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| Snow in Rotterdam © George Blumberg |
The field trip to The Netherlands is an annual event which brings together postgraduate and undergraduate students from across four MSc and two BSc programmes in the School of the Built Environment. The two groups of students have their own itineraries for the field trip, both of which aim to integrate knowledge gained in the early part of the students' programmes, to develop team skills and to build relationships. Site visits and walking tours are backed up with a series of presentations from local experts focusing on: planning strategy, sustainability and urban design considerations, the mix of dwelling types, retail and community buildings, infrastructure plans, planning for flooding/rising sea levels, and sustainable and innovative building technologies.
This year, the blog focuses on the undergraduate field trip - thanks to George Blumberg for all the photos. Click on the blue links for more information about the place visited.
The students (and staff) set off on 20 January and returned on 24 January. In between, they visited the following places:
The
Antwerpen Morgen Pavilion and the
MAS Museum in Belgium (on the way to The Netherlands). The trip included a drive-by of the
Antwerp Port House designed by Zaha Hadid.
In Amsterdam...
Amsterdam Museum - for a lecture and visit.
Amsterdam Central Library - for lunch
Tours of:
Ijberg,
Houthaven and the
Zuidas area
Rotterdam...
Boijmans Museum - for a look around and a presentation
Rotterdam Information Centre - for a lecture
Rotterdam Markthal - for lunch
FutureLand - for a visit and talk
Utrecht...
The Infocentre for a presentation and tour
National Military Museum
And Breda...
Central Station Breda for a presentation and tour
Breda - for a look round and a coffee in the historic town centre before returning to Oxford
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| Antwerp and the MAS Museum © George Blumberg |
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| Houthaven © George Blumberg |
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| More street art at the NDSM Wharf © George Blumberg |
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| Pointsteiger a unique residential development in Houthaven © George Blumberg |
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| Arriving in a snowy Rotterdam © George Blumberg |
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| Presentation on Rotterdam (with snow) © George Blumberg |
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| ...and snowball fight © George Blumberg |
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| Getting off the ferry to visit FutureLand © George Blumberg |
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| George's great photos of FutureLand © George Blumberg |
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| Presentation in Utrecht © George Blumberg |
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| Finding out more about Utrecht © George Blumberg |
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| Bike park in Utrecht © George Blumberg |
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| The tour of Utrecht... © George Blumberg |
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| ...which was pretty cold © George Blumberg |
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The Skyscraper Whale - drawing attention to the problem of plastic waste in seas and rivers
© George Blumberg |
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| Utrecht © George Blumberg |
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| Presentation in Breda © George Blumberg |
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| Hi George :) © George Blumberg |
For more information on our undergraduate courses in construction, take a look here:
BSc Construction Project Management
BSc Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management
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