Council head of urban strategy heads to Jasmax

Council head of urban strategy heads to Jasmax
Staff reporters
Jasmax has appointed former head of Auckland Council's urban design strategy Ben van Bruggen as its new urban design principal in Auckland.Chief executive of the architecture and design practice, Sjoerd Post, said the high level appointment will position the firm to to help clients "tackle the challenges of chronic housing shortage, infrastructure deficit and climate change."Van Bruggen, who joined the council in 2017 from London, has worked with Jasmax on Auckland's City Rail Link.“Urban designers don’t realise th...