At the World Garden Cities Conference 2024, the organizers looked back at 1924 – when the first Garden City Conference was held in Amsterdam – and ahead to 2124: how can green cities provide affordable housing for al?
In two days, the guests from all over the world were treated to a total of 20 speakers (under the guidance of two fantastic moderators), a short movie, and a concert. Apart from that, they could also join one of the in total seven excursions to the garden cities in Amsterdam North and Amsterdam West, Utrecht, and Hilversum.
The Presentations
The presentations from the first day at Het Ketelhuis, organised by Museum Het Schip, can be watched in full here!
Introduction by moderator Pepijn Bakker.
Anne-Jo Visser – Director Federation Social Housing Associations Amsterdam
Word of welcome.
Katy Lock – Director – Communities (FJ Osborn Fellow) Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and board member of the International Federation of Housing Planning (IFHP)
The Garden City movement today and the modern implementation of the Garden City Principles.
Hilde Blank – CEO/partner BVR, office for spatial design, and chair Van Eesteren – Fluck & Van Lohuizen foundation
Back to the future, why garden cities are more relevant than ever.
Charlotte Griffioen – Director and Principal Architect MVSA
The future of Garden Cities: High-rise buildings as vertical forests and parks.
Forum with all the presenters.
Impressions from Day 1
Day 1 kicked of with a conference at Het Ketelhuis.
Coffee break and networking at Het Ketelhuis.
Excursion to the garden settlements of Amsterdam North: the backside of the Zonnehuis.
Visit to the Van Eesteren Museum in Amsterdam-West.
Workshop 'Revitalizing legacy post-war/modernist social housing estates with the community' in Overvecht-Noord organized by the Utrecht municipality and Housing Europe. See more.
Impressions from Day 2
Day 2 kicked of at EYE in Amsterdam.
Speech by Hugo de Jonge, the Minister for Housing and Spatial Planning of the Netherlands.
The playfull presentation of the Interreg Shared-North² project.
Pitching as a way to discuss challenges of the climate crises.
One of the excursions to Hilversum: at one of 'Dudok's green fingers'.
Willem Dudok's pièce de résistance: Hilversum town hall.
Closing remarks with Edwin Göbbels (Alderman of Hilversum) and Bent Madsen (President of Housing Europe).
Concert by composer Tim Kliphuis at MCO, the Broadcasting Music Centre.
