What we do

Five domains, one method: build the model in the open, state the assumptions, and make the result something a policy adviser can actually put on the table. A sixth strand runs through all of them: turning what the model reveals into maps people can use.

Land use and spatial planning

Where housing, work, nature and water can go, and what those choices cost. The RuimteScanner has supported Dutch national planning since 1997; the same methods run for Germany, the EU and the Bangladesh delta.

Networks and accessibility

Travel times, catchment areas and reachability over road and public transport networks: at national and continental scale, on real networks rather than aggregated zones.

Population and urbanisation

Downscaling population projections and simulating urban growth, from Dutch neighbourhoods to a global one-kilometre grid. A growing part of our work for the Joint Research Centre.

Housing and the social domain

We have 25 years of experience in building models that reveal where people with care and support needs live and how housing, services and facilities can better match their needs. Our work supports decision-making across this domain.

The widely adopted WoonZorgWijzer, developed in collaboration with partners using our GeoDMS software, is an example of how spatial modelling and visualisation can help organisations understand local needs and support planning.

Energy in the built environment

Matching projected demand to local and zonal supply options, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Web-based model visualisation

We make (complex) spatial models accessible through intuitive web maps, enabling a wider audience to explore, understand and discuss spatial insights while staying connected to the underlying model and its logic.