Monday, February 20 Taste
Michiel van Loon Mei: World’s fanciest McDonald’s


The former McDonald's kiosk at the Coolsingel - once named as the ugliest building in Rotterdam - was reopened in 2015 as the McDonald's Pavilion, designed by Mei Architects. Michiel van Loon worked on this project down to the finest details and supervised? during the construction. The result; 'the fanciest McDonald's in the world, that he will tell you all about.

Wednesday, February 22 See
BeersNielsen Feel the light


BeersNielsen lighting designers, found by Sjoerd van Beers and Juliette Nielsen, design light in spaces for people. Ranging from interior spaces to urban scale and public places. For example, they did several projects in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), but also spectacular lighting in the Philips HQ (Eindhoven). 

Thursday, February 23 Hear
Job Schroën How to build a concert building: Ziggo Dome


Job Schroën - founder of September architecture - is the architect of the Ziggo Dome (Amsterdam), from the time he worked for Benthem Crouwel Architekten. The Ziggo Dome was very well received in 2012. Artists made statements like "For an artist the Ziggo Dome is the ultimate arena." But how do you design the best music hall? 

Friday, February 24 Feel
Tracy Metz Architecture between Ego and Altruism


Tracy Metz is a journalist and author about urban issues. She writes about architecture, urbanism, nature and landscape; in brief, about our relationship to our built and natural environment. In 2016 Metz won the Grote Maaskantprijs with 'Tracy in NL', a multimedia project, in which she looks back in time and forwards at the developments in the city.