8 TILLMANN KLEIN “IT IS REMARKABLE THAT REGARDING FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT, WESTERN EUROPE IS LEADING BY FAR”

B NIEUWS #11

PERIODIEK VAN DE FACULTEIT BOUWKUNDE | TU DELFT

26 APRIL 2011

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2/3 NieuwsINDESEM '11: Programme revealedThe value of designIsocarp's conference

4 NieuwsStudievoortgang anno 2011Academic's exchange

5 BK In FocusPublic Building:Research & education. Fall 2011/12

8 BK In FocusFaçades for the future

9 ProjectThe creation of a European Plaza.Railway station in Amsterdam South

10 ForumDesigning is communicating: R. RoccoColumn: Robert NottrotCartoon: Thomas de Bos

11 Herijking BKReview (‘Herijking’) of the Faculty of Architecture (‘11-‘14)

12 Agenda

6/7 BK In DepthCelebrate peopleReview of the welcome symposium for Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart

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Addendum BN 10In het artikel ‘Architectuur van de politiek’ (B Nieuws 10) mist er cruciale informatie. Hoewel XML architects het initiatief namen, werd het onderwijsproject georganiseerd samen met Christoph Grafe (Interior Archi-tecture) en Hans Teerds (Public Building). De afdeling Interior Architecture heeft het onderwijs gecoördineerd.B Nieuws 10, pagina’s 06 - 07

Bouwkunde wint prijsDe faculteit Bouwkunde van de TU Delft heeft met het project BK City een belangrijke Euro-pese prijs voor het behoud van Cultureel Erfgoed gewonnen: de EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards 2011. bk.tudelft.nl

Call for new editors B Nieuws is looking for new editors to join our team. Since three of our lovely editors will probably leave the editorial board after the summer, we are looking for new talents in writing, editing and InDesigning. So do you have the skills and are you interested in working for the periodical of the Faculty of Architecture, please send an e-mail to:bnieuws-bk@tudelft.nl

Winnaar STYLOS folly bekendgemaaktHet ontwerp is van Martin Fiala en heet 'Act of Folly'. Vanaf nu zal STYLOS zich voornamelijk bezig gaan houden met de vergunningen en het zoeken van sponsoren. Naar verwachting kan de folly volgend studiejaar worden gebouwd op het voorplein. Voor meer informatie, check de website van Stylos.stylos.nl

KORT NIEUWS

BK–City This year's InDeSem, discusses the influence of digital information and social media on (our perception of) architecture and human interaction: “because InDeSem 2011 is somewhat theoretical and conceptual, we invited the relevant theorists and academics, but also designers and artists who deal with the more practical side of the theme”, says Milou Joosten, a member of the organizing committee. The list of speakers therefore features such renowned academics as Saskia Sassen, Arie Graafland, to the young interac-tive artist Daan Roosegaarde and a founding member of Archigram, Sir Peter Cook. Another person who won’t be missing is Herman Hertzberger, the spiritual father of InDeSem and a social architect par excellence.

The event kicks off on the 13th May with a mini-symposium, in which international speakers, as well as our faculty’s own heavy hitters will introduce the topic to the eighty participants of the Indesem workshop, as well as the general public, which is welcome. The weekend programme includes a book launch at V2 Institute in Rotterdam on Saturday 14 May, while Sunday features a movie night (which is only available to the participants). On Monday 16 May, Indesem will return to the faculty, where it will stay until its end on 20 May, the day of the public presentations of the workshop results and a final debate.

The lecture programme, which is free to all interested, might still undergo a few minor changes, but the times and places of each lecture are already negotiated. “We might have to shift one or two speakers, but the rest

is already confirmed”, Joosten informs and assures that the Indesem website will be updated as soon as any changes occur.

For now, the last preparations are under way, but it seems that Indesem 2011, if the organi-zing committee succeeds in its plans, will definitely be one to remember, at least until Indesem 2013. (PS)

PUBLIC LECTURES INDESEM 2011:

13 May 2011 / Opening Indesem 2011 by Karin Laglas / Mini-symposium featuring Andreas Angelidakis, Arie Graafland, Saskia Sassen and Kas Oosterhuis, debate modera-ted by Deborah Hauptmann

14 May 2011 / Book presentation of ‘Sentient City’ by Mark Shepard and Martijn de Waal and moderated by Michiel de Lange (non-participants €4)

16 May 2011 / Lectures Herman Hertzberger, Chris Speed, Marcos Novak

17 May / Lectures Adriaan Wormgoor, Warren Neidich, M. Christine Boyer

18 May / Lectures Frans Vogelaar, Daan Roosegaarde

19 May / Lecture Neil Leach

20 May / Final presentations / Lecture Sir Peter Cook / Jury debate

For more details go to indesem.nl

INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SEMINAR (INDESEM), WHICH ALTERNATES EVERY OTHER YEAR WITH BK BEATS, IS JUST AS LEGENDARY, ALBEIT FOR ANOTHER REASON. THIS YEAR‘S EVENT IS NO DIFFERENT. FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED LECTURERS, A BOOK LAUNCH A FILM NIGHT AND A MINI-SYMPOSIUM, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW EVENTS STUDENTS SHOULDN‘T MISS.

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Areal view on the city of Wuhan

TU DELFT – With this year’s symposium, five extra names can be added to the impressive list of speakers of international renown architects and structural engi-neers which where invited during the years. People like Frank Gehry, Ben van Berkel, Renzo Piano, John Zils, Jörg Schlaich, Jean Nouvel and Richard Rogers among others all contributed to the earlier editions.

This time two engineers and three architects will attend the symposium and give their point of view on architecture and structural engineering, but they will especially focus on the overlapping areas of these two disciplines. Whereas from the

field of Architecture Ken Yeang, Francine Houben and Richard Horden are invited, and from the field of Structural Engineering Niccolò Baldassini and Andre de Roo are asked to position them-selves. All of them are invited because they have different views towards their profession. After their personal presentations a discussion should uncover the similarities and differences between the different speakers. The discussion will be led by Prof. Ir. Rob Nijsse who is maybe the best known design engineer of the Netherlands. He is part-time professor design engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Delft and he will act as Chairman of the conference.

WUHAN – The Dr. Ir. Marc Jacobs Foundation provides the award winning student with air fare, hotel, meals and admission fee for the ISOCARP Congress, as well as the ‘Young Planners Workshop’ (21-24 October) that precedes the conference.

This year’s ISOCARP Congress will explore different aspects of urban liveability vis-à-vis the challenges that cities and towns are facing as the growing urbanization continues to evolve.

Dr. Ir. Marc Jacobs used to be the chairman of the Dutch delegation of the international organization ISOCARP, which is an interna-tional association of experienced professional planners. Jacobs was closely involved in the continuing global development of ISOCARP, but he passed away in 2008, age 43. As PhD researcher he distin-guished himself with a thorough dissertation: his study of multi-

nodal urban regions contributed significantly to the scientific underpinning of regional planning and design. And as professional he brought in many projects of different sizes from vision to implementation, for example Schiedam, Rijswijk and Vlissin-gen; the last three years he did so as self-employed consultant.

