Our master plans, such as Gagarin Valley, Bastide Niel, La Grande Mosaïque and Station Quarter Hoofddorp, push the boundaries of sustainable urbanism, embracing social housing while offering good public and collective spaces, adding greenery, and planning for communities that will be resilient in the face of future challenges. Partner Jan Knikker is going to talk about sustainability in master plans at the Queen’s University of Belfast. Do you want to know more about climate action within master plan designs? Join the “Call to action – the scale of sustainability” event on February 9.

Partner and Director of Strategy at MVRDV, Jan Knikker joined MVRDV in 2008. Prior to this, Knikker shaped OMA’s public image for nearly a decade, after having first began his career as a journalist. As Partner and Director of Strategy at MVRDV, Knikker drives Business Development and Public Relations efforts, spearheading a large and dynamic studio that also includes the office’s visualization capacity. He further leads the office’s branding efforts, and MVRDV’s expansion into new markets, by supporting the office’s ambition to generate solutions to global challenges through a multifaceted approach to architecture and urbanism.

QCAN is a student-led action group of students from Queen’s University, Belfast. They are campaigning for knowledge, promotion of sustainability across their School of Natural Built Environment and throughout Queen’s University. They are also a part of a collective group of other ACAN Student-led climate groups throughout the UK. This free lecture series highlights the different scales of sustainability within Architecture. The lecture focuses on MVRDV research of creating sustainable cities and urban projects. The lecture is publicly accessible with a registration and will be broadcasted online via Teams. The main language is English.

• Date and Time: February 9, 2022. 14:00-15:00 (CET).
• Location: Online (Teams).
• You can register here.