Dick van Gameren on TU Delft, housing design and learning from the past

I'm talking with Dick van Gameren - the dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft in the Netherlands, a Professor of Housing Design and architect and partner at Delft-based office - Mecanoo.

In this conversation we take a look inside TU Delft education with the reflection on times when Dick was a student himself. But the main architectural topic is housing design with the current housing shortage as a background.

• What makes TU Delft unique and outstanding?
• Why shouldn't the architecture school prepare students for their professional career?
• What are the circumstances of the current housing crisis?
• How can we provide high quality, long-term housing solutions?
• What is your opinion on building artificial islands, densifying the cities or building in Dutch open land?
• What are the valuable traditional dutch patterns in housing design that we should be conscious about?

More information:

Book “Dutch Dwellings - The Architecture of Housing” by Dick van Gameren:

https://www.naibooksellers.nl/dutch-dwellings-the-architecture-of-housing-dick-van-gameren.html

Interview from 2019 on student life, education system and his role as a dean:

https://www.bnieuws.nl/read/interview-dick-van-gameren

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Enjoy listening!

Klaudia Lachcik