The foundation with Jacobs' name now tries to contribute to the further development of urban design and planning as both a practical and a scientific profes-sion. The purpose of the founda-tion is to advance the develop-ment of urban planning and design by widening the interna-tional orientation of students attending Dutch academic

THIS YEAR, THE DR. IR. MARC JACOBS FOUNDATION WILL AWARD A TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE GRANT TO A MASTER LEVEL STUDENT FOR THE ISOCARP INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS. THE 47TH EDI-TION OF THIS CONGRESS WILL BE IN WUHAN, PR. OF CHINA FROM 24 TILL 28 OCTOBER 2011.

AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE SYMPOSIUMS OF ‘THE VALUE OF DESIGN’ IN 2005 AND 2008, THIS YEARS EDITION FOCUSES ON THE THEME ‘FACING THE INTEGRATION‘. THE THIRD OF MAY 2011, THE AUDITORIUM OF THE TU DELFT WILL HOUSE THE PROGRAM, WHICH CONTAINS A LIST OF INTERESTING SPEAKERS FROM THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND FROM THE FIELD OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING.

ISOCARP’S CONFERENCE

THE VALUE OF DESIGN

The symposium is organized by Stichting Dispuut Utiliteitsbouw (U-Dispuut) in collaboration with Arcadis and the TU Delft. U-Disp-uut is the student association for the department of Building Engineering of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Delft Univer-sity of Technology.

For more info please check: value-ofdesign.nl (FvdZ)

institutions. The foundation invites Master students from:- Delft University of Technology: Faculties of Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Geosciences, and Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology; - Eindhoven University of Tech-nology: Faculty of Architecture; - The Spatial Planning Depart-ments (planologie-afdelingen) of the Universities of Amsterdam, Groningen, Nijmegen, Wagenin-gen and Utrecht

Applications must be submitted by May 15, no later than 12 pm. For the requirements for the application and more info, please check marcjacobsfoundation.eu(FvdZ)

De honey-moon voorbij

Zo, het zit erop, mijn eerste honderd dagen. De ‘honey-moon period‘ van een nieuwe baan. Een periode van welwillende verwondering over en weer. Aftasten. Een periode van verkennen en je een beeld vormen. Langzaam ontdek je hoe de hazen lopen. En na een tijdje komen de eerste echt taaie problemen voorbij. En voor je het door hebt hoor je er gewoon bij. Zo voelt het nu wel zo’n beetje. En het voelt lekker. Ik zie veel dingen die goed gaan. En uiteraard zie ik ook dingen die volgens mij anders en beter kunnen. Maar een haakse bocht? Een nieuw ‘grand design’, een nieuwe visie waarbij alles overhoop gaat? Dat lijkt me niet! Laten we werken vanuit het bestaande; koesteren waar we goed in zijn, kritische zelfreflectie, een beetje meer focus hier en daar misschien, stroomlijnen, ontdubbelen, ontsnipperen, ontrommelen en soms misschien ergens mee durven stoppen. En blijven aanpassen aan de veranderende wereld om ons heen. Een beetje de RMIT aanpak; ontwikkelen binnen de bestaande context. Helemaal van deze tijd.

Inmiddels heeft natuurlijk ook het ‘echte werk‘ zich bij me aangediend. Van curriculumbe-sluit tot de eerste hoogleraar-benoemingen en maatregelen om de studieduur te beperken. En onvermijdelijk ook de herijking. Daar waar de andere faculteiten hun plannen voor de herijking al hebben moeten indienen en deels al aan het implementeren zijn, hebben wij uitstel gekregen in verband met mijn start afgelopen januari. Maar uitstel is geen afstel. Inmiddels zitten ook wij er midden in. Begin juni moeten we ons plan voor de herijking afhebben. Zoals we al wisten moeten we fors bezuinigen. Dat vergt lastige keuzes, we zullen slimme oplossingen moeten verzinnen. Met ingang van deze editie verschijnt er in elke B Nieuws een vaste rubriek over de herijking om jullie op de hoogte te houden over de stand van zaken. Mijn honey-moon period is voorbij. Ik ben nu onderdeel van BK City. En ik zet er graag samen met jullie m’n schouders onder.

Karin LaglasDecaan

VAN DE DECAAN

12h30 – 13h30 Lunch13h30 – 13h45 R. Nijsse13h45 – 14h30 F. Houben14h30 – 15h15 N. Baldassini15h15 – 16h00 R. Horden16h00 – 16h30 Coffee break16h30 – 17h15 K. Yeang17h45 – 18h15 A. de Roo

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Een van de nieuwe maatregelen met betrekking tot studiebaarheid, het bindend studieadvies (BSa), werd in 2008/2009 ingevoerd. “In 2010 hebben 140 studenten een negatief studieadvies gekregen”, zegt Van Ees. Dit betekent dat zij al na het eerste jaar van hun studie moesten stoppen. En dat is hard nodig, want de faculteit Bouwkunde TU Delft is nogal populair onder nieuwe studenten. Dit jaar hebben zich ongeveer 550 eerstejaars ingeschreven. Maar de Bsa lijkt zijn vruchten te hebben afgeworpen. Enkele jaren geleden haalden elk jaar een tiental studenten hun P-in-Eén. Van het jaar 2007/2008 was dit ongeveer vijftig, en toen was er een sprake van groot succes. Van de laatste lichting eerstejaars hebben ruim negentig studenten hun P-in-Eén gehaald.

De numerus fixus wordt nu ingevoerd, om het aantal nieuwe Bachelorstudenten tot 450 te beperken. “Dit jaar gebeurt dat nog door middel van gewogen loting die puur op de cijfers van de middelbare school is gebaseerd, maar we willen er zeker van zijn dat studenten weten waar ze aan beginnen. Daarom willen wij voor het academisch jaar 2012/2013 decentrale selectie invoeren. Daarin zouden studenten na tijdige aanmelding een online enquête kunnen invullen, en dan een aantal tests ondergaan, waarbij hun ruimtelijke inzicht wordt getoetst”, aldus Van Ees. Op vele andere architectuuropleidingen in het buitenland wordt dit allang zo gedaan.

Verder wordt de studievoortgang verbeterd door een aantal andere maatregelen, zoals de Harde Knip. Dat sommige studenten niet aan hun master kunnen beginnen zonder dat hun bachelor helemaal af is, ook als het maar over twee of drie studiepunten gaat, lijkt op het eerste gezicht niet logisch.“Maar”, betoogt Van Ees, “we willen dat studenten hun master met een schone lei beginnen. Het is ook de bedoeling dat in de toekomst enkele kwartaalontwerpstu-dios in de master in het tweede kwartaal beginnen”. Daardoor kan een student in het eerste kwartaal van een semester een aantal theorievakken volgen en nog een bachelorvak herkansen, en in het tweede kwartaal gewoon met een ontwerpstudio beginnen. Er zijn overigens geen plannen om numerus fixus of decentrale selectie voor de Masteropleiding in te voeren.

