Learning Visits and Workshops: Thursday

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

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

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**

The Utrecht Barcode
Workshop

Focusing on the Utrecht Barcode tool for spatial planning, aimed at supporting delivery of the city’s 10 minute city vision, this workshop will explore data-based design and how data and evidence can be used creatively and efficiently to shape the city’s future.

Approx 10 min walk to workshop venue

An Inclusive Transport System
Workshop

There is no sustainable urban future without a truly inclusive transport system that caters to everyone from night workers in the suburbs to visitors with disabilities, so this workshop will dive into how a city can ensure that its transport system is affordable, accessible, and inclusive for everyone.

Approx 10 min walk to workshop venue

Wisselspoor and Werkspoor: Redeveloping with Creative Industries
On Site Workshop

Based in the Wisselspoor and Werkspoor neighbourhoods , this visit will examine how former industrial sites have been repurposed as homes, both for creative industry enterprises and for people, with design-led housing incorporated into existing surrounding neighbourhoods. A workshop element will look more broadly at how we can co-design the redevelopment of brownfield sites in a way that encourages creative industry innovation and supports community engagement.

Transport: Cycling**

Beurskwartier & Wonderwoods: Delivering Effective Shared Services
On Site Workshop

This visit will explore the new, green city-centre neighbourhood of Beurskwartier with thousands of homes and workplaces. As part of that exploration, delegates will participate in a workshop to scope the organisation of shared services in residential blocks with a diverse range of inhabitants and owners.

Approx 30 min walk to workshop venue

Hollandse Waterlinie: Growth with UNESCO World Heritage Sites
On Site Workshop

The Hollandse Waterlinie UNESCO World Heritage site presents a limit for development and expansion to the east of Utrecht, so this on-site workshop will explore this context and how cities need to balance innovative growth with protected heritage assets.

Approx 30 mins to workshop venue by public transport

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**