November 2010 Merten Nefs visited Shenzhen and Hong Kong, in the Chinese Pearl River Delta. On behalf of the Deltametropolis Association he presented the SprintCity project at an international conference in Shenzhen and spoke to several professionals in Hong Kong to learn about their strategies for development of public transport nodes and the surrounding areas. [...]
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Merten Nefs will represent Association Delta Metropolis at the international conference ‘Next Generation Infrastructure Systems For Eco-Cities’, which takes place in Shenzhen from November 11 to 13, 2010. The conference is organized by Next Generation Infrastructures and discusses how innovative infrastructure systems may contribute to a new generation of sustainable cities. At the conference, Association [...]
At the expert meeting ‘The Seriousness of Play’ the question was asked how art can be used to improve access of the population to cultural heritage. The meeting was meant to bridge the gap between artists, curators and heritage institutions such as museums. Merten Nefs was invited to shed light on the matter from the [...]
In March 2010 Merten joined Association Delta Metropolis as researcher/designer. The association promotes an integrated sustainable development of the Delta Metropolis – the western conurbation of The Netherlands, necessary to maintain its competitive position in Europe. The activities of the association concern landscape, new metropolitan forms of land use and mobility. Merten focuses mainly on [...]
