The document discusses the AMS Institute, a scientific institute in Amsterdam that works with partners in business, government, and civil society to address challenges facing cities. It focuses on developing integrated solutions through its interdisciplinary research themes and an approach called urban living labs. The institute aims to give students hands-on learning experiences working on real-world urban problems through its Master's program in metropolitan analysis, design, and engineering. It is establishing its new campus at the MarineTerrein site as an urban living lab to test solutions and involve citizens.

1. Engineering the future city.
business partners and social organizations are working
tightly together to create solutions for the complex challenges
a metropole like Amsterdam is facing. Now and in the future.
in Amsterdam. In this institute science, education, government,
AMS Institute is a young and ambitious scientific institute located
Leendert Verhoef
Program Lead Living Labs

2. HOW TO SOLVE THE CITIES PROBLEMS?

3. 2015
AMS Institute’s journey
2013 2014
• +€14,9 mln
• 43 project partners
• MSc MADE vision
• New leadership str.
2016 2017 2018
• +€16 mln,
• 128 project partners
• 1st AMS MOOC: 11k
• Toets Nwe Opleiding
• +€12,7mln,
• 214 project partners
• Accredit. MSc MADE
• 18 MSc students
• +€15,9mln,
• 103proj.
• 39 MSc students
• Move to MarineTerrein
• Final contract
• Opening event
• Start operations
• AMS design contest
in 2 rounds
• “Convincing winner”,
jury led by Prof.
Dijkgraaf

4. PHILOSOPHY

5. RESEARCH THEMES
Smart Urban Mobility
Ensuring an accessible and liveable
city by developing smart and
sustainable and seamless mobility
solutions that can be integrated into
the urban fabric.
Urban Data & Intelligence
Mobilize new analytical tools to
better use urban (big) data and
improve city life, while strengthening
and safeguarding the democratic
values of citizens and society.
Urban Energy
Accelerating the urban energy
transition, by combining integrated
innovations in energy systems with
urban (re-)development.
Circularity in Urban Regions
Redesigning resource flow s that
drive urban activities, whilst
establishing integral sustainable
urban ecosystems, supported by a
new, resilient economic model.
Metropolitan Food Systems
Designing inspiring scenarios to make
food systems more sustainable and future-
proof, by focusing on core elements
such as: economic development, health,
mobility and regional attractiveness.
Climate Resilient Cities
Building preparedness and resilience
by reducing cities’ weaknesses and the
impact of climate change: environmental,
health related and societal.
Working on metropolitan challenges
coming 25 years, resulting in new urban challenges in a multitude of diffe
r
ent aspects and scales. Amsterdam – and
cities worldwide – are in need of metropolitan solutions, made possible by revolutions in new technologies, research
and design methods to secure growth, livability and sustainability.
AMS Institute is an international institute where talent is educated and engineers, designers, and both natural and social
scientist jointly develop and valorize integrated urban solutions. Our mission is to develop a deep understanding of the
city – sense the city – and design solutions for its challenges, and integrate these into the city of Amsterdam.

6. MSC METROPOLITAN ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING

7. VALUE PLATFORM

8. WHAT IS A LIVING LAB?
Based on: Maas, T., J. van den Broek & J. Deuten, Living labs in Nederland , Rathenau
Instituut, 2017
8
Co-Creation
LowHigh
In Private... Public space
(urban) LIVING
LABS
URBAN TESTS
SITES
FIELD LABS
(INDUSTRY)
SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH LABS
INNOVATION
DISTRICT
A space in which real-life eperimentation takes place with a diverse participant
group in co-creative modes

9. EE
TWO WORLDS: PROJECTS VS LEARNING
Inclusiveness
& Canvas
Changed
Attitudes/
Trustfull
Team
Learning
Report
Product(s)/P
rototypes
Delivered
Project with
resources
Business /
Marketing
Plan
Product/projec
t Development
Living Lab
elements

10. CONNECTING TWO WORLDS

11. THE AMS URBAN LIVING LAB WAY OF WORKING
Inclusiveness
& Canvas
Changed
Attitudes/
Trustfull
Team
Learning
Report
Product(s)/P
rototypes
Delivered
Project with
resources
Business /
Marketing
Plan
Product/projec
t Development
Connecting the world of projects (experiments) with the approach of co-creation,
operationailising inclusiveness, changed attitude, and a learning/iteration approach

12. AMS LIVING LAB / GLOBAL LABS…

13. TOOLBOX (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
For the various phases, a set tools is under development as well as criteria
which to use when
Owner/Curator
Phase
AMS Partners
Design / Process /
Vision
The Canvas
Geographical mapping
Living Roadmaps (Amsterdam)
The Adventure Wheel (MIT)
Stakeholder
involvement (trust
building)
The GAME
LAB Factsheet
HHS Lego serious Play (HU)
Go2Zero game (TUD)
DORP
Inclusion / Citizen
involvement
Citizen Engagement
POWER Tool
Citizen Sensing (WAAG)

14. TOOLS: URBAN LIVING LAB CANVAS 1.4
The Canvas will guide towards a shared vision and a go/nogo decision on a living
lab

15. AMS LIVING LAB / GLOBAL LABS…
PROJECT PORTFOLIO
(NEW PROJECTS)
Apply LL Method Apply & Develop LL
Method
Other methods /
deepening
AMS PROGRAMMES
- Circularity in urban regions
- smart urban mobility
- (urban) energy
- metropolitan food systems
- Climate resilient cities
- urban data&intellingence
SWITCH4BLUE (NL)
…
…
…
…
…
…
SUMMALAB (NL)
CIVIC (EU)
…
URANUS (EU)
…
LIVING LAB OFFICE
…
SCC LIGHTHOUSE (EU)
…
…
SHARED (NL)
Andere inhoud:
- Eventing
- Water
- Cultural Heritage
…
NewWaterWays (NO)
…
ETROPOLIS (NL)
…
COMMON GROUDS (EU)
Pop-Up Playground
…
…
Platforms / Locations Amsterdam ZuidOost Marineterrein
Buiksloterham
Havenstad
A rigorous method, being implemented in projects in > 20 European cities,
building up experience and actionable knowledge for various applicaton contexts

16. AS WE ARE PART OF THE CITY, SHOW-HOW
OURSELVES

17. MARINETERREIN AS LIVING LAB

18. GROUNDBREAKING CONCEPT

19. SEED PROJECT CITY-UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
 Build a city-university community of practice and
examples of city-university co-operations
 Discuss
 Experience of participants with relation to their cities
 Ways for knowledge exchange, and
 Potential funding sources for future joint work.

20. CITIES AND UNIVERSITIES: A NATURAL MATCH
Santonen, T. et al., Cities as Living Labs –Increasing the impact of investment in the
circular economy for sustainable cities, EC report, 2016
SUSTYAINABLE CITIES URBAN EXPERIMENTATION

21. A BRIEF SURVEY AMONGST OURSELVES…

26. WORKSHOP – FRIDAY 14 JUNE – 14:00-15:45
Facilitated: Leendert Verhoef and Michael Bossert
Discuss Scope City-University co-operation
- What do universities want from city-co-operation?
- What do cities need from universities?
- What is a successfull city-university co-operation?
What do we want/bring to a community of practice
- What do ISCN members want to bring
- What do we produce?
- What does it require?
- How to kick-start this co-operation?
COME JOIN!

27. CONTACT
Steen, K.Y.G., Van Bueren, E.M., Urban Living Labs: A Living Lab
Way of Working, AMS Research report, AMS Institute, 4th ed.
2019
Leendert A. Verhoef
Program Lead Living Labs
Leendert.verhoef@ams-institute.org