Learning Visits and Workshops: Friday

Friday 13 June, 10:00 - 13:00

City of Literature*
Learning visit

Taking in the library, literature museum, and small bookshops, this learning visit will explore how Utrecht actively incorporates its literary cultural heritage and UNESCO City of Literature status with its regeneration.

Transport: Walking

Leidsche Rijn: Learning from the Vinex Approach* 
Learning visit

BOOKING FULL - FRIDAY OPTION AVAILABLE

Cycling out to the west of the city, this learning visit will dive into 30 years of lessons from developing the Netherlands’ largest Vinex neighbourhood, now home to some 80,000 people.

Transport: Cycling**

Utrecht’s Cycle Infrastructure*
Learning visit

BOOKING FULL - FRIDAY OPTION AVAILABLE

Home to one of the world’s busiest cycleways and projects like the Dafne Schippersbrug and the famous underground bicycle parking facility, Utrecht’s cycle infrastructure is world-leading. This learning visit will give delegates a chance to experience it firsthand.

Transport: Cycling**

Planning for Shared Mobility
Workshop

The move towards shared transport options and mobility hubs is an important one for a sustainable urban future, and this workshop will build on Utrecht’s award-winning approach to explore how digital information can be used in planning and using shared mobility and accelerating the energy transition.

Approx 10 min walk to afternoon venue

An Inclusive Housing Market
Workshop

A pertinent question for all growing cities, this workshop will look at how cities like Utrecht can ensure affordable, innovative, and family-friendly housing options for an inclusive urban future.

Approx 10 min walk to afternoon venue

Rijnenburg: Futureproof Urbanism
Workshop

Explored in the context of the as yet unconstructed Merwede-A12-Rijnenburg development area, with construction not expected before 2035, this workshop will consider brown- and greenfield development, density, distance, and public transport to ask, how do we design urbanism plans for future needs, not just those of the present?

Approx 30 min walk to afternoon venue

Tackling Mobility Poverty
Workshop

How do we ensure that the bicycle best provides equity in urban mobility at the community level? This workshop will look at the role of the bike and how it can enable a healthy society through transport opportunities.

Approx 10 min walk to afternoon venue

Overvecht: Bridging Inequality
On Site Workshop

A railway line divides one of Utrecht’s most prosperous neighbourhoods (Noordoost) with one of the most deprived (Overvecht), and this on-site workshop will explore the potential of Overvecht Station to connect both areas and improve living conditions for the city’s poorest citizens.

Transport: Cycling**

De Kwekerij: Building Community
On Site Workshop      

Based in the De Kwekerij neighbourhood in the east of Utrecht, this learning visit will look at how affordable housing developments can foster a sense of community and belonging for young people.

Transport: Cycling**

Cartesius: Blue Zones and Healthy Communities*
On Site Workshop

Cartesius is the world’s first urban neighbourhood to be developed using core learning from Blue Zones. Currently being constructed on formerly industrial land, this visit will explore incorporating Blue Zone learning into the design of our places and how we create healthy communities from scratch in a densely populated area.

Transport: Cycling**