March 16, the 2015 Master Studio of the Landscape Architecture and Planning Program at Wageningen University was launched. This years edition is entitled ‘Amsterdam Southeast 3.0: Design and Planning Approaches to Urban Transformation’ and evolves around the new tunnel that is under constructing for the A9 in Amsterdam South East. A group of 50 international Master students will explore potential alternative futures for the so-called...

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Last week Sven, Paolo and Dirk participated in a two-day atelier for the Duurzame Transportcorridor Betuwe project (Sustainable Transportcorridor Betuwe). From January 2013 till April 2014, the NRGlab was part of the kernteam of the DTB project and performed research on the energy landscape of the Betuwe region that consists of three mayor corridors, the A15 (highway), the Betuweroute (railroad) and the Waal (river). The DTB Atelier consisted...

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This week the DTB project has reached a new milestone by publishing a report with preliminary findings and strategy. The report is published on the new website www.energiecorridor.nl. The website is the first step towards an online community. The DTB project addresses a unique challenge by combining energy transition and sustainable transport in the Betuwe region. The published report shows the vision shared by local stakeholders in this region...

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The 17th of April, René van Seumeren and Sven Stremke presented the assignment of the BETUWE+ project to the BSc thesis candidates of the Landscape Architecture program at Wageningen University. The BSc thesis is connected to the DTB project commissioned by the province of Gelderland and supported by the municipality of Overbetuwe. From May till July, we will explore alternative energy and transport landscapes with a selection of BSc students....

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The Province of Gelderland has initiated the Duurzame Transportcorridor Betuwe (DTB) project to investigate the potentials for energy savings and renewable energy provision in the Betuwe transport corridor (1st and 2nd step trias energetica). The Betuwe corridor streches from East to West Gelderland and comprises the freeway A15, the Betuwe railroad and the area between the two rivers Nederijn and Waal (see map below). The NRGlab has been asked...

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