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Verena Balz
| Name: Verena Balz Promoter: Prof. Vincent Nadin Daily supervisor: Prof. dr. Wil Zonneveld Research Interests: Regional design and spatial planning, transport oriented development Contact info: v.e.balz@tudelft.nl
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Current Doctoral Research
| Polycentricity and energy transition: dimensions of discourse on multiscalar urban systems
Key words: Polycentric development, planning concepts, governance, Randstad Holland, energy transition
Abstract: In complex urban regions, with strong interdependences among places and extended informal governance arrangements, planning concepts assist in policy making through describing relationships among anticipated dynamics of spatial development and normative policy goals. The planning concept polycentrism, which is broadly accepted to frame the spatial development of European urban regions, relates spatial development patterns that stem from the accessibility of places to socially fair and economically competitive regions. In this research the concept polycentrism will be investigated in the light of an expanded policy agenda that includes the environmental sustainability of regions. In the research one specific case will gain attention: the transition to renewable forms of energy in the Randstad Holland. Planning discourses on this transition will be compared to ways how the concept polycentrism is used in the formation of policies. Overall conclusions will report on the role of the concept polycentrism in the reframing of spatial development in the Randstad Holland to integrate new territorial challenges.
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Previous Education
1991-1997
| Master of Science in Architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
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Work Experience
2005-2008
| Responsible for the department of regional design and project manager, Atelier Zuidvleugel, The Hague, the Netherlands
Projects: Ruimtelijke Verkenning Stedenbaan - research into the mutual impact of public transport and urban development in the South Wing of the Randstad Holland. Bereikbaarheid - research into the mutual impact of transport- and urban development in the Randstad Holland, in cooperation with the University of Amsterdam. Woonwerkmilieus - research into relations among social and economic activities in the South Wing of the Randstad Holland.
Atelier Zuidvleugel was an initiative to investigate the Network City South Wing, the southern part of the Randstad Holland. The initiative was established and financed, among others, by the Administrative Platform South Wing and the Dutch ministry of VROM. See also: www.atelierzuidvleugel.nl
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1999-2005
| Senior urban designer and project manager, Maxwan Architects and Urbanists, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Projects (samples): Development framework for the Belvedere Employment Zone in the Thames Gateway London Zone of Change, commissioned by the London Development Agency and the London Borough of Bexley. Development framework for the Ferry Lane Industrial Area in the Thames Gateway London Zone of Change, commissioned by the London Development Agency and the London Borough of Havering. Hamburg Hafen City, invited competition for development of 155 ha of former harbour terrain, commissioned by the municipality of Hamburg.
See also: www.maxwan.com
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Research Experience
2009-now
| Assistant Professor, Technical University of Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Metropolitan and Regional Design
Research projects Verstedelijking vanuit Regionaal Perspectief - research into the differentiation of housing environments, based on potential accessibility in the Randstad Holland, commissioned by the province of South Holland. Stedenbaan Plus (phase 1) - research into the influence areas of public transport stops in the province of South Holland, commissioned by the Administrative Platform South Wing and the province of South Holland. Atlas ABC - inventory of spatial conditions in North West Europe which relate to the production and consumption of energy, supported by the Association Delta metropolis.
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Publications
2005 - 2008
| ATELIER ZUIDVLEUGEL 2008. Netwerken in zuidelijk Holland: 1000 dagen Atelier Zuidvleugel, Den Haag, Provincie Zuid-Holland. ATELIER ZUIDVLEUGEL 2008. De 9 Steden: Sociaal-economische Perspectieven voor de. Zuidvleugel van de Randstad, Den Haag, Provincie Zuid-Holland. ATELIER ZUIDVLEUGEL 2006. Ruimte en Lijn: Ruimtelijke Verkenning Stedenbaan 2010 - 2020, Den Haag, Provincie Zuid-Holland.
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2009
| BALZ, V. & SCHRIJNEN, J. 2009. From Concepts to Projects: Stedenbaan, The Netherlands. In: CURTIS, C., RENNE, J., BERTOLINI, L. (ed.) Transit Oriented Development.Making it Happen. Farnham: Ashgate. BALZ, V. & ZONNEVELD, W. 2010. Onderzoek en ontwerp in de netwerkstad: Atelier Zuidvleugel. S+RO. Den Haag: NIROV.
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