*Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft: 2008-2019. Edited by Stead, Bracken, Rooij & Rocco
This is a summary of the achievements of the session Spatial Planning & Strategy of the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, led by Professor Vincent Nadin between 2008 and 2019.
This is a summary of the achievements of the session Spatial Planning & Strategy of the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, led by Professor Vincent Nadin between 2008 and 2019.
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16 <strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> & Str<strong>at</strong>egy<br />
[THE BIG PIC<strong>TU</strong>RE]<br />
A word from the Dean of the<br />
Faculty<br />
PROFESSOR DICK VAN GAMEREN, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF<br />
ARCHITEC<strong>TU</strong>RE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, <strong>TU</strong> DELFT<br />
<strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> and Str<strong>at</strong>egy’s beginning<br />
<strong>at</strong> our school coincides with<br />
the fire in <strong>2008</strong>, which triggered big<br />
changes all around our school. Professor<br />
Vincent Nadin was appointed to replace two<br />
previous chairs: Ruimtelijke <strong>Planning</strong> (<strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong><br />
<strong>Planning</strong>) led <strong>by</strong> Professor Paul Drewe,<br />
and Stedelijk Beheer en Stadsvernieuwing<br />
(Urban Renewal and Management) led <strong>by</strong><br />
Professor Jürgen Rosemann. The SPS group<br />
was led jointly <strong>by</strong> Professor Vincent Nadin<br />
and Professor Wil Zonneveld, who joined<br />
a few years l<strong>at</strong>er. In recent years, SPS has<br />
reached intern<strong>at</strong>ional recognition through<br />
leadership and particip<strong>at</strong>ion in numerous<br />
funded research projects, as well as having<br />
become a centre for the promotion of deb<strong>at</strong>e<br />
on innov<strong>at</strong>ive issues of planning and<br />
design for the built environment, including<br />
issues of sp<strong>at</strong>ial justice, governance, social<br />
sustainability, mobility, regional planning<br />
and design, and planning educ<strong>at</strong>ion. This<br />
includes the completion of 15 PhD dissert<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
in recent years, with 12 under way. The<br />
focus on high-quality educ<strong>at</strong>ion is reflected<br />
<strong>by</strong> the numerous courses delivered <strong>by</strong> SPS<br />
staff in the Department of Urbanism and<br />
Faculty-wide, including courses in AMS and<br />
EMU. 2019 marks the retirement of Vincent<br />
Nadin and an occasion to reflect and<br />
celebr<strong>at</strong>e the very fruitful 11 years of SPS <strong>at</strong><br />
Bouwkunde.
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