On 8 November 2013 dean Karin Laglas hosted the annual Town Hall meeting of the faculty of Architecture. The mission, vision and ambition of the faculty were affirmed. The faculty's goals can be realised through the various examples giving in this presentation.

1. TOWN HALL MEETING
8 NOVEMBER 2013 12:00 - 13:30
KARIN LAGLAS, DEAN
WORKING TOWARDS
OUR FUTURE:
WHAT, WHY, HOW
AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

2. TALKING POINTS TODAY
MISSION, AMBITION AND GOALS AS FORMULATED
IN MULTI-ANNUAL PLAN 2013- 2016
WHY THIS DIRECTION? - THE VISION BEHIND IT
HOW TO GET THERE?

3. MISSION
“TO ADVANCE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT FOR
THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY”
TO EDUCATE STUDENTS to become professionals and academics who possess the
knowledge, skills and thinking power to contribute to a better built
environment, and to the process of designing a better built environment.
TO PERFORM INTERNATIONALLY OUTSTANDING RESEARCH that can serve as a building
block towards better understanding and improving the built world in which we
live.
TO SERVE AS A PLATFORM for exchange, inspiration and debate for the
international knowledge community in the built environment, and in the
process of designing the built environment.

4. AMBITION
“TO BE AMONG THE WORLD'S TOP FIVE INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION IN ARCHITECTURE AND
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT”

5. WHY THIS AMBITION?
GLOBAL PLAYING FIELD
creating the built environment has become a global playing field; we have to
prepare our students for an international working environment.
KNOWLEDGE AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER
the Netherlands has by tradition had a strong international profile in
architecture, urbanism and the like. The potential for building on that is
therefore considerable.
ACADEMIC HIGHER EDUCATION INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE
only the best will benefit; online education will strengthen this.
EXTERNAL FUNDING ESSENTIAL
government funding is under pressure and we will have to attract external funding,
including for research; we will have to be amongst the best to secure this funding.

6. IMAGINE OUR FACULTY IN 2020..
..ranking amongst the global top five institutions in our field
3 of Institutes in our field;
..having a robust student body of around 2800 students in BSc and MSc programmes;
..being highly international with 50% of the MSc students from abroad;
..publishing many articles in peer reviewed indexed magazines through a platform
that we partly created ourselves;
...still producing many internationally acclaimed books and exhibitions;
...receiving NWO and ERC grants as "business as usual";
...financing 30% of research through contract funding;
...having a highly motivated crew feeling "free to excel';
...continuing to provide an unforgettable academic and working environment in BK City;
Multi annual plan 2013-2016

7. MISSION & AMBITION
Our mission is to SERVE SOCIETY by improving our built environment.
Our ambition is to do so as a WORLD LEADING player in our field.
SERVING
SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL
LEADING

8. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

9. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

10. DELIVER FANTASTIC GRADUATES

11. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

12. ENHANCE STUDY SUCCESS
BACHELOR IN 4 YEARS
100%
375
number of Bsc diplomas
500
75%
50%
250
50%
125
25%
0
0%
Co 2003 (dipl 2006)
Co 2004 (dipl 2007)
TOTAL
BSC IN 4 YEARS
Co 2005 (dipl 2008)
Co 2006 (dipl 2009)
Co 2007 (dipl 2010)
Co 2008 (dipl 2011)

13. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

14. GREAT PLACE TO WORK
EMPLOYEES
FTE
HL
UHD
UD
OVWP
OBP
SA
TOTAL
0
150
FACULTY EMPLOYEES, INCL OTB
300
450
600

15. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

16. SOCIETALLY RELEVANT RESEARCH
SOLAR DECATHLON “PRET A LOGER”

17. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

18. CREATING ECONOMIC VALUE
AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED
METROPOLITAN SOLUTIONS

19. CREATING ECONOMIC VALUE
OTB – Onderzoek voor
de gebouwde omgeving
Facul tei t B ouwkunde
KENNISCENTRUM OPEN DATA
Startconferentie
Kenniscentrum Open Data

