Wooow Winterswijk 2020-2022 The municipality of Winterswijk is developing, as part of a bigger city center revitalization plan, a new cultural neighbourhood, named Wooow, a building plot in the center of the city at the end of the shopping district. Together with new housing units a new cultural Center is projected. The library, Boogie Woogie institute for arts education and de Winterwijkse Uitdaging, an organization for volunteers will be housed in this Center.

Together with the project developer CON-C and Heren 5 Architects a plan was created to redevelop 1.000 social housing units (high-rise) into an area with 1.200 mixed units. We choose an integral approach, sustainability, climate adaption, livability, participation all were essential parts.

After an earlier research Zuyd institute for higher professional eduction has decided to house the performing arts education courses, now housed in three monumental buildings, in one new building. Advies etc. was commissioned to create common ground and to create a vison on new housing with the seven

Making cities future-proof The aim of the international sustainability programme 7 Square Endeavour is to make cities future-proof. We initiated this multidisciplinary project in 2015 and have been actively involved ever since. The first of seven squares is Schouwburgplein in they city centre of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.