Kitchen Review #2 – MvM x GLD

Kitchen review Casa Arnhem. Image: Sabine van der Vooren
, 15:30 - 17:00

Winselingseweg 16, Nijmegen

Should we start living on or inside greenhouses? Should we use the Achterhoek region as a breeding ground for a shared water policy to combat drought? Will a new city be built near Pannerden? Or is it time to completely redesign the Veluwe? 

On April 16, the second interim results of the Ministry of Maak! x Gelderland project will be presented at the Architecture Center Nijmegen. Four teams have spent six months researching the Gelderland landscape and the larger and smaller new futures on the horizon for the province.  Based on the themes of energy, water, nature, and food, various scenarios have been explored and will be presented by the teams at NYMA Makersplaats. 

Since September 2025, the Province of Gelderland’s Ruimtelab and the Ministry of Maak! have been collaborating. To investigate the province’s most urgent spatial challenges, four teams have been appointed: 

  • Team YIMBA! (KRAFT architects, Urban Synergy, LANDLAB, and COALstudio) is working on the water scarcity challenge in the Achterhoek. The design team uses the poffertjes pan as a metaphor for small-scale water storage in the landscape and the board game as a tool for discussing shared interests.  

  • Team FARO & LOF has chosen the Rivierengebied as its location and the future of energy as its theme. With their proposal, Haven City, they combine housing, landscape, water, and various energy pilot projects along the Pannerdensch Canal.  

  • Team Ziegler|Branderhorst is exploring the Veluwe’s key role in nature conservation in the Netherlands. By linking a new zoning of the Veluwe as a “natura-agro” area to defense strategies, they offer a speculative perspective on the potential for green transformation.  

  • Team LMNL & Dérive is examining the theme of food in the Betuwe/Bommelerwaard region. Based on a cultural-historical analysis, they combine greenhouse-residential landscapes with seasonal work and the restoration of landscape patterns. 

A second ambition of this initiative is to foster a broader reflection on the role of the province’s spatial policy and to stimulate alternative process forms and speculations about the future of policy, in order to better align with the current challenge. During a so-called Kitchen Table Review, the teams will provide insight into their research and present their results to the public for discussion.  

Curious? Admission is free, but please register in advance by sending an email to kantoor@iabr.nl.

Language: Dutch