Hoewel de langstudeerboete een jaar is uitgesteld, na een debat in de Tweede Kamer, is dit volgens Van Ees geen reden om mogelijke verbeteringen aan studeerbaarheid niet te onderzoeken. “Wij denken bijvoorbeeld aan onder-wijsblokken, waarin een vak, kort maar intensief, in blokvorm wordt gegeven, onmiddellijk gevolgd door een tentamen. En dat dit zich in een volgend blok herhaalt. Ook denken wij aan compensatie, dat studenten met een goed cijfer voor een vak, een slecht cijfer van een ander vak kunnen compenseren.” Ook kunnen de huidige studie-voortgangsregels, zoals de BSa mogelijk in de toekomst worden aangescherpt; uiteraard wordt ook gekeken naar andere manieren van lesgeven, met meer persoonlijke aandacht en contacturen, hoewel dit “moeilijk” te combine-ren valt met de bezuinigingen. Deze laatste maatregelen worden nog onderzocht en staan dus nog niet vast. Maar wat er ook gebeurt, een ding is zeker: studeren op Bouwkunde zal nooit meer hetzelfde zijn. (PS)

One such person is professor Bige Tunçer, a teacher and researcher of Computational Architecture at the TU Delft who is currently a visiting professor, lecturing and coordinating research at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, one of the top architecture schools in Europe. This, however, did not happen by chance. “I was approached by Prof. Gerhard Schmitt from ETH, who was in my PhD committee, with the offer to be a visiting professor there at his chair called Information Architec-ture. I did not apply for this job, I was offered this job personally. Prof. Schmitt moved to Singapore to lead the Future Cities Labora-tory project that is a part of SEC (Singapore ETH Center) and my job at ETH is to temporarily lead his chair, especially the research component”, says Tunçer.

This isn't Tunçer's first stay in Switzerland either. She started teaching there in 1996, before moving to Delft. And like Francine Houben, who also lectured in Switzerland for some time, she noticed that there is a slight difference between the Swiss and the Dutch students. “ETH students, like Delft students, are very bright and they understand the material very fast. They do however ask fewer questions and make fewer comments. I can always tell the exchange students from the Swiss students by the way they behave during class. Both have advantages and disadvantages for the teacher, but I like to treat university students as intellectual adults, therefore a healthy critical and vocal appro-ach does not disturb me. I am in favour of it. The most important

issue for me is that students come prepared to class and that the teacher and student can hold a productive and constructive critical dialogue together.”

Of course, one of the main advantages of teaching and researching at a school of excellent academic standing, such as the ETH, is the opportunity to see different teaching methods and compare them to the practi-ces at TU Delft. “The main difference that I noticed in my field of expertise, Design Informa-tics, is that the informatics related courses at ETH are separated from the design studios. When I showed the work that we do with the students here in Delft to ETH students I got many positive comments”, says Tunçer.

And how would she compare the overall educational strengths of each institution? “ETH has the policy and vision to attract and hire internationally excellent people for research and teaching. This is very important for the short and long term success of the faculty and the university, both for research and teaching. The students can select from a number of design studios during their bachelor, which I find positive as well. Delft students do not have a choice of various design studios during the bachelor semesters. Another advantage of ETH is that the curriculum doesn't change often as is the case in Delft. Delft, on the other hand, has a long design tradition and is strong in the integration of design and techno-logy and it also has a great building”.

Tunçer will stay at her post as a visiting professor until the end of June 2011. Then she will return to Delft, but is not opposed to taking a visiting position again, because as she states “it is very healthy for an academic to experience another university. This allows them to widen their horizon and learn new things.” (PS)

STUDIEVOORTGANGANNO 2011

ACADEMIC'S EXCHANGESTUDENTS TAKING PART IN A ‘STUDY ABROAD‘ PROGRAM HAS LONG BECOME COMMON AT OUR FACULTY. BUT ALSO TEACHING AND RESEARCH STAFF CAN GO ABROAD AND EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT TEACHING/RESEARCH METHODS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE.

EEN GEMIDDELDE STUDIEDUUR VAN 7,6 JAAR IS TE LANG. HET ONDERWIJS OP BOUWKUNDE MOET SLIMMER EN BETER. B NIEUWS SPRAK MET CHRISTIAN VAN EES, DIRECTEUR ONDERWIJS.

Zürich (source: Wikipedia)

RUBRIEKSKOP 5

THE TIME TO CHOOSE NEW COURSES IS UPON US AGAIN. AS ALWAYS B NIEUWS IS HERE TO HELP! THINKING OF PUBLIC BUILDING DEPARTMENT? MAYBE THIS WILL HELP YOU DECIDE.

Public Realm Tutors: Tom Avermaete, Sien van Dam, Jorge Mejia.

The program of the Médiathèque epitomizes the coexistence of two different layers of the public realm: a layer of traditional urban public space and a more recent layer represented by develop-ments in the worldwide web. This studio is a collaboration with the Schools of Architecture in Casablanca and Rabat (Morocco) and wants to investigate which tools, instruments and approa-ches are available to architects to operate within a cultural condi-tion that is not their own. Border Conditions & TerritoryTutors: Micha de Haas, Filip Geerts, Sang Lee.

These studio’s consist of investi-gations of urban interaction, expression and its boundaries. The studio’s are designed to promote the use of drawings and models for investigation, experi-mentation and trials.

Studio 1: Territory in Transit.This studio offers the possibility to research the role of architectu-ral interventions in the context of the contemporary territorial (r)evolution. The site of the public territory is the city region, consisting of a number of archi-tectural strategies with a certain (permeable) autonomy. The studio focuses on new developments in the Dutch Maasvlakte.

Studio 2: Socio-Political Contexts of Architecture.This studio deals with the influence of the notions of time, memory and history on urban conditions, the representation of these notions in architecture and urban planning, and the influence they have on the personal individual design process. The subject is a temporary building for the new Dutch National Historical Museum.

Studio 3: Experimentation in Architectural Design.The overall objective is to produce a public site in Rotterdam where the idea of contingency is a pronounced feature. Such places include many types of buildings in which social encounters occur. These encounters may be planned (appointments and schedules: a congress center or a movie theater) or by chance (serendipity and spontaneity: a cafe or a bar).

TheoryArchitectural StudiesArchitectural ReflectionsArchitectural Design, lectures

PUBLIC BUILDING RESEARCH & EDUCATION. FALL SEMESTER 2011/12

BK IN FOCUS 5

For more info, log on to: www.tudelft-architecture.nl/chairs/public-building/education

or email: info12-ac-bk@tudelft.nl for MSc1/2info34-ac-bk@tudelft.nl for MSc3/4

Public Space and BeyondSpecial IABR-edition Tutors: Ekim Tan, Hans Teerds, Daan Zandbelt.

