Hoogland's Comfort Canopy

1.2 City-zen Roadshow
City-zen is a European Union project that has received
funding from the UN's Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7) for research, technological development
and demonstration, coordinated
by VITO. The consortium consists of 25 partners
representing industries, network operators, housing
corporations, city representatives and research
institutes from 5 European countries.
The project leader of the Roadshow – Dr. Craig Lee
Martin of TU Delft – selects cities with diverse climates,
urban typologies, economies, and cultural
backgrounds to ensure that the highly mobile and
compact method of the project is fully tested and
evolved through various societal and technological
challenges.
The Roadshow is a showcase experience that
blends international professional expertise with national
stakeholder involvement and regional background
and lifestyle awareness. The SWAT Studio
visits every hosting city before the Roadshow begins.
After that, The Roadshow spends several
days in each hosting city delivering seminars on
energy and urban design in which all local participants
are welcome and encouraged to participate
and take ownership of the final results. Outcomes
that will allow the capital, people, expertise and renewable
energy capacity of the cities to be effectively
guided over a realistic timeframe to meet their
energy transition. The process begins by defining
the urban neighbourhood. The process begins by
identifying the urban lifestyle and energy challenges
of a neighbourhood. Then a concrete sustainable
"City Vision" is delivered to the city on the
final day of the event project, which will adapt to all
scales of their built and natural environment.
City-zen Roadshow Amersfoort took place between
October 16 th and 18 th , 2019 in Amersfoort.
Three teams were present. The Binnenstad Team
was formed by Prof. Greg Keeffe (QUB), Dr. Andrew
Jenkins (QUB) and Javier Montemayor Leos
(TUD SWAT). Prof. Dr. Andy van den Dobbelsteen
(TU Delft), Dr. Han Vandevyvere (VITO), Lincheng
Jiang (TUD SWAT) and myself were in the Hoogland
Team (Fig. 1.2.2 is a collage made by myself).
Siebe Broersma (TUD) and Riccardo Pulselli
(UNISI) worked on overall energy and carbon neutrality.
The collaboration between the Roadshow
team and the Municipality of Amersfoort, together
with the input of Amersfoort residents in everyday
presentations, resulted in a productive process
and beautiful outcomes.
The proceedings of City-zen Roadshow Amersfoort
and the previous Roadshows can be tracked
in the City-zen website, citizen-smartcity.eu.
Figure 1.2.1: City-zen Amersfoort (facebook.com/CityzenRoadshow)
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