*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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Urbanism . <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Delft</strong> 23<br />
THE FIRE<br />
<strong>2008</strong> was the year in which<br />
Bouwkunde was shocked <strong>by</strong> a fire th<strong>at</strong><br />
devast<strong>at</strong>ed our Faculty (13 May <strong>2008</strong>).<br />
Fortun<strong>at</strong>ely, there were no casualties, but<br />
lots of m<strong>at</strong>erials were lost and the building<br />
could not be salvaged. Initially, Bouwkunde<br />
staff were ‘nomads’ in the <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Delft</strong> campus,<br />
but soon we were teaching and researching<br />
in a tent city built especially for us. A few<br />
months l<strong>at</strong>er, staff gradually moved to their<br />
new “temporary” accommod<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>at</strong> BK<br />
City: the old headquarters of the university<br />
were repurposed in record time. These<br />
‘temporary’ accommod<strong>at</strong>ions ended up becoming<br />
our beloved permanent home, with<br />
new and colourful facilities th<strong>at</strong> constitute<br />
an <strong>at</strong>traction in themselves.<br />
<strong>2008</strong> also marked the beginning<br />
of a new section <strong>at</strong> Bouwkunde: <strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong><br />
<strong>Planning</strong> & Str<strong>at</strong>egy. SPS was formed out<br />
of two former groups: Ruimtelijke <strong>Planning</strong><br />
(<strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong>) led <strong>by</strong> Professor Paul<br />
Drewe, and Stedelijk Beheer en Stadsvernieuwing<br />
(Urban Renewal and Management)<br />
led <strong>by</strong> Professor Jürgen Rosemann. More<br />
than twenty tenured staff members got<br />
together under the leadership of our newly<br />
appointed Professor Vincent Nadin.
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