Drinkwaterbeschikbaarheid blijkt (zeker als het systeem moet worden uitgebreid) een sterke ruimtelijke component te hebben, en integraal te moeten worden meegenomen in de ruimtelijke strategievorming. Tijdens de Bestuurlijke Netwerkdag Water (Metropoolregio Amsterdam) heeft Anne Loes Nillesen een presentatie gegeven over het ‘Keuzevraagstuk drinkwater’ in dit gebied van PWN Vitens Waternet. Het was prachtig om op locatie te zien hoe de watervoorraad in de ‘Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen’ (eindelijk) weer eens goed aangevuld is, en erg interessant te horen dat dit juist tot onbegrip en klachten in de omgeving leidt (natte kelders, onbegaanbare recreatiepaden).
Waterbouwdag 2024
Our water infrastructure (waterways, quay walls and dikes) needs to be more adaptive and future-proof, which requires space. Multiple experts met together at Waterbouwdag 2024: Space for water engineering! to share their knowledge about the future of ‘Waterbouw Nederland’.
Anne Loes Nillesen was one of the lecturers and she presented several examples for spatial development with ‘water and soil steering’. In the accompanying article in the hydraulic engineering special of the magazine Civil Engineering, she discusses the method for visualizing the ‘suitability of water and soil for developments’ that we have further developed in recent years (together with the national government, various provinces and water boards and engineering firms).
You can check out the article here https://lnkd.in/e4c82aEr
Peer-to-Peer Exchange for Latin American cities
A more comprehensive perspective on urban climate resilience is a top priority for urban urgencies such as flood mitigation.
Facilitated by UrbanShift and World Resources Institute at the Floating Office in Rotterdam, Anne Loes Nillesen was one of the presenters at Peer-to-Peer Exchange for Latin American cities, together with Nanco Dolman, Arnoud Molenaar and Johan Verlinde. Supported by Gemeente Rotterdam and Global Center on Adaptation, the dialogue among representatives brought integrative and thoughtful approaches for enhancing resilience and building healthier, more connected communities.
Research by design on long term perspectives for the Flemish-Dutch Delta
We presented our research by design on long term perspectives for the Flemish-Dutch Delta and its port-, water- and energy system to the steering committee of Flemish-Dutch Delta (stuurgroep Vlaams-Nederlandse Delta).
The Delta, formed by the confluence of the Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt rivers, fulfils an essential economic role as a logistical gateway between the North Sea and Northwest Europe. Its location makes the delta especially vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, salinisation and extreme weather events. It is not possible to maintain the current situation.
The Flemish-Dutch Delta will undergo profound changes in the coming decades. We explored future perspectives for the Rotterdam -Antwerp (port)area. Together with Cluster Landscape (BE) and Erasmus UPT we explored which fundamental choices need to be made now to make the Flemish-Dutch Delta future-proof. The study highlights that adjustments in operations, layout and land use are necessary and require fundamental decisions now.
For this study we collaborated with the Vlaams-Nederlandse Delta Netwerk en Team Vlaamsbouwmeester, assigned by the College van Rijksbouwmeester & Rijksadviseurs.
Water Seoul 2024 International Conference
Anne Loes Nillesen was a speaker at the WaterSeoul2024InternationalConference. Experts from varied countries presented on topics such as flood risk management, coastal protection, nature-based solutions and urban development strategies. She presented an overview on “Climate proof waterfronts’’ and highlighted possible future directions based in best practice examples for integrated flood mitigation, climate adaptation and urban revitalization.
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Van Leeuwenhoeklezing: Delft aan zee? Hoe Nederland verandert door klimaatverandering
October 6, 2024, 11:00 – 12:00, Theater De Veste, Theatercafé
Anne Loes Nillisen, Gastheer: Rob Mudde
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Dat het klimaat verandert is inmiddels bekend, maar wist u dat Nederland er daardoor heel anders uit zal gaan zien? Door de toenemende zeespiegelstijging, hogere temperaturen, steeds extremere buien en langere periode van droogte zullen we onze steden en landschappen zich moeten aanpassen, of we dat nou willen of niet.
Niet overal zal het meer veilig zijn om te wonen, rivieren (en havens) zullen afgesloten worden van de zee, niet alle landbouwgewassen kunnen nog worden verbouwd en de steeds voor hogere dijken en piekbuien zullen veel ruimte vragen. Deze veranderingen zijn ingrijpender dan vaak wordt vermoed, maar kunnen ook grote kansen bieden voor inspirerende nieuwe toekomstbeelden.
Tijdens de lezing neemt Anne Loes Nillesen (Defacto en Professor Urban Design) u mee in de uitdagingen en moeilijke keuzen waar we de komende periode voor komen te staan, maar ook in de aansprekende nieuwe toekomstbeelden die daarmee in beeld komen.
De Koele Kaart van Rotterdam
De klimaatverandering brengt naast veel wateroverlast ook hitte en dat heeft enorme implicaties voor de gebouwde omgeving. Binnen Cooling Rotterdam laat Anne Loes Nillesen zien dat er veel verschillende ingrepen mogelijk én nodig zijn. “Architecten ontwerpen hier niet met hitte als uitgangspunt.”
Hier kunt u meer lezen over het interview.
Water and soil as a steering principle included in the draft spatial planning memorandum (Voorontwerp Nota Ruimte) for the Netherlands 2050.
The planning memorandum defines a spatial vision for the Netherlands in 2050 for three different ‘movements’: a new balance between agriculture and nature, a climate neutral and circular society, and strong cities, villages and regions. Together with experts from Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties and Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat we worked on the integration of the water and soil system as a guiding principle throughout the three movements, building on the ministerial advisory letter from 2022. This resulted in a map series per movement on the topics of water availability and quality, flood risk and water nuisance and soil conditions.
For the integration we also closely collaborated with FABRICations., PosadMaxwan strategy x design and Generation.Energy that developed the spatial visions per movement. We are looking forward to the next steps in the process towards a spatial vision for the Netherlands in 2050.
You can read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gFA6PDJU
Special thanks to: Hans ten Hoeve, Elien Wierenga, Jeannette De Waard, Marcel Koeleman, Lotte Witte, Rens Wijnakker, Boris Hocks, Emile Revier
Blauwe Kamer publication on fresh water availability
Fresh water availability is a global challenge that is still underestimated. In the Blauwe Kamer guest editor Henk Ovink emphasizes this challenges (thanks for that Henk!). Next to amongst others a series of photos of Cynthia Van Elk, Defacto in a series of maps captures the prominence of the freshwater challenges in the Netherlands. And shows how this could require and be the driver for new spatial compositions towards2100.
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TU Delft Career Fair 2024
Our colleagues Jens Berkien and Arnta Kalentzi were present at the POLIS | Platform for Urbanism and Landscape Architecture TU Delft Career Fair that is being organized for the first time. Throughout this new interactive platform, we had a chance to come together with enthusiastic Master’s students from Urbanism and Landscape Architecture to share our approach and vision on urban and landscape design with contemporary challenges.