Societal challenges around housing, energy, biodiversity, food and water interlock and compete for space in the Netherlands. The Ministerie van Maak! (IABR, ZUS and MANN), invited by deputy Dirk Vreugenhil, develops new future perspectives using design research as its toolbox.

Together with the Spatial Lab of the Provincie Gelderland, four teams start an experiment that connects spatial tasks to imagination.
Team YIMBA! (KRAFT architecten, Urban Synergy, LANDLAB and COALstudio) works in the Achterhoek on water.
Team FARO & LOF focuses on energy in the River Area.
teamZieglerBranderhorst studies nature on the Veluwe.
Team LMNL & Dérive investigates food in the Betuwe/Bommelerwaard.
Housing acts as the fifth theme and runs through all projects.

Each team designs integrally and starts from a concrete location, its cultural history and present-day reality. The goal: a sustainable and just future for Gelderland.

On 16 April the teams present their results at Architectuur Centrum Nijmegen during a “kitchen review”. They show what the research means for the province’s future and invite the audience to respond. Their proposals fuel the debate on how collective making and visualisation can drive societal change. PONT joins as partner to move outcomes from idea to implementation.

Which visions emerge for Gelderland?
Which spatial interventions follow, and what effects appear in the medium term?
Which conversations about finance, policy and legislation must start?

Join us, explore spatial strategies for Gelderland and think aloud about the province’s future.