Week 3

Question 1

What are the strengst of the ladder of participation?

Answer 1

Puts citezens abd their ideas first

Question 2

What are the Possible criticisms of the ladder of participation?

Answer 2

Looks at individuals and not society, Higher is not always better

Question 3

What does it mean when you are in trede 1 to 3

Answer 3

It means you can not decide on something

Question 4

What does it mean when you are in trede 3 to 8

Answer 4

It means you can decide depending on your situation

Question 5

What does NIMBY mean?

Answer 5

Not in my back yard. Has to do with wind turbines, powerplants, airports

Question 6

3 main benefits of participation

Answer 6

1. Greater understanding & room for other viewpoints 2. Acceptance consensus, less conflict 3. Inform, educate and empower, create ownership

Question 7

What are the downside to participation?

Answer 7

Difficult to organize and practical issues

Question 8

What can practical issues with participation be?

Answer 8

Who to involve? When to involve? How to involve? Why involve?

Question 9

What are the steps from the IAP2 spectrum

Answer 9

Inform, consult, involve, collaborate and empower

Question 10

What are the 8 stages of development process?

Answer 10

Initiation, Investigation and analysis of viability, Acquisition, Design and costing, Consent and permission, Commitment, implementation, leasing/ managing/ disposal

Question 11

What is the initiation stage?

Answer 11

Start with a location and idea. Most of the time the developer is the initiator

Question 12

What is the investigation and analysis of viability stage?

Answer 12

Detailed market research needs to be undertaken, analysis of viability needs to be done. Crucial to the succes completion of a development

Question 13

What is the acquisition stage?

Answer 13

Concists of legan investigation, Physical inspection and examination, Finance costs

Question 14

What is the Design and costing stage?

Answer 14

Involves contribution from all members of the professional team

Question 15

What is the consent and permission stage?

Answer 15

All legal permissions hurdles need to be cleared before full commitment

Question 16

What is the Commitment stage

Answer 16

Reconsider development proposal. After granted permission, contracts can be signed

Question 17

What is the implementation stage?

Answer 17

Ensures that the completion of the development is within the allocated timeframe and the financial budget

Question 18

What is the leasing/ management/ disposal stage

Answer 18

Final stage but relevant from initiation of development

Question 19

Types of vacancy’s

Answer 19

Initial (max 2 year, 5-8%), Frictional (Necessery, 5-8%), Structural (Longer than 3 years)

Question 20

Vacency office market is generally due to

Answer 20

Crises, Shrinkage of the working population, Structural oversupply of low quality offices

Question 21

Long term vacant offices are characterized by

Answer 21

Location, building, lifestyle

Question 22

Positives of office transformation

Answer 22

Solves current structural vacancy of office space, reduces the undersupply of houses, keeps cities compact

Question 23

Possible responses of propery owner to vacancy

Answer 23

Consolidation, disposal, renovation or upgrading, demolishment and rebuild, transformation

Question 24

Barriers to transformation of buildings

Answer 24

Technical, financial, legal, cultural-historical

Question 25

What is the 1e generation of office locations

Answer 25

Good car accessability, poor accesable by public transport, large building with spacious urban design, lots of greenary

Question 26

What is the 2nd generation of office buildings

Answer 26

Spacious layout, well by car/ train/ bike/ foot

Question 27

What is the 3nd generation office

Answer 27

high density and wide functional mix, cyclist and pedestrians more important, lively/ dynamic/ character

Question 28

What are the main stakeholders

Answer 28

Landowners, developers, government, planners, financial institutions and lenders, building contractors, real estate agents, proffesional team, objectors, occupiers