About me
Koos is the founder of the urban think and do tank STR.AAT, working on the intersection of storytelling and public space.With STR.AAT, he sets up socio-cultural projects such as Straatart (imagining young people's lived experiences through streetart), De verhalenkaravaan (collecting children's stories in the first ever mobile museum for intangible heritage about our streets) or Comment-ça-vaas (connecting nighrbours with a pass-on-vase).
He is also active as project leader for complex spatial projects for the city of Ghent, and guest professor at the Planning and mobility department at UGent where he teaches sustainable mobility transitions.