*Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft: 2008-2019. Edited by Stead, Bracken, Rooij & Rocco

84 Spatial Planning & Strategy
Spatial Planning, Regional Planning and Area
(Re)Development for Undergraduates
REMON ROOIJ & WIL ZONNEVELD
In the third year bachelors’ curriculum
Architecture, Urbanism &
Building Sciences (in Dutch: Bouwkunde),
the Spatial Planning and
Strategy Section contributes to two
courses, which are compulsory for all
bachelors’ students (about 300-350
per year): a 10EC, 10-week design
project: Area (Re)Development, and
a 5EC, 5-week course: Management,
Planning, and (Re)Development.
The design project Area (Re)Development
is a management game in
which teams of students develop a
spatial strategy for the redevelopment
of an urban area via role-playing
and the simulation of a multi-actor
decision-making process. The
design assignment entails looking at
an existing urban area that no longer
matches today’s spatial, functional,
and economic demands and developments.
Student teams are asked
to develop a future-proof proposal,
taking into account existing qualities
and new opportunities, on the
one hand, and spatial, societal, and
economic feasibility, on the other.
Teams consist of nine actors: private
investors, public authorities, professional
advisors, civil society, and
users. Students are tutored by group
teachers and role teachers. The
role of the (local and/or regional)
planning authority is always tutored
by a Spatial Planning and Strategy
Section staff member.
The course Management, Planning,
and (Re)Development consists of
lectures and readings on spatial
planning, real estate, economics,
urban law, and area development.
The course promotes a better understanding
of the value of strategy-making
and students learn about
a variety of methods, perspectives,
and actors. The Spatial Planning and
Strategy Section contributes with
workshops, lectures, readings, and
several exam questions on the topics
of spatial-planning cultures, spatial-planning
methods, and values
for the built environment.
Fig. 50: Cover of the book “Het programma en ruimtegebruik van de stad”, by Han Meijer (2014).