Rein Sohilait
About: * Leading national projects as Residents Housing Workshops (theme's: urban planning, meeting places, public spaces, housing, citizenship, streetlevel bureaucracy, art and entrepeneurship in multicultural districts)
National government project New, Vital Coalitions in Districts
Alliances in districts (People, public, spaces)
Nteworks, board of young architects, designers (turkish, maroccan)
Title
Manager Program Housing and Districts
Organisation
FORUM, Institute for multicultural development; the Netherlands (Utrecht); www.forum.nl
Interests
Diversity in architecture, design, urban planning, public spaces, lifestyles, cultural backgrounds, innovative interactive methods
What topics are on your radar?
Citizenship, public spaces, the impact of architecture and design on behaviour of residents in public spaces
What topics are you an expert in?
Combats segregation issues (districts approach), how to involve residents and pro's (I am leading and managing projects as residents housing workshops, vital coalitions (combats bureaucratism in districts- neighbourapproach)
What are your cities?
Amsterdam, Utrecht
What do you want from Intercultural Cities?
Setup practical Network Public Spaces (operational field; Netherlands and other (EU) cities pay attention for NGO's, )
