Based on a 2018 lecture series at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, The Amsterdam Agenda brings together 12 urban thinkers to share their knowledge, insights, and vision for the future of cities in light of today’s ongoing transformations. Selva Gürdoğan and Gregers Tang Thomsen contributed to the book with the essay titled Flexible Systems.

The lecture series and The Amsterdam Agenda were initiated by Daan Roggeveen (MORE Architecture) and Michiel Hulshof (Tertium), the pair co-wrote the acclaimed How the City Moved to Mr Sun examining China’s new megacities.

With contributions by: Esther Agricola (City of Amsterdam), Daan Dekker (Pakhuis de Zwijger), Menno van der Veen (University of Amsterdam), Marc Schmit (playze), Florian Idenburg (SO-IL), Selva Gürdoğan & Gregers Tang Thomsen (Superpool), Valerie von der Tann (ViaVan), Neville Mars (MARS Architects), Inge Goudsmit (OMA), Adam S. Frampton (Only If), Miguel Gentil Fernández (Baum Arquitectura), Stephen Hodes (LAgroup), David Mulder van der Vegt (XML).