Seven bridges and Amsterdam central station
There is a direct line from the images from my younger years to the present with Stipo, to living in Amsterdam, working in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, always being involved in changes in cities, public space, the quality of our surroundings and developments in society.
It goes from the 10-year-old girl who came home indignant because a small path on the island of Dordrecht with bridges over ditches made from 20-cm-wide planks had been bulldozed to make way for a new housing estate. The path with the seven bridges was gone!
And from the journey by train to Amsterdam where I was going to stay with my grandparents, where my grandfather was waiting for me under the enormous roof of Amsterdam central station.
The path with the seven bridges taught me to look differently at the world around me.
Amsterdam, where my mother was born, taught me to love city life.
My upbringing in Dordrecht gave me a life-long appreciation for the wonderful landscape of Holland, with its polders and rivers.
Stipo
The collaboration with the people at Stipo and our clients continues to fascinate me. As well as the cacophony of projects, the focus on the future, and the opportunities to improve the living environment and to contribute to openings for housing and work. Nationally and internationally, from villages to cities, it is the people, the society and the use of space that matter.
2005-present Stipo: consultant and project manager;
• Rotterdam City Building and Public Housing Authority, coordination for the 2040 Randstad vision
• Training at Goedereede municipal authority for policy officers and management
• Almere municipal authority, coordination of European Interreg project "Governance in Action"
• Binnenmaas municipal authority, work on the development of "The Neighbourhood of your Life"
• "International work as a career" workshops with Habitat Platform M. en O. Europe
• Regional Zoning Plan for Parkstad Limburg, View of the Future
2001- 2005: City of Amsterdam, Spatial Planning Department, Head of Housing, Facilities and Urban Recreation team; In addition to team management: regional housing market; regional facilities planning; monitoring of Social Zoning Plan for Amsterdam; environmental aspects and spatial planning; contributions to Amsterdam city marketing plan, Leisure Time Atlas, Residential Planning
1995-2001: Zandvoort Municipal Authority; Zoning Plan, historical building policy, economic-spatial policy and coordination of tourist policy
1993-2000: Consultancy for various Stipo projects; Development and drafting of Drechtoevers Master Plan; strategy for business parks with visual quality; regional collaborative project for Hoeksche Waard; discussion leader and chairing of meetings.
1985-1992: Planologisch en Demografisch Instituut, University of Amsterdam; research and teaching about applied research and methods; housing market developments; changes in society and land use
1975-1985 - CEBEON: Centrum Beleidsadviserend Onderzoek, Amsterdam; research and supervision of participation in urban regeneration and building and housing; coordination of consultation procedures for The Hague Zoning Plan.
Experience in the area of recreation and tourism
Training in tourism (Nederlands Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor Toerisme en Recreatie in Breda) and training in planology (Planologisch en Demografisch Instituut, University of Amsterdam).
Tourism vision for Zandvoort municipal authority and the Kennemerland regional authority; contribution to coastal vision for North and South Holland; coordinator of the Zandvoort Tourism Steering Group in collaboration with the tourism sector; Leisure Time Atlas, City of Amsterdam; coordination for Creative Knowledge City with the Amsterdam Spatial Planning Department.