20. CREATING ECONOMIC VALUE
JAAP BAKEMA STUDY CENTRE
&

21. CREATING ECONOMIC VALUE
7 SPONSORED CHAIRS
VAN EESTEREN
DESIGN AS POLITICS
URBAN DESIGN
STATISTICAL METHODS
CULTURAL HERITAGE
PUBLIC COMMISSIONING
CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES

22. SERVING SOCIETY - HOW? - ACTIONS
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
CONSTANTLY IMPROVE EDUCATION > STAY CLOSE TO AND LEARN FROM ALUMNI
NOMINAL IS STANDARD; 70% BSC-IN-4-YEARS
STIMULATE STAFF TO GROW > PROFESSIONAL P&E > BK CITY AS A LIVING PLATFORM
ASSESS “WHY SHOULD WE CARE”
BE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND INTERACT WITH THE MARKET

23. HOW?
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
STUDY
SUCCESS
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
ECONOMIC
VALUE
SERVING
SOCIETY

24. HOW?
THE BEST
STUDENTS
PEER
GROUP
% OF
STAFF
INTERNATIONAL
IMPROVE
ENGLISH
PLATFORM

25. HOW?
THE BEST
STUDENTS
PEER
GROUP
% OF
STAFF
INTERNATIONAL
IMPROVE
ENGLISH
PLATFORM

26. THE BEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
EXCHANGE
OTHER TUD-MSC
21 9
189
BSC -> MSC
INTERNATIONAL
202
1
NATIONAL
MSC-SNAPSHOT
1/9/2013
"PLACING TALENTED STUDENTS IN POSITIONS AND STUDIOS THAT MATCH AND
COMPLEMENT THEIR ABILITIES WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GOOD WORK
PRODUCED IN THE FACULTY.”
PROF. VINCENT NADIN

27. HOW?
THE BEST
STUDENTS
PEER
GROUP
% OF
STAFF
INTERNATIONAL
IMPROVE
ENGLISH
PLATFORM

28. BENCHMARK WITH INTERNATIONAL PEER GROUP
HARVARD
BERKELEY
MIT
COLUMBIA
BARTLETT
KU LEUVEN
ETH ZURICH
NU SINGAPORE
TSINGHUA UNI
UNI HONGKONG

29. INTERNATIONAL - HOW? - ACTIONS
THE BEST
STUDENTS
SCOUT FOR THE BEST INTERNATIONAL BSC’S > SELECT > 50% MSC = NON DUTCH
PEER
GROUP
DEFINE PEER GROUP AND INTERACT
% OF
STAFF
OPEN SELECTION > LIMITED POSSIBILITIES HOWEVER.. (HERIJKING)
IMPROVE
ENGLISH
PLATFORM
TRAINING
INT LECTURE PROGRAMME (WITH THE BERLAGE) > STREAM! > BLOGS > USE THE BUILDING

30. HOW?
THE BEST
STUDENTS
PEER
GROUP
% OF
STAFF
INTERNATIONAL
IMPROVE
ENGLISH
PLATFORM

31. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

32. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

33. FIRST-RATE EDUCATION
THE ‘DELFT APPROACH’
• DESIGN AT THE CORE, STRONG ROLE FOR TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND
PROCESS.
• ACADEMIC SKILLS, CREATIVE THINKING AND ORIENTATION TOWARDS
PRACTICE; ACADEMIC SKILLS HELP TO INNOVATE PRACTICE
• STRONG EMPHASIS ON ANALYTICAL SKILLS AND CRITICAL THINKING
• THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD ANCHORED INTO THE CURRICULUM, THROUGH THE
INVOLVEMENT OF PRACTITIONERS
• INCORPORATION OF PRESENT-DAY ISSUES EXPERIENCED IN THE WORK FIELD,
WHILE PRESERVING “LONG LINES” OF BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

34. FIRST-RATE EDUCATION
OUR ACTIONS:
• RENEWED BSC
• EVALUATE MSC
STARTED WELL, EVALUATE, FINE-TUNE
STREAMLINE?
CREATE INTERDISCIPLINARY POSSIBILITIES
• SECURE EXCELLENT DESIGN OUTPUT IN MSC THESIS WORK > HIGH
ARCHIPRIX SCORE
• RESTRUCTURE BT TRACK
• BUILD INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE TRACK
• STRENGTHEN MSC GEOMATICS
• MAKE THE BERLAGE AND EMU FLOURISH
• INVESTIGATE ONLINE EDUCATION

