Highlights of the ‘Dag van de Ontwerpkracht 2025’
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Rienke Groot wins PONL prize
Photo credits Thijs ter Hart
On Thursday, July 3rd, the best-attended, 4th edition, of the Dag van de Ontwerpkracht (Day of Design Power) took place in The Hague. With this year’s theme “Connected and Interwoven”, Platform Ontwerp NL emphasises that today’s spatial issues are layered and intertwined. Design and imagination are needed to connect all issues – across scale levels, interdisciplinary and with an eye for social and societal cohesion. More than five hundred spatial designers, researchers and policymakers, developers, administrators, students and consultants immersed themselves in eighteen master classes on spatial issues.
In the Vitruvius Lecture, Chief Government Advisor Noël van Dooren mentioned, after 100 days in the Chief Government Advisor’s office, research into a new economic model for post-growth in the region, with new collaborations between government and residents and entrepreneurs, or research into how the energy system of the future can truly be a joint construct. He stated that issues around agriculture, water and nature, especially drinking water, are high on the agenda. Chief Government Advisor Thijs van Spaandonk argued that “Community knows best”: when residents and communities are trusted and asked the right questions, this almost always leads to valuable developments. Planners should actively participate in the community to bring about developments that enhance cultural, social, economic and ecological values.
NVTL organised two in-depth master classes:
- Designers of the 22nd century
In this masterclass, young designers from Young NVTL, Jong BNSP en Vereniging Deltametropool, explored their future role. With pitches from Catherine Koekoek – IABR and Peter Pelser – TU Delft, a design deliberation on work culture, profiling and responsibility began. A critical dialogue on behalf of the generation shaping the future.
- New building culture: nature in the city as ‘the new normal’
Nature-inclusive design: from ambition to reality. Green ambitions abound, but how do you make them a reality in design and implementation? The master class explored how to maintain nature inclusiveness from programme of requirements to implementation and management. Moderated by NVTL board member Shera van den Wittenboer, with lectures by Marijke Dijkshoorn and Gideon Spanjar, and an expert panel discussion with Suzanne in ‘t Veld, Jannemarie de Jonge and Lian Blok.
Programme director Jutta Hinterleitner explained two new PONL initiatives: bringing design power to administrative tables through interviews with administrators and designers, and the publication “Designing our Future – Learning from the Field (2015 – 2025)”. The PONL prize was presented by BNSP chairman Eric van der Kooij to Rienke Groot, secretary of the Board of Government Advisors, for her connecting role behind the scenes and commitment to the public interest. Bas van Rijsbergen, Director of Urban Development for the Municipality of The Hague, closed the day with a fine closing speech, which featured examples of urban development in The Hague.
- Read and see more on Platform Ontwerp NL
Platform Ontwerp NL is een samenwerkingsverband van BNA, Koninklijke NLingenieurs, BNSP, Federatie Ruimtelijke Kwaliteit, NVTL, Vereniging Deltametropool en BNI.
