontwikkelproces zijn nog zelden mogelijk. De nieuwe werkwijze van lokale overheden vraagt in…
Naar aanleiding van het artikel “Gebiedsfonds: Lessen uit Engeland voor Nederlandse gebiedsontwikkeling” van ir. Boudewijn Stumpel en dr. ir. Erwin Heurkens in Real Estate Research Quarterly van december 2014 stelden FRESH Students Erwin Heurkens een aantal vragen over de toepasbaarheid van dit business model en ontwikkelstrategie voor Nederland. De balans tussen de private partijen en de…
HKU UKNA SEMINAR By Erwin Heurkens University of Hong Kong, November 2014, Hong Kong
While for a long time the Dutch followed their own path in land and property development, they have now broadened their scope to alternative approaches. One might argue that they are forced to do so by changing market conditions on the one hand, and a different, neoliberal political attitude towards the role of the public sector in planning and…
Dutch planning practice in recent decades witnesses the emergence of private sector-led urban development projects. Such projects are ‘led’ by property developers and ‘facilitated’ by local planning authorities aimed to realize both planning and market objectives. However, remarkably little academic attention has been paid to how public and private actors decisively organize and manage these projects in practice. This…
UWE STUDY TRIP By Erwin Heurkens University of the West of England (UWE) Study Trip, April 2014, TU Delft