Mickel Tilburg has been responsible for assessing new construction projects in Amsterdam for just under 2 years. He advises on the design of waste collection systems and checks whether the plans align with municipal policy. And that’s more than a full-time job, because no fewer than 70,000 new homes will be built in the coming years. “If you assume 2 people per home, Amsterdam will grow by 140,000 residents. We’re essentially building a new city,” Mickel explains.
He is involved in 3 phases of a new construction project: the preliminary design, the provisional design, and the final design. “My job is to recommend the right collection system and help design it together with the team. Ideally, I’m involved from the preliminary design phase. That way, you can collaborate with all parties to determine how best to design the available space. Everything is interconnected.”