Assistant Professor on Public Space in Urban Design; PCF Thematic Lead Mixed Methods and Design Strategies
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department of Urbanism
Maurice Harteveld has an uninterrupted focus on public space. His theoretical concept of ‘interior public space’ (since 2004, 2007) has brought different design disciplines together as well as pushed the boundaries of urban design. His developing thoughts on ‘domesticated public space’ (since 2014, 2019) also has a similar effect in the overlap with cultural anthropology, urban sociology, and environmental psychology. This guided him to developing transdisciplinary methods. His engagement in port-cities and understanding maritime mindsets came soon after.
Maurice particularly investigated port-cities as places where hyperdiversity though the global and territorial flows of people becomes manifest. By advancing mnemonic techniques like the mental mapping and micro biographic writing on public spaces, he is at the forefront of developing spatially-based analyses that explicitly consider collective cognitive values among different social groups. This informs the design of public space in more accurate ways and diversifies design strategies.
Last publications
Harteveld, Maurice (2021) The Port-City Portrayed in its Public Spaces: Introducing Micro Biographies of Places. In: PortusPlus: the Journal of RETE (Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities). Venice: RETE, Vol. 12. https://research.tudelft.nl/files/115367576/PORTUSplus_11_2021_Research_Themes_Maurice_HARTEVELD.pdf
Harteveld, Maurice (2021) In the Minds of People: Port-City Perspectives, The Case of Rotterdam, In: European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes (CPCL), Vol. 4, No. 2.
https://cpcl.unibo.it/article/download/12380/13713/53000
Harteveld, Maurice (2021) Images of Port-City Rotterdam, through the Mental Mapping Methods. In: Portus, the Online Magazine of RETE (Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities), No. 42-2021, Year XXI. RETE Publisher, Venice, ISSN 2282-5789
https://portusonline.org/images-of-port-city-rotterdam-through-the-mental-mapping-methods
Harteveld, Maurice & Roberto Cavallo (2019) De Stad is Nooit Af! In: De Boer, Hand (ed.). The City of the Future: Ten Design Strategies for Five Locations, Visualizations for a Square Kilometer off City. Blauwdruk, pp. 178-187 https://www.naibooksellers.nl/de-stad-van-de-toekomst-tien-ontwerpvisies-voor-vijf-locaties-verbeelding-voor-een-vierkante-kilometer-stad-the-city-of-the-future.html?___store=english&___from_store=default
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