Is de wereld beter af met jouw gebouw? 'Nee' is het antwoord in 99,9% van de gevallen. Bijna elk gebouw vervuilt de lucht, water, bodem en schaadt de biodiversiteit. Wat als we dat omkeren en ons concentreren op positief bijdragen? Als gebouwen lucht, water en bodem zuiveren, biodiversiteit creëren en meer energie opwekken dan we gebruiken? Dan genezen we de wereld met onze gebouwen.

Wat Unilevers’ Paul Polman beschrijft voor bedrijven in het boek Net Positive beschrijft Vincent van der Me...

The world loves Paris for its beauty. But Paris is in peril. Despite polls and lawsuits showing that residents oppose skyscrapers, the city’s leaders have started developing colossal skyscraper projects at the old gates of the city. They destroy the traditional street furniture that adds to the charm of Paris. The city is becoming filthy. In this book, forty-nine experts, many of them Parisians, show that Paris City Hall threatens to damage Paris irreparably. They call on the world to aid P...

For the first time in history, the Internationale Bauausstellung or IBA is

being held outside Germany, in Parkstad- Limburg, the Netherlands. What started as an exhibition for modern construction in 1901, has developed into an urban planning instrument that often provides a powerful impulse to the local economy, public space and society. IBA Parkstad was launched in 2014.

Through sometimes intricate, sometimes far-reaching urban and rural interventions and the cohesion of regional politan Par...

In recent decades, architecture has been seen as a field of practice that contributes greatly to the performativity of public space. In spite of the explosion of virtual communities through social media and the limitations imposed by pandemics, architecture today still holds an active role in (literally) building our societies. Bearing in mind its acute politicisation in past years, Living Politics in the City looks at public space from the perspective of architecture and its effective contri...