This special edition of the MSc2 Public Realm design studio is connected to the Rotterdam International Architectural Biennale 2011 with its theme ‘managing the unmanageable’. It will investigate the organization of diverse, conflicting powers on the highly urbanized territories of both Istanbul in Turkey and the Randstad in The Netherlands.

TheorySeminar. Readings on the Public Realm: Landscape

Public RealmAnkara. Tutors: Alper Alkan, Nicolas Deboutte, Michiel Riedijk.Rotterdam. Tutors: Susanne Komossa, Nicola Marzot.

Innovative concepts and typolo-gies for public buildings in the Netherlands that address the search for a new public realm can only be reached by understanding the crucial moments in urban and architectural practice such as sustainability, stacking of functions, public safety, accessibi-lity etcetera. Studies and design proposals for the site can provide the new program in relation to the city’s future development.

Border Conditions & TerritoryHenriette Bier, Stefano Milani, Oscar Rommens, Marc Schoonderbeek.

The graduate projects will focus on ‘mapping of the city’, which means both the uncovering of the invisible aspects of the city and an unveiling of different dimensi-ons ‘besides the obvious’ will form the starting point.

Studio 1: Beirut.This studio will develop architec-tural research and design projects that are related to and situated in urban conditions as well as embedded in the larger scale of the territory. The exploration of the urban border conditions in Beirut will be combined with the time-related processes of the landscape as well as contempo-rary developments with respect to connectivity, infrastructure and

the pre-war intense planning activities and the post-war city reconstruction.

Studio 2: Madrid PeripheryThe ongoing colonization and appropriation of the landscape around Madrid has resulted in a fragmented periphery where specific urban border conditions have emerged in a vast territorial setting. The contemporary debates involving social, ethnic, religious, societal and economic developments, will be analyzed, as well as the specific forms of resistance that have an influence and effect on the spatial configu-ration of the city.

TheoryResearch Methods Seminar: Research MethodsTutorial: Research Methods

Architecture and the CityPublic Building/ Public Realm, Composition and Tectonics

This research group focuses on and questions the mutual relationship among public buildings, public spaces and the public realm. The architecture of the city and its actual qualities form the main framework of this research.

Boarders & Territories

This research group focuses on the study of complex spatial mechanisms and systems within contemporary cities and territo-ries, as they constitute the contextual basis of architectural interventions.

RevisionsChanging Ideals and Shifting Realities

This research group focuses on the investigation of design approaches, attitudes and positions in the context of existing and merging architectu-ral cultures.

MSC 1 MSC 3/4

MSC 2

RESEARCH

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CELEBRATE PEOPLE

inspiring was the talk by Ben Bronsema with a presentation of his PhD research called ‘Earth, Wind and Fire’. Not only his research on how to make use of natural resources in building production like wind and sun was interesting, especially his enthusi-astic way of presenting showed his joy of doing research even at the tender age of 76.

Dr. Ir. Michiel Haas explained in his presentation his idea of 0-materials. This could be compared with the concept of 0-energy buildings that do not have any negative influence on the environment in terms of energy. According to Haas one could use a same kind of reason-ing concerning the use of materi-als. After Andy van den Dobbelsteen’s talk on Cradle to Cradle (C2C) in the urban environment and his call for cities

to become “intelligent organ-isms”, PhD candidate Michael Bitterman was the last one to present, before Braungart would speak for the first time at this faculty. Bitterman is developing a way to quantify C2C. According to his belief C2C could be seen as a concept to measure the quality of a design. This is done by ‘neural computation’, a tool designers could use to design buildings, according to Bitterman.

After all contributions by people from the faculty, the apotheosis of the afternoon was the presenta-tion by Michael Braungart himself. With his typical way of

speaking, softly, even a bit mumbling, though clear, he got the attention immediately. Of course a large part of the audi-ence had been waiting for this part of the program and he probably did not disappoint anyone. His lecture consisted of a waterfall of one liners but was also a continuous story in which he wanted to look back at what his concept of Cradle to Cradle had reached so far in The Nether-lands and how to continue from here. The main message he wanted to put forward related to C2C, is that it should really be seen as a tool and not as a goal.

Nowadays people and companies try to minimize their footprint, but according to Braungart this is actually the wrong way to think. He explained that approaching everything in a negative way, in terms of reducing and minimizing,

nothing valuable can be reached. Rather one should search for ways in which human activities actually benefit the environment.

His way of arguing made his ideas really clear and coherent, although he put it in a powerful and almost amusing way: “If carbon neutral is the highest goal, you can not exist. Even a tree is carbon positive! It should not be about carbon neutral. This does not celebrate the human being. And have you ever heard of an overpopulation of trees?”.

And as he continued he stated that “zero emissions should not

be the aim, because then you cannot live. Even when you shoot yourself right now, you will have emissions”. Or: “Stop talking about product life cycles. Products don't have a life, the only living products are children”. In this way he confronted the audience with their assumptions and beliefs. Braungart tries to make people enthusiastic by telling them that a more human ap-proach should be adopted. According to this view, human beings should be celebrated. People should not try to deny, but have to accept that they exist and actually make use of their possibilities. Because, he be-lieves, that if people feel accepted they are willing to share as well. And this is important since we should search together for ways to establish a positive footprint rather than to try to minimize it. “We want to be good for economy and culture, but for ecology we are simply too much. This is why the footprint should be positive to contribute to the total system.”

He concluded with another positive message. He will be in the faculty once a month and he will be there for everyone who wants his advice or who is willing to set up an initiative and needs his help. He is even willing to give some internships to those who are interested. So do not hesitate and create a C2C-round-the-table-group as soon as possible! Building Technology for one is starting up a Cradle to Cradle Atelier for students who are interested to do their gradua-tion work in the area of C2C and will make maximum use of the regular presence of Michael Braungart.

FRIDAY APRIL 15TH , THE OOSTSERRE WAS THE THEATER OF THE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. RIGHT IN THE HEART OF BK CITY A SYMPOSIUM WAS ORGANIZED TO WELCOME PROF. DR. MICHAEL BRAUNGART AS A NEW VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE FACULTY. AND AFTER A PROGRAM FULL WITH INTERESTING SPEAKERS TO INTRODUCE BRAUNGART TO DELFT, THE CRADLE TO CRADLE GURU HIMSELF GAVE US SOME NEW FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

BY FLORIS VAN DER ZEE AND MARCELLO SOELEMAN

Clearly, something was going to happen this afternoon. Extra chairs were put in front of the orange grandstand and even a stage was built, which also raised expectations for the people passing by. Not all seats were occupied when Karin Laglas opened the symposium, but as the program proceeded, the number of interested students, researchers, staff members and others increased as well. And there was quite some interest from the outside professional world, which is very happy with the arrival of Braungart at the TU.

It was a pity, though a previously encountered problem, that the presentations on the enormous screen in the orange hall were barely visible due to too much daylight. On the other hand, the Oostserre was a perfect location not only to introduce Michael Braungart to the TU Delft, but also to show the whole BK City community the knowledge and interests of the people within the Building Technology department, concerning research on energy and materials in relation to sustainability.

