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Vision

"Where people live and work, they require diversity. The city requires diversity everywhere. To be sure, any use of the land needs to be supplemented by other primary uses (dwellings, work, cultural, entertainment or whatever) in order to perform an intensive interacted use of the place. If they simply take up physical room and involve few uses or people, they will do little or nothing for the city's effectiveness nor its liveliness. I think it is hardly necessary to belabor that point."

Jane Jacobs

Walas Concepts carefully balances all components of urban development. That's a challenge every time all the time. Why is one neighbourhood more attractive and effective than another? Why does one city flourish and is the other one struggling? When is redevelopment truely succesful?

Walas Concepts believes that a coherent complex of physical, structural and above all socio-economical conditions allow a city to develop a vital and dynamic community of urban life. We aim to preserve authentic urban elements. Mixed use, effective density and diversity are keys to succes by all means. A compact but colourful melting pot of people, their activities and buildings deliver the variety of dynamics that render every town into a lively community. Live, work, shop and recreate. Learn, be creative, venture and participate. Grow up, develop, be productive. Old and new buildings. The young and the elderly.

prepare   design   care  –  venture   brand   perform

Walas Concepts engages in all aspects of urban development. Walas delivers its Creative City Concepts for all that people demand from their city. Rehablitation of industrial heritage and urban areas are our favourite topic. All our projects are rigged for sustainable and effective operational phase. With our partners we offer research and advice, design, proces management and community development and we are unsurpassed in programming, market realization and branding of the concepts.

Walas Concepts is mainly active in North-America and The Netherlands. With clear targets Walas Works at multiple value development around her projects. Value creation becomes manifest by optimizing the economical, social and/or cultural activities. We explore solutions for technical and economical sustainability and if possible gradual financing. This proces leads us to high value capture for real estate. According to the Anglo-Saxon model of urban redevelopment, Walas will accellerate the proces as well as increase the return on investment. Walas is accustomed to complex projects with the widest variety of stakeholders and interests. We are able to align all of those along the purpose and direction of our dynamic and market ready concepts.

As a result of our vast experience with all aspects of sustainable and vital urban development, Walas became author of the Earth Charter Cities Manifesto. You will find more information on this subject elsewhere on this site.

"lying on top of a building the clouds looked
no nearer than when I was lying on the street"

Liam Gillick