The current multiple crisis require architects, designers, citymakers and stakeholders to re-think their approach to the city and territory, under the urge for a sustainable and inclusive future. While uncertainty and technocracy dominate, they also enable a open investigation and understanding of different future scenarios of spatial transformation. A revision of the term ‘adaptability’ promises to contribute to a new holistic approach.This paper presents the outputs of our current research project on adaptability at architectonic and urban level. It departs from the spatial disciplinary literature, and a large database of projects where this term plays a role implicitly or explicitly. We revisit theories and reposition them in the current unstable context. With this, we can enlarge the range of interactions and scales to approach simultaneously. Based on this, we propose new variables, and vocabularies in a framework for urban development beyond traditional confines.In fact, a new framework for the design of architectonic and urban space is articulated. It responds to different transformations of users’, usages’ and environmental conditions based on dimensions (scale, time, space), domains (social, economic, ecologic, climatic), adaptability ingredients (modularity, flexibility, interactivity, etc.), and resources (design by research, extreme scenario-thinking). We show them in action thought design projects conducted with students in the Netherlands and Belgium.We aim at generating holistic insights on the concept and methods of adaptability through some of the research and educational outcomes. Ultimately, we want to expand the mechanism of planning for an adaptive approach -from the building to the network, making lines of research, education and practice collide to address urgently needed changes.
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Full text beschikbaar met HU-account. Sinds de opkomst van sociale media spelen de toepassing en het bereik ervan in toenemende mate een rol, ook bij rampen en crises. De vraag rijst dan hoe daar in de crisiscommunicatie en het crisismanagement effectief mee om te gaan. Uit literatuuronderzoek en een analyse van een viertal Nederlandse casus blijkt dat, hoewel sommige officiële instanties nog steeds verrast kunnen worden door de snelle stroom van berichten en de effecten die dat met zich meebrengt, er al veel is geleerd over het omgaan met en benutten van sociale media in crisissituaties. Professionals dealing with crises are more or less forced to a next level of crisis communication and crisis management. This is because of the influence of social media. Messages on Twitter, Facebook and other social media can have a significant impact on the course of developments during a crisis. Sometimes in a positive way, when help is mobilized quickly and people can be informed almost instantly. On other occasions the impact is more negative, when for instance rumors lead to false accusations or threats. In the past several years, crisis management authorities have built up more experience with the use and application of social media and monitoring tools. There are still cases where officials and professionals are taken by surprise because of the shift stream of messages and their impact on public opinion and crisis control. But also lessons have been learned, e.g. in terms of online and offline reactions, cooperation with the public, and rumor control. This article gives an overview of research results in literature and summarizes the outcomes of a case study research project
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I will examine the ways in which a hidden crisis can be exposed from a communications point of view. Therefore, this examination of the concept of crisis entrepreneurship is also relevant tot communication professionals. The article is in the form of proto-research and will shed light on the dilemmas experienced by crisis entrepreneurs and the interactional solutions they apply to cope with such dilemmas
Due to the existing pressure for a more rational use of the water, many public managers and industries have to re-think/adapt their processes towards a more circular approach. Such pressure is even more critical in the Rio Doce region, Minas Gerais, due to the large environmental accident occurred in 2015. Cenibra (pulp mill) is an example of such industries due to the fact that it is situated in the river basin and that it has a water demanding process. The current proposal is meant as an academic and engineering study to propose possible solutions to decrease the total water consumption of the mill and, thus, decrease the total stress on the Rio Doce basin. The work will be divided in three working packages, namely: (i) evaluation (modelling) of the mill process and water balance (ii) application and operation of a pilot scale wastewater treatment plant (iii) analysis of the impacts caused by the improvement of the process. The second work package will also be conducted (in parallel) with a lab scale setup in The Netherlands to allow fast adjustments and broaden evaluation of the setup/process performance. The actions will focus on reducing the mill total water consumption in 20%.