Prof. Ir. Peter Luscuere, professor of Building Services at the department of Building Technol-ogy, was the initiator of the welcome symposium and the one strongly encouraging Braungart to come to Delft. He managed to put together an interesting list of speakers, containing researchers, PhD candidates and professors. Luscuere was the chairman of the day and he gave a presentation on bio-based materials. Very

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We don’t have an energy problem.Says: Michiel HaasWhy: The sun provides us with 10.000 times more energy than what the world needs. So we don’t have an energy problem, we have a conversion problem. And we will solve that. The possibilities are endless: zero-point energy, solar, wind, fresh-salt water, geothermic, the list goes on. According to Jacobson and Delucci a fossil fuel free world, powered only by renewable energy, is possible by 2030. It’s even cheaper than going on with fossil fuels or nuclear energy.

Making 0-material buildingsSays: Michiel HaasWhy: analogous to 0-energy buildings, 0-material buildings provide their own materials. These materials are manufactured from a renewable origin, from bulk materials or via recycle or reuse, made and processed with renewable energy.

We only use 3% of the potential of natural gas to heat our homes.Says: Peter LuscuereWhy: The law of conservation of energy doesn’t hold up for exergy. Exergy is defined as the amount of work that can be gained from raw energy: it roughly equals 100% for all forms of energy (rotating axle, electricity, oil, coal and gas) but heat. Unlike energy, exergy from heat can be destroyed. A boiler burns natural gas with a flame temperature of 1200° Celsius. But to heat our house, we don’t need 1200° C but 30° C. By the time this temperature is reached, only 3% of the original exergy is left. It’s like shooting a mosquito with a cannon.

85% of the ‘sustainable energy’ that is produced in Holland is produced by incineration.Says: Peter LuscuereWhy: In The Netherlands, much of our waste is burned (rather than dumped on landfills). And we dare to call that sustainable energy. By burning, we take out a lot of potentially recycled materials from the environment and just harvest the thermal energy.

We will be done with fossil fuels and uranium within 75 years.Says: Andy van den DobbelsteenWhy: the latest oil prices exceed 120 dollars per barrel and experts say they’ll exceed a record 150 dollars within months. This is a serious problem, noticeable in increased prices of almost everything we buy. Research says that fossil ánd uranium resources will be depleted within 55 to 75 years. Therefore, we need to become independent of these resources and only use them to build sustainable systems.

Cities should become intelligent organisms instead of an intensive care patient.Says: Andy van den DobbelsteenWhy: Buildings are now only kept alive via pipes, ducts and other services. Disconnecting our buildings from these services would instantly stop them from functioning. And when we talk about reducing our energy, water and material flows, we still talk about the same pipes, ducts and services. We need to find ways to close and connect our flows, turning them into cycles, making our buildings and cities more intelligent.

The idea of the uomo universalis is becoming obsoleteSays: Michael BittermannWhy: we, as architects, can hardly obtain enough knowledge in our lifetime to claim expertise on all the different topics regarding sustainability (energy, materials but also architectural aesthet-ics) yet we like to give ourselves this air of being the uomo universalis. This idea is becoming obsolete regarding the vast diversity of knowledge we nowadays would need to have to make holistic assessments such as sustainability. Computational methodology (neural computation for example) could assist us in quantifying and judging Cradle 2 Cradle concepts and goals.

The term carbon neutral is perverse. You can only be carbon neutral when you don’t exist.Says: Michael BraungartWhy: Humans emit carbon dioxide through breathing. The term carbon neutral doesn’t respect people, it doesn’t celebrate humans. It’s saying, “I’m not here.” When mentioning the term carbon neutral, it’s often illustrated with a tree. But a tree is not carbon neutral, it’s carbon positive. If a tree would be carbon neutral we would be dead. Trying to reduce our ‘carbon footprint’ is equally perverse. Why reduce, avoid, minimize when you can be carbon positive? Then our footprint can’t be big enough. Cradle to Cradle is about celebrating the human footprint.

Ethics only work on Mother Theresa.Says: Michael BraungartWhy: Al Gore says that sustainability is about ethics. But he’s wrong. The problem with ethics is that they disappear when you really need them, when you’re under stress. And we will be far more under stress in the future. You don’t need ethics to go Cradle to Cradle. A little self esteem is enough.

If you make the wrong things perfect, they’re just perfectly wrong.Says: Michael BraungartWhy: Energy efficiency is a farce. We really have a design problem. We still talk about reducing energy use and call this the highest goal. But less bad is still not good. When reducing energy we still use the same damaging processes that cause the greenhouse effect in the first place. We should stop being energy efficient and start being effective, start designing the right things.

Stop talking about energy. It’s not oil, it’s soil. And phosphate.Says: Michael BraungartWhy: It’s unbelievable that in The Netherlands, we still talk about the energy problem. We will solve that, when we learn how to harvest the energy from the sun. The real problems are topsoil and phosphate. These are essential for a proper carbon management (alleviating the greenhouse effect) and food production and they are being depleted in a worrying rate. Topsoil is lost and phosphate (in our waste and our excrement) is burned, removing important nutrients from the environment. This makes a closed cycle, where waste equals food, impossible.

Left to right: Ben Bronsema, Peter Luscuere, Michael Braungart, Michiel Haas, Michael Bittermann, Andy van den Dobbelsteen

On this page you can find a collection of quotes, taken from the various lectures of the symposium. The full symposium is published on Collegerama:collegerama.nl/tud(requires netID login)

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AS FAÇADES BECOME EVER MORE COMPLEX, OUR OWN FACULTY IS FINDING WAYS TO LEAD DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY. THE INTERNATIONALLY ORIENTATED FAÇADE RESEARCH GROUP, PART OF THE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, AIMS FOR INNOVATIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION.

BY MARCELLO SOELEMAN

Façade Research GroupThe façade research group of the Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft was initiated by Ulrich Knaack to “explore future possibilities for the building envelope”. Alongside a graduation variant within the Building Technology graduation studio, the Research Group is also organizing the annual Future Envelope conference and has published a series of books on façades which are now manda-tory for the Bachelor education. Tillmann Klein, one of the partners of the research group: “Façades are of course an essential part of any building. Not only do they determine a build-ing’s expression, they also demonstrate very clearly the tightrope architects and engi-neers walk on between the crafts of tailor-made façades and the standardization of industrial systems. We operate within that transitional field, collaborating with experts on very diverse subjects to find innovation for building envelopes.”

European Façade NetworkThe international façade Master is set up as a collaboration between several universities: Bath (GB), Delft (NL), Detmold (DE), Donos-tia-San Sebastian (ES) and Luzern (DE). The website describes the network as “a meeting point for Science, Technology, and Industry about research, teaching and exchange on façade knowledge.” When attending the Building Technology variant Façade Design, you are also participating in the events organized by the European Façade Network.

