Welcome
Portfolio
Discover the works by Ruben as an urbanist, videographer and educator.
The Aesthetic City is a content platform created in August 2021 by Ruben Hanssen, with a clear mission: to help make our built environment more beautiful, liveable and sustainable by spreading knowledge about urbanism and architecture.
The Aesthetic City was originally intended to only be a podcast. A Twitter account was created to promote the podcast, which started to grow rapidly. Its first podcast episode was finally released on the 10th of March, 2022.
By now, The Aesthetic City is much more than our Twitter account: it is active on YouTube, Instagram, Tiktok, Substack newsletter and on Patreon. We hope to grow our reach by growing the team, giving talks and publishing works – all to spread information on how to make our cities more liveable, beautiful places.
Awards
education & Specialism
Urbanism
`With a BSc. in Urban Planning at the University of Amsterdam and a MSc. in Urbanism at Delft University of Technology, one of the most renowned faculties of urban design in the world, I have developed a broad knowledge base and a keen understanding of urban issues & development.
But this education has not been the end: I’ve finished year 1 of the Classic Planning Academy and am continuously learning more through self-study and research for the YouTube videos.
Summer School ‘Let’s build a beautiful city’
Education
Ruben Hanssen has acted as one of two fulltime teachers and organisers of Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Summerschool ‘Let’s Build a Beautiful City’ in Utrecht, 2022.
The school has had subsequent editions in 2023 and 2024
