Red&Blue: too risky to build?

Here you can download the first publication of the Red&Blue project (Real Estate Development & Building in Low Urban Environments). This report contains an overview of the 5-year Transdisciplinary Research Agenda Real Estate Development & Building in Low Urban Evironments (Red&Blue) 2022-2027. It is structured in four sections: 1. an introduction, 2. an overview of the transdisciplinary approach and focus areas, 3. the program structure and 4. preliminary insights and products.

about the program

The Red&Blue Program is funded by the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA-ORC). The authors acknowledge all experts and stakeholders from public and private sectors that have joined the consortium, and have supported the Red&Blue team to shape the program from the beginning of the co-creation process in 2020 till now. A special thanks to the Advisory Board members who accepted our invitation to collaborate with us, advise us, and to be part of the Red&Blue team.

Sparking transformation in the built environment requires new and combined knowledge from a range of disciplines and domains. Thus, the Red&Blue program is built upon different focus areas and disciplines such as economics, governance and law, urban planning, knowledge integration, climate vulnerability, and engineering. Corresponding to these disciplines, the program is structured with seven Work Packages (WPs). The first four WPs are largely focused within a specific disciplinary domain, but will receive inputs or generate outputs from/to other WPs. WPs 5-7 provide the ground for the former lines of analysis to come together, both conceptually and practically, through a range of collaborative activities.

Our shared purpose is to create a common language, shift understandings, build collective governance capacity, and promote systems-changing spatial strategies that guide urban re/development and investment in Dutch delta settings.