Future Envelope 5: Technology TransferThe annual conference ‘Future Envelope’ is being held at the

faculty once again, on Thursday 19 May. The fifth edition of the conference has the topic ‘Technol-ogy Transfer’. As other fields are constantly providing us with ever more intelligent and smart new technologies and materials, the building industry seems to lag behind. This conference aims to

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give some answers to the question, “what do we need to know to utilize high tech and smart materials and technologies in façades?”

The conference day will feature several people from a wide variety of industries, each with their own expertise, who can provide valuable insights into how such technologies might be applied in building façades: for example integrating building services in façades, or applica-tions of glazed structures. There is more going on than the conference however. Klein: “The

conference day is actually part of a workshop week, organized by the European Façade Network. The network organizes such a conference twice a year, the Future Envelope conference being one of them. During the workshop week, students from the interna-tional façade Master program work together on a topic related to the conference.”

BooksAside from the graduation program and conferences, the Façade Research Group also produces several books. One of these is the ‘Imagine’ series: a conceptual approach towards façade technology, exploring novel ideas such as ‘deflatables’ and rapid prototyping. The papers and conclusions from the ‘Future Envelope’ conference are col-lected as well and bundled into book form.

Other collaborationsAside from the European Façade Network, the Façade Research Group at BK also seeks collabora-tion with other universities. For example, students of St. Louis University (Minnesota, USA) have visited Delft for workshops on façade refurbishment, and some teachers from Delft will spend some time teaching in St. Louis. A similar cooperation with Penn State University (USA) is also under way. Klein: “It is remark-able that regarding façade technology and development, Western Europe is leading by far. This is of course partly due to the European climate, which asks for innovative solutions, but the USA for example also has much potential. We’ll be exchanging knowledge and ideas with universities there to bring development further.”

For more information, please visit the following websitesFaçade Research Group: doc.bk.tudelft.nlEuropean Façade Network: facades.ning.comFuture Envelope: bk.tudelft.nl/futureenvelope

8:30 Registration9:15 Opening speech 9:30 - 11:00 Session 1Wim Poelman – University of TwenteAndreas Fuchs – University of Applied Sciences StuttgartAnne Beim – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 11:30 - 13:00 Session 2Hans van Rennes – Spyker (to be confirmed)Remco Akkermann – TU TwenteDirk J. Broer – TU Eindhoven 14:00 - 15:30 Session 3Stephen Ledbetter – University of BathWolfgang Priedemann – Priedemann Building Envelope Consultants, BerlinPeter Russell – RWTH Aachen 16:00 - 17:30 Session 4Daniel Dendra – founder anOtherArchitect, BerlinKasper Guldager Jørgensen – 3XN Architects, CopenhagenBruce Nichol – Front, Facade Design and Consulting, New York

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Cover of the book belonging to the third Future Envelope conference, held in 2009

Book covers of the conceptual ‘imagine’ series, produced by the Façade Research Group

PROJECT 9

Given conditionThe location of the project is Amsterdam South, an area built by the concept of open planning in the 1970’s. Since the 1990’s the city of Amsterdam has been planning to build a new centre for the area: ‘Zuidas’. The blueprint of the project was too optimistic and since its design it has been on hold. The original plans envisaged the accommo-dation of high speed trains and although these never arrived, many individual skyscrapers were built by private investors around the existing railway station.

PotentialDespite these conditions, this location plays an important role at a geographical level. Travelling by Thalys from this location you can arrive in Paris or London within three hours; the NS railway system will take you to any Dutch city connected to the system within three hours, and it is connected to the A10 ring road making easy access for motor vehicles to the location. Due to the advantage of this geographical location, different kind of activities from a European level to a local level can converge here, creating vast potential for various events.

VisionThe proposal is to design a high speed railway station crea-ting the possibility for the design of other urban necessities due to the scale of the project. Within this realm of poten-tial, a basin is created that will function as a plaza that can absorb various events and activities from a European level to a local level.

BasinTo combine the basin with the railway station, a roof with a double function is proposed. This roof will function as a cover for the platform of the railway station underneath and also as a basin to accommodate events and activities on top. The commercial program of the project is located around the basin to increase the potential of activities. Moreover, circulation from the main entrance to the main platform is manipulated to pass through the basin so that it does not lose the vitality of activities.

Four pointsOnly four points are appointed to support the roof structure as the roof is built on top of the existing railway tracks. This minimizes the foot print needed to implant structures in between existing buildings. Furthermore, the locations of these four points play an important role in the existing urban context. By introducing different program to each of the four points, the periphery of the station will be enhan-ced as it is currently disconnected and fragmented.

THE CREATION OF A EUROPEAN PLAZARailway station in Amsterdam South

BY JANG-HWAN LEE, GRADUATE FROM THE CHAIR OF BUILDING TYPOLOGY, HYBRID BUILDINGS.

Four points of the station

Railway station basin

@Designing is com-municating

The idea that scientific research gets in the way of creativity and inspiration seems to be wide-spread among design students who deal with the city. The word ‘science’ is indeed rather scary. It evokes images of white sterile laboratories where defenceless rats are dissected. Or nerdy physicists trying to solve useless problems on very messy black-boards. Think of Sheldon arguing with Koothrappali over a formula.Science is of course much more than that. And scientists can be incredibly cool people. They are usually the first ones to acknow-ledge that creativity and inspira-tion are essential elements for success.

The word science has a very interesting origin. It comes from the Latin ‘scindere’ (to separate, to cut) leading to ‘scire’ (to know) meaning ‘to separate one thing from another’, to ‘distinguish’. In fact, science is the great journey into building a shared understan-ding of the world, by allowing us to separate assumptions and vague beliefs from facts and reality.

Ever since the Greeks came up with the idea of ‘knowing yourself’ (gnothi seauton), humans have been struggling with the idea of knowing themsel-ves and the world around them. But does anyone really know him- or herself? Does anyone in fact know the world?

It seems a very ambitious goal to reach, but people keep on trying. They do so in the most varied manners: by exploring their relation with themselves and with forces-they do not understand (e.g. through religion), through the expression of the self (e.g. through artistic activity) or by methodically investigating how things work (through research and methodical experimentation).

Science is about creating new knowledge about something; knowledge that integrates existing knowledge and that can be shared with others. Why share it? Well, what fun is there in

keeping what you find out to yourself? But the main point is: once you build a shared under-standing of something (say, an urban problem), then you are prepared to ACT and intervene in a relevant way.

Science is about sharing and cooperating, thus creating common understandings and new knowledge in order to solve problems that affect not only you and me: problems that affect society. By sharing and coopera-ting, we create unexpected synergies and new understan-dings. And true creation and innovation can take place.But what does all that have to do with design? Well, I would like to ask you a simple question. Why do you design? And who for? I am sure you design to create beauty. Let me suggest that perhaps you also design because you want to solve problems in the real world, so that others will benefit from your ideas.

Designing is perhaps one of the greatest ways of exploring reality and creating new possibilities for people. But your design or plan will only be effective if the ideas you have and the goals you propo-se are shared by investors, politicians and citizens. But how do you know the problems you want to solve are the right ones? Yes, you read in the newspaper that there are ‘pro-blem neighbourhoods’ every-where. But why exactly are they problematic? Do their problems have anything to do with their

spatial features? If you want to solve those problems, I guess you would have to find out what they are first.