35. FIRST-RATE EDUCATION
SKILLED TEACHERS
UNIVERSITY TEACHING QUALIFICATION UTQ/BKO
UTQ
GROUP
CERTIFIED
SCAN
1,2 OR 3
MODULES
COMPLETE
UTQ
OTHER
175
42
32
37
47
17
100%
24%
18%
21%
27%
10%

36. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

37. GUEST PROFESSOR PROGRAMME
GUEST PROFESSOR 2013 - 2014:
JACOB VAN RIJS
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GUEST PROFESSOR?
- ANTONIO CRUZ/ORTIZ
- ANNE LACATON
- BJARKE INGELS
- DAVID CHIPPERFIELD
- MICHEL DESVIGNE
- RENZO PIANO
- ...

38. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

39. PUBLISH!

40. PUBLISH!
REFEREED ARTICLES
200
150
100
50
0
A
2010
U
2011
AE+T
2012
RE&H
OTB
TOTAL

41. 1/1/1 CAMPAIGN
1/1/1 campaign
we decided
to co-author
our articles
less
stress
definitely
more fun
1 article / 1 person / 1 year
indexed in Scopus or ISI / author or co-author / moving average 2 year
100% RESEARCH / Faculty of Architecture / TU Delft

42. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

43. RESEARCH FUNDING
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES CALL
FUTURA - HANS WAMELINK

44. RESEARCH FUNDING
ENERGY SMARTCITIES 2013
CITYZEN - ANDY VAN
DEN DOBBELSTEEN

45. RESEARCH FUNDING
STRENGTHENING
COLLABORATION
FOR HOUSING
RETROFIT HENK VISSCHER

46. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

47. 3RD-CYCLE EDUCATION
STRONG PHD-PROGRAMME STRENGTHENS RESEARCH
INTERNAL
STANDARD
26
19,5
52
44
13
47
6,5
60
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
NUMBER OF DOCTORATES
2013*
EXTERNAL
CONTRACT
NUMBER OF PHD
CANDIDATES

48. RESEARCH & DESIGN
RESEARCH
ON
FOR
BY
DESIGN

49. LEADING - HOW? - ACTIONS
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
ATTRACT THE BEST STUDENTS > ‘OWN -BSC- BREED’ > INT TARGET PROGRAM
GUEST
PROFESSOR
ROLE OUT
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
MORE ‘STANDARD’ PHDS > LESS ‘ZOLDERKAMER’ AND INTERNAL STAFF PHD’S
PUBLISH
RESEARCH
FUNDING
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
IN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MEDIA > USE SCOPUS, FIND OUT HOW!
ATTRACT SUBSTANTIAL (INT) FUNDING > PUBLISH, RECYCLE AND GET COACHING
ATTRACT, RETAIN AND GROW HIGH-RANKING STAFF

50. HOW?
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

51. 16
THE BEST
INT-STUDENTS
FANTASTIC
GRADUATES
DIRECTIONS
FOR ACTION
STUDY
SUCCESS
INT PEER
GROUP
GREAT PLACE
TO WORK
% OF
INT STAFF
SOCIAL
RELEVANCE
SERVING
SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC
VALUE
IMPROVE
ENGLISH
INTERNATIONAL
PLATFORM
LEADING
FIRST-RATE
EDUCATION
HIGH-RANKING
STAFF
RESEARCH
FUNDING
GUEST
PROFESSOR
3RD-CYCLE
EDUCATION
PUBLISH

52. MULTI-YEAR OUTLOOK
GOALS
•
To offer INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED EDUCATION programmes in an
international environment with ambitious and talented students
•
To generate OUTSTANDING RESEARCH OUTPUT and participate in
internationally acclaimed research projects and programs, funded
through national and international research funds
•
To create a STRONG ORGANISATION that fosters talent, enhances
development of staff and attracts and retains top academics and
outstanding professionals
•
To offer a STIMULATING WORKING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT acting as
a platform for exchange and debate
•
To VALORISE our knowledge and insights by bringing them into
society and using them to create economic spin-offs

53. WORKING TOWARDS OUR FUTURE
SERVING
SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL
LEADING
“ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS”