Presentations
We love sharing our knowledge, methods and experiences, we have inspired and been inspired, in over a dozen of international conferences, symposiums, at universities or in forums.
We have given presentations in Spain, South Korea, Malaysia, San Francisco, Croatia, Belgium, Egypt, Brunei, Poland, Mexico, and in the Netherlands.
Topics of presentations vary, some of the past presentations were on:
- Equal access to play
- Climate and play
- Use of recycled materials and play
- Co-designing for play
- Learning through play
Kuala Lumpur joined UNESCO creative cities of design. Perekabandar (urban designers organisation Malaysia ) organised a lecture series on Designing for the Creative City.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Perekabandar and Taylor’s University
Quality Outdoor Spaces, Learners in the lead: Co-creating school’s outdoor spaces with learners to boost curriculum based learning goals and environmental awareness.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: CIES
Presentation: “A learning through play workshop: Design your own space as a third teacher”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: CIES and Michigan State University
Presentation: “Co-designing School-spaces with children, teachers and the community”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: MYLES Malaysian Learning Spaces
Presentation: “Design for Learning through Play”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: CIES and Michigan State University
Presentation: “People Centered Cities for all ages, (Brunei’s UNHabitat Urban October)”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Brunei Institution of Geomatics (BIG)
Presenting our international research funded by Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes, Raquel Teixeira dos Santos
Partners & Collaborators: Child in the City
Presentation: “How can schoolyards activate active behaviour”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Presentation: “Let’s Play Outside!”
Workshops (with Placemaking Kids Group): “Walkshop with Children’s Eyes – What Kids Can Teach Us About Building Healthy Cities.”
Team: Raquel Teixeira dos Santos, Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Placemaking Europe, Placemaking KIDS
Presentation: How Play supports Climate Action.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: UN-Habitat
Presentation: “What can we as urban designers do to stimulate equal use of play space by boys and girls?’ Gender-inequity starting at schoolyards.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes, Raquel Teixeira dos Santos
Partners & Collaborators: Stadsform x Kind & Samenleving
Webinar on greening the city, focusing on the potentials of greening schoolyards in urban settings.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: South Korean Institute for Landscape Designers
Presentation: ” Green schoolyard: vision –> Design.”
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Municipality of Amsterdam
Presentation: ‘Designing for & with children’.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: URBACT
Presentation: “Sustainable schoolyards”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Child in the city
Presentation/ workshop for architects: “Re-using materials in playgrounds” on ‘re-lab’s laboratory at great architectural activist’s organisation Basurama.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Basurama
Presentation: “Why greening schoolyards together with children is more important than ever”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Child fund korea
Presentation: “Designing spaces for children in urban areas”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Megawra studios