No, you are not a social scientist. You are a designer and perhaps a planner. Therefore, your task is to design and plan. Let’s explore another aspect of it.

Once you make a design or a plan, what happens with it? If your design has societal relevance, then many actors will be interested in the solutions you propose. And if you do a good job, then those actors are going to be able to look at your design and… discuss it. You don’t expect people will just invest their money in your ideas without discussing them first, I hope.

Designs must be beautiful and inspiring, so that people will be enticed by them. But they must also respond to those problems you set off to answer in the first place. And if other people discuss them and come up with yet better ideas, then your designs or plans are INSTRUMENTS: instruments for communication and building up of even better solutions.

Roberto Rocco, Assistant Professor, Spatial Planning and Strategy

An extended version of this text, together with references, can be obtained from: issuu.com/robertorocco/docs/designing_is_communicating

Toeval bestaat!

"Moet je nu weer horen!", zegt mijn vrouw en er volgt dan een verhaal, dat altijd een ongelooflijk toeval betreft. Ik ken haar inmiddels 34 jaren en weet daarom dat zij verhalen nooit mooier maakt dan waar zij feitelijk verslag van doen. De verhalen zijn ook nooit tweedehands; zij is er altijd deelgenoot van. En hoewel mijn zoon nog steeds probeert statistisch bewijs te leveren voor zijn scepsis ten aanzien van het toeval in de verhalen van zijn moeder, weet ik nu beter en luister steeds aandachtig, met in mijn achterhoofd de gedachte, dat ik nu toch eindelijk eens deze spelletjes van het lot moet opschrijven. Mijn overtuiging, dat er meer is tussen hemel en aarde dan wij gezamenlijk aannemelijk achten, groeit aanmerkelijk als ik zelf in het verhaal voorkom.

Ik ontmoet mijn dochter om haar te steunen bij de bezichti-ging van een woning in Delft, waarvoor zij door haar positie op de lijst van woningzoeken-den eindelijk is uitgenodigd en daarom is zij met haar vriend ruim op tijd. Ik heb de buurt al verkend en met enkele bewoners de sfeer besproken. Samen wachten we op de dame van de woningbouwvereniging. We bekijken de woning met gepast enthousiasme en met de vrees dat er andere kijkers langskomen. Die komen en staan ook hoger op de lijst, maar 'de dame' besluit met ondertussen door mij inge-straalde empathie, dat zij te laat zijn - zij had tenslotte al weg kunnen zijn - en feliciteert mijn dochter. Dan gaat de telefoon: "Moet je nu weer horen! Onze zoon belt net om te vertellen, dat hij een huis heeft gekregen in Utrecht".

Een paar dagen later, vrolijk door het mooie lenteweer, nodigen mijn vrouw en ik een bekende aan ons tafeltje op het terras. Wij kennen hem decennia, groeten hem altijd, maar zonder dat er ooit een echt gesprek op volgt. We hebben elkaar veel te vertellen en vragen hem ook naar zijn zus. "Ja, het gaat nu weer goed met haar. Zij woont in Delft. Aan het Nassauplein. Op de hoek van de Theresiastraat". Het toeval wil dat zij de aanstaande buurvrouw is van mijn dochter!

Robert NottrotDelft, 10 april 2011

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Organizational structure: Refining departments (1), Top structure faculty (2), Office Dean (3), 100% Research (4), Management departments and Secretariats (5), Integration OTB (6) Integration small working groups: TWF in U (7 ) Hyper-body in BT (8), BT and RMIT (9), DSD & History and Berlage Chair in A (10), Media Studies & Modelling hall (11) Scientific Staff: Chairs & staffing plan BK (12), Preparing reorganization (13) Efficiency & effective education: Affordable education (14), Restriction intake (15) External funds Education and Research (16) Material costs and overhead: Purchase (17), BK-City-Slim & Moving in OTB (18), ICT infrastructure (19) , Summer Closure (20) Management Control & Information (21)

ACTIONS REVIEW ’11 - ’14

BY HERMAN VAN SCHOFFELEN

In 2010, the Executive Board decided to implement budget reductions amounting to 45 million euro and asked the faculties to reorient their teaching and research activities, in addition to working with the supporting directorates to reassess their support services. Last year, the faculties and the University Corporate Office were charged with submitting plans for organi-sing their budgets and releasing the requested resources. Due to the appointment of a new Dean, the deadline for submitting the plan was deferred until 1 June 2011 for the Faculty of Architecture. The plan should provide for the structural savings that the Execu-tive Board had specified in 2010, in addition to self-supporting operations in 2014. The Board established that the review would entail personnel reductions of approximately 250 fte for TU Delft as a whole, about half of which would be realised through redun-dancy and the other half through natural attrition. The review will very probably also have conse-quences for the employees of the Faculty of Architecture.

The faculty has already realised considerable savings in 2009 and 2010. The Executive Board has made 30.1 million euro available to the faculty for the financial year 2011, and it has accepted an operational budget shortage of 2.8 million euro. From 2014, the department can have no more than 28.5 million euro in the first flow of funds and shortages on the operational budget will no longer be allowed. With regard to the current budget (2011), the faculty must realise additional savings amounting to nearly 5 million euro. A portion of these savings must be realised in terms of personnel expenses. The faculty will take advantage of natural attrition and

encourage early retirement in order to minimise the need for mandatory redundancies. Further-more, material costs and expenses on the building will be restricted as much as possible.

The department chairs are preparing the plans to realise significant reductions in their own departments, and they will discuss these plans with the Dean and each other. In this process, the department chairs will also identify areas in which it would be possible to realise innovation and/or investment. Chances to increase the second and third flow of funds will be included in these plans. The supporting services will develop proposals to bring down the costs of the services.

At the end of this year, the OTB Research Institute will join the faculty. The OTB Research Institute is facing its own budget-reduction requirements. The departments of Building Technology (BT) and Construction (CEG) are developing proposals for joint chairs. The Director of Education and the new program-me director for Bachelor’s degree programmes are developing proposals for measures that will increase the quality of the Bachelor’s degree programmes and allow students to complete their studies in less time, while also reducing the costs of education. A numerous clausus will be implemented in the upcoming academic year, which will reduce the number of students.

The Executive Board has commis-sioned the entire review. Deans will supervise the review measu-res within their own faculties. Karin Laglas has established the Steering Committee for the Review of the Faculty of Architec-ture for the purposes of plan development. The steering committee consists of Karin

Laglas, Hans van Wamelink, Maurits de Hoog, Herman Schof-felen and Helga van der Kolk and will be supported by Liesbeth van der Veen. The steering committee has identified major and minor action steps with regard to the review, and it has asked those in charge to develop plans for addressing these actions. The resulting 21 plans are listed in the box. The diagram shows how the plans relate to each other.

