Jeroen de Willigen has been Antwerp's city architect (stadsbouwmeester) since July 2026, after serving in the same role in Groningen from 2016 to 2020. In Antwerp he advises the city government on the spatial quality of its major building and urban development projects. He is also a partner and urban designer at De Zwarte Hond, where he founded the urban design department after starting his career at West 8. His projects there include the Blauwe Stad in Oldambt, the station area in Assen and Hart van de Waalsprong in Nijmegen. He has taught at the Academy of Architecture in Rotterdam, in Groningen and in Delft. 

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