From ARCADIS Germany to EC Harris Shanghai – expanding my horizons

from Czech Republic to the Chile

A MODe quest in Brussells and Paris

MODe stands for Mobility oriented Development and it is a new integrated value proposition strategy of ARCADIS, that will be launched in September this year. It is a performance-driven approach for creating mixed use and multi-modal urban environments, at and around transportation hubs in rapidly densifying cities, delivering the highest possible outcomes for the prosperity and health of people, predicting measurable social and economic benefits, and maximizing the return on investment in urban mobility. I’m an Urban designer and Architect working for RTKL from the Sao Paulo office. I also take part on the MODe Core Team responding for the dissemination of MODe strategy and the development and prospection of MODe projects in South America. One of the tools used to help us analyze current performance of the study station is called MODex and has been developed by ARCADIS. The idea is to test the model in real cases in order to understand in practice what we can bring to the discussions and how we can highlight areas of the station that can be improved.   Outcome My Quest was hosted by Bas Bollinger and joining me that week also on the Quest was Atilla Vredenburg from RTKL’s London office. We also had Josine Reijnhoudt and Jasper Bras, who joined the working process. The week was set for us to work on Midi Station in Brussels for 2 days alongside Olivier De Temmerman’s team and 3 days in Paris under Lionel Bours group, for two different case studies, Nanterre La Folie and Marne Europe in […]

From Chile to the Netherlands – a solid base from where we can collaborate in the future