The IMPULS-2020 project DIGIREAL (BUas, 2021) aims to significantly strengthen BUAS’ Research and Development (R&D) on Digital Realities for the benefit of innovation in our sectoral industries. The project will furthermore help BUas to position itself in the emerging innovation ecosystems on Human Interaction, AI and Interactive Technologies. The pandemic has had a tremendous negative impact on BUas industrial sectors of research: Tourism, Leisure and Events, Hospitality and Facility, Built Environment and Logistics. Our partner industries are in great need of innovative responses to the crises. Data, AI combined with Interactive and Immersive Technologies (Games, VR/AR) can provide a partial solution, in line with the key-enabling technologies of the Smart Industry agenda. DIGIREAL builds upon our well-established expertise and capacity in entertainment and serious games and digital media (VR/AR). It furthermore strengthens our initial plans to venture into Data and Applied AI. Digital Realities offer great opportunities for sectoral industry research and innovation, such as experience measurement in Leisure and Hospitality, data-driven decision-making for (sustainable) tourism, geo-data simulations for Logistics and Digital Twins for Spatial Planning. Although BUas already has successful R&D projects in these areas, the synergy can and should significantly be improved. We propose a coherent one-year Impuls funded package to develop (in 2021): 1. A multi-year R&D program on Digital Realities, that leads to, 2. Strategic R&D proposals, in particular a SPRONG/sleuteltechnologie proposal; 3. Partnerships in the regional and national innovation ecosystem, in particular Mind Labs and Data Development Lab (DDL); 4. A shared Digital Realities Lab infrastructure, in particular hardware/software/peopleware for Augmented and Mixed Reality; 5. Leadership, support and operational capacity to achieve and support the above. The proposal presents a work program and management structure, with external partners in an advisory role.
De huidige samenleving wordt voortdurend opgeschrikt door publieke discussies over kwesties: Zwarte Piet, (verplichte) inenting, 5G, bomenkap, toeslagen, stikstof, aanpak corona, intensieve veehouderij en ga zo maar door. Dergelijke kwesties beginnen vaak ongemerkt en klein, veelal op sociale media, maar kunnen in korte tijd uitgroeien tot impactvolle issues, zo niet crises. De centrale factor in huidige publieke kwesties is de digitalisering van het publieke debat: sociale media dus. Het verloop van issues is daardoor grilliger dan ooit. Issuemanagement is hierdoor een andere discipline geworden waar communicatieprofessionals over het algemeen nog onvoldoende mee om weten te gaan. Van hen wordt een andere instelling gevraagd: want hoe moet je reageren als ‘iedereen’ reageert en denkt het regeren zelf beter te kunnen? Het is in een notendop het dilemma van een democratische en gedigitaliseerde samenleving vol mondige burgers. Het is bij uitstek het huidige dilemma van de communicatieprofessional in het publieke domein. Om deze reden is het veelal niet langer het issue maar de aanloop daarnaar die opgemerkt en begeleid moet worden. Omdat we met dit onderzoek organisaties handvatten willen geven voor een adequate reactie op een issue, zijn met name de geboorte- en groeifase van issues van belang. In werkpakketten worden vijf cases onderzocht die door de publiekspartners zijn ingebracht. We hanteren een estafettemethode: de kennis van het ene werkpakket wordt meegenomen naar het volgende terwijl per werkpakket wel dezelfde methode gehanteerd wordt. Deze methoden zijn deskresearch, interactieanalyse van online en offline data, interviews met professionals en met burgers. Op basis van dit onderzoek wordt een breed toepasbare en structurele aanpak ontwikkeld om ‘de communicatieprofessional in issuemanagement te equiperen’. We willen dit bereiken door enerzijds kennis en inzicht te vergaren en anderzijds door de resultaten daaruit voor publieke organisaties te vertalen in praktische handgrepen (trainingen en/of tools).
