The Why Factor(y) and the future city
Publisher: Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rotterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9789056627812
Subjects: Cities and towns; Urban Sociology
Notes: Cover title.

"Inaugural speech Prof. Ir. Winy Maas, opening The Why Factory in Delft and symposium My Future City, 15 October 2009."
Table of contents: title: The why factor(y) and the future city / Winy Maas; title: The why factory opening. When you make cities, you are making lifes / Ronald Plasterk; title: My future city is... (1) / interviews by Tihamér Salij with Bas Kalmeijer, Ania Molenda and Ryan Forster; title: My future city is... (2). Future cities are not about stones, they are about people / Bas Verkerk ; Bring poor and rich together... / Coen Van Oostrom ; My future city is located in my imagination / Kristin Feirreis ; A city that symbolizes the will of mankind / Bernhard Hufenbach ; Nature invites buildings and invades buildings / Rob Nijsse ; Design and the designer have to enter fearless and aggressively into the arena / Henk Ovink ; My system will increase competition between cities / Ronald Wall ; Young people are the city of virtue of tomorrow / Ole Bouman ; We do not believe in big plans, we belive[sic] in creating facts on the ground / Wouter Vanstiphout ; In my future, 'flowerpower' will become productive / Pirjo Haikola ; The why factory needs another name / Michiel Riedijk ; Freedom of decision is something that belongs to you / Frank Bijdendijk ; In 2034, the why factory has been franchised all around the world / Jacob Van Rijs and Nathalie De Vries ; Don't focus on answers but on questions / Wytze Patijn.