Twelve creative offices, 6 coming from the Netherlands and 6 out of Colombia, will design innovative solutions for the Batallon San Mateo in Pereira (Colombia). This Creative Business Challenge, commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and supported by the Fund Creative Industries, is a follow-up [...]
Between the 17th and 20th of October the future of urbanization was discussed at the UN Habitat III conference. We were in Quito for our project "Ruta de la Experiencia" and also organized two presentations/debates at the venue. Cycling was the topic of the first [...]
The Ruta de la Experiencia is one of the largest UN selected Village projects for the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador. The Ruta de la Experiencia is a concrete project, to practically show the principles and methodology of the Human Cities Coalition (HCC). The [...]
On September 15th , 2016 at 5 PM the second evening of Fabrica Ciudad takes place. Camila Pinzon en Inge Kok Postma present Ruta de la Experiencia; the first project of the Human Cities Coalition. Rute de la Experiencia is a showcase how to make [...]
Update November 26th, 2016: An overview of the BNA Inspiration Day and results is available at the website of the BNA (click here for more info). Also the session about Prosperity that we lead together with Yvette Entius (Dutch Embassy Copenhagen, Business Development Nordics & [...]
Are you a designer and interested in working abroad? Do read this publication that we made for the Creative Industries Fund. To make this publication we talked to several designers about their approach to enter a foreign market; their experiences are translated into tips and [...]
The Netherlands was invited to be the Guest of Honour of the FILBO (book fair) in Bogotá, Colombia. The Dutch Embassy made a pavilion about urban planning, architecture, design and cycling. The Agencia Bici was asked to make an exhibition about cycling in the Netherlands [...]
Which opportunities does Colombia offer for design, architecture and urbanism? During a fact finding mission more than 50 people were interviewed in Colombia and the Netherlands. The final report gives insight in the Dutch offer for the sectors mentioned, the Colombian demand and a strategy [...]
The government of Panama wants to encourage cycling and the Dutch Embassy in Panama asked us to give a workshop on how the government and other stakeholders could have a role in this process. Early February, we explained the Dutch experiences and discussed how Panama [...]
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The argument "A good city has Industry" gave a boost to the two day debate about how to rework the productive port and city of Antwerp (Belgium). We were invited to present our project Creating Class and show which role urban planners and designers can [...]
It's the same story all over the world. Cities are experiencing huge traffic problems and choose to expand their road network, invest heavily in public transport ór they choose an alternative solution and biking is one of those. Bike lanes and parking are essential, but [...]
