Giacomo Gallo

Giacomo is an architect and urban designer, founder of NEW ENVIRONMENTS, an urban design agency from Amsterdam. He works internationally on urban assignments connecting different disciplines and scales. Climate-positive design and wellbeing act as core pillars for his projects. 

Giacomo is committed to education: the driving force for critical thinking and activism. He is a design critic and guest lecturer at several higher education institutions, such as the Amsterdam and Rotterdam Academies of Architecture, where he pursues learning through urban practice. 

Giacomo and Robert are initiators and co-curators of the ISOCARP New Cities Manifesto.

Robert Younger

Robert is an urban designer, partner at NEW ENVIRONMENTS, an urban design agency from Amsterdam. He is passionate for innovative urban strategies that employ foresight and scenario techniques to foster a symbiotic relationship among humans and their environment.

Robert was appointed Head of Urban Design at the Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, where he curates the urban design curriculum with thematic emphases on Degrowth, Urban Environments and Futures. In his role he is responsible for the branding of the urban design track and for expanding the domestic and international network of the school, bridging academia and design practice.

Robert and Giacomo are initiators and co-curators of the ISOCARP New Cities Manifesto.