Alex van Spijk

Personal profile

Research Interests

the spatial potential and effects of resource (energy / water / food / eco-system service) transitions; learning from and enhancing the cultural historical landscape in direct relationship to sustainable development; identification of drivers in the development of local economies and resilient communities; improving the spatial qualities of the urban and natural environments through systemic innovation and intervention.

Teaching

critical thinking; innovative approaches to sustainable development; urban (re)development principles and methodologies;

Keywords

NA Architecture

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Projects 2015 2019

2 Finished

BouwTex

Oostra, M. & van Spijk, A.

2/10/17 → 30/09/19

Project: Research

Ruimte voor Nieuwe Energie

van der Schoor, T., Oostra, M., Bernardt, C., van der Blonk, H., Boschma, B., Lugies, J. & van Spijk, A.

1/09/15 → 1/09/17

Project: Research

Research Output 2013 2017

2 Abstract
2 Paper
1 Contribution to conference proceeding

Community energy: complex and vulnerable

van der Schoor, T., Bernardt, C., van Spyk, A. & Lugies, J., 15 Jun 2017.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic

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Imagining energy potential: a critical reflection on spatial scenarios in a participatory planning process

Bernardt, C., van Spijk, A. & van Assen, S., 2016. 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Other research output

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Potential energy

Planning

Architectural design

The circular economy applied to local communities

van der Blonk, H., van Spijk, A. & van der Schoor, T., 2015.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other research output

Raw materials

Sugar factories

Reclamation

Transition skills: investigating and enabling local resilience in the north of the Netherlands

Bernardt, C., van Spijk, A. & van Assen, S., Sep 2015, Architecture and resilience on the human scale: cross-disciplinary conference proceedings. Sheffield, p. 225-234

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Contribution to conference proceeding › Academic › peer-review

Open Access

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Studios

resilience

Netherlands

energy

Students