The steering committee will oversee the development of plans, assess their feasibility and effectiveness, and integrate them into a faculty-wide implementation plan before 1 June. The MT will obviously be closely involved in drawing up the plans. The Dean will submit the implementation plan to the Board for approval. The Faculty Personnel Committee will be informed about the plans, so that they can prepare their own evaluation. The Executive Board will evaluate the faculty’s imple-mentation plan and discuss it with the Works Council. Where possible, the Works Council will involve the Faculty Personnel Committee in its assessment. After the implementation plan has been approved, the faculty will be asked to elaborate and implement the measures.

Any reorganisation measures that may be necessary will be worked out in detail only in or after the summer. This will take place according to the requirements of the reorganisation code, and the plans will be re-submitted for the approval of the Board and the Works Council. A number of mandatory redundancies will possibly be unavoidable in this process, which will be extremely painful for employees who are affected. We would like to start supporting all employees who are at risk of experiencing this situation, as well as their supervi-sors, as early in the process as possible. In these cases, our HR advisors will individually apply the Delft UT Social Plan and amend-ment to redundant employees.

You will be informed about the progress of the plans and measu-res through B Nieuws and an informative page on the website of the Faculty of Architecture bk.tudelft.nl/herijking. Your supervisor will inform you about developments in your department or service component. If you already have questions about your legal position, please contact your HR advisor. Additional information about the Review process in general can be found on the employees’ portal or on the following website:tudelft.nl/herijking.

REVIEW (‘HERIJKING’) OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE (‘11-‘14)

Movie Celebration26.04.2011Celebration is the latest version of the American Dream, a beautiful, pristine and crisp town built by the master of make believe Walt Disney. Is Celebra-tion a dream come true in a world gone wrong?Room B/ BK City / 18.00/ €5 - €7 including pizzaExplorelab 12

InformationMinor Event26.04.2011For all information about the program, check the website!minors.tudelft.nl

Lunch Lecture Serious Gaming27.04.2011Lunch lecture organised by Polis about the use of computer modelling within the urban design profession. Ekim Tan will talk in the Serious Gaming lecture about her project The Responsive City. How can we model the world with serious games to create an urban context?Room A/ BK City/ 12.45polistudelft.nl

Event Real Estate Career Day27.04.2011De Real Estate Career Day is dé effectieve schakel tussen studenten of starters en bedrijven binnen het vastgoed. Deze dag biedt de kans om kennis te maken met bedrijven en je een stap dichterbij je carrière te brengen.Oostserre/ BK City/ 08.30 - 21.30/ €5 recd.nl

Capita Selecta Catalysts Interventions in Urban Transformation 28.04.2011The main goal of these Capita Selecta lectures is to give a more detailed insight into the strategies followed in urban transformations. This Thursday lectures by Paul Vermeulen (De Smet Vermeulen Architecten, Gent), Christine de Ruijter (AWG Architecten, Antwerpen)Room A/ BK City/ 18.00 buildingtypology.nl

Symposium Bezeten van Zitten28.04.2011Tijdens het stoelensymposium zullen vier sprekers hun visie op het ontwerp belichten. De sprekers zijn: Moshé Zwarts, oud professor Bouwkunde en architect; Kees de Boer, designer bij Ahrend van IO; Stan Wagter van KNIQ en bouwkunde student; Dirk van der Kooij, van Design Academie Eindhoven. sprekers.Oostserre/ BK City/17.00-20.00stylos.nl

MovieDestino & Un Chien Andalou10.05.2011Two films by Salvador Dali which are beyond your imagination, where nothing seems what it is. In ‘Destino’ the surrealistic worlds of Walt Disney and Dali collide, while ‘Un Chien Andalou’ is a film by Bunuel and Dali released in 1929.Room B/ BK City / 18.00/ €5 - €7 including pizzaExplorelab 12

Capita SelectaCatalysts Interventions in Urban Transformation12.05.2011How can design and research studies anticipate and adequately respond to the transformation and restructuring processes of the contemporary city? The Capita Selecta lectures focus on a number of both 'research by design’ projects and contempo-rary examples from practice, where the interplay between new interventions and urban context gets another dimension. The main goal is to give a more detailed insight into the strategies followed in urban transformations. This Thursday lectures by Hans van der Heijden (bureau biq, Rotterdam) andJulian Lewis (Office East, Londen)Room A/ BK City/ 18.00 buildingtypology.nl

InDeSemLosing Ground13.05.2011Opening of InDeSem 2011 with a mini-symposium in room A. Welcome speech by dean Karin Laglas and welcome word by chairman Joris Hoogeboom will be in the Oostserre at 12.00. Speakers this afternoon are Andreas Angelidakis, Arie Graafland, Kas Oosterhuis, Saskia Sassen. The following panel discussion will be moderated by Deborah Hauptmann Room A/ BK City/ 12.00 - 18.00indesem.nl

SymposiumThe Value of Design03.05.2011The Value of Design 2011 is an afternoon symposium on architecture, structural engineer-ing and the overlapping areas of these two disciplines. A number of top architects and engineers give their views on this subject, focusing on the symposium's theme of 'Facing the Integration'. For this edition the following speakers will give a presentation, from the field of Architecture Ken Yeang, Francine Houben and Richard Horden and from the field of Structural Engineering Niccolò Baldassini and Andre de Roo.Aula/ TU Delft/ 12.30 - 18.00valueofdesign.nl

WEEK 17AGENDA

WEEK 18

WEEK 19

Visies voor een Euro-pees Cultureel Instituut

Architectuurstudenten van de Technische Universiteit Delft hebben zich beziggehouden met de vraag hoe een cultureel instituut eruit moet zien dat genoeg capaciteit heeft om plaats te bieden aan culturele uitwisse-ling tussen Europese landen en de presentatie van een gemeenschap-pelijke Europese cultuur. Op 26 april presenteren de studenten enkele geselecteerde ontwerpen en discussiëren daarover met Daria Bouwman (Oostenrijkse Ambas-sade), Petra Prinsova (Tsjechisch Centrum), Dr. Barbara Honrath (Goethe-Institut) en Christoph Grafe (Vlaams Architectuurinsti-tuut). De modellen en ontwerpen waarover wordt gediscussieerd, zijn van 27 t/m 29 april tijdens de openingstijden van de bibliotheek te zien in het Goethe-Institut Rotterdam.26 april 2011/ 19.00/ Goethe-Institut Rotterdam/ Westersingel 9/ Rotterdam/ goethe.de

TENTOONSTELLINGEN

Visies voor een Europees Cultureel InstituutGoethe-Institut/ Rotterdam/ 27.04.2011 - 29.04.2011

Farming the CityARCAM/ Amsterdam/ 25.03.2011 -07.05.2011

The pilgrim, the tourist,the flaneur and the workervan Abbemuseum/ Eindhoven/26.02.2011 - 20.08.2011

Rotterdam Woont City Promotion Centre/ Rotterdam/31.03.2011 - 31.05.2011

SPOT-LIGHT!

B NIEUWS 11 25 APRIL - 15 MEI 2011