“I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to bring more nature into cities. For water storage, to attract birds and insects back into urban environments, to cool them – since plants are our main weapon against heat stress – and to keep cities habitable.” - Winy Maas.

Would you like to learn more about our vision on biodiversity, circularity, resilience and health in architecture? Then join the lecture of Winy Maas at the 14th edition of the Ecocity World Summit on February 22!

The ‘M’ of MVRDV, Founding Partner and Principal Architect Winy Maas Ir. Ing has received international acclaim for his broad range of urban planning and building projects, across all typologies and scales. These are often self-generated, innovative, experimental, and theoretical. Maas challenges colleagues, clients, as well as students and collaborators at TU Delft’s The Why Factory – an internationally engaged think tank Maas established in 2008 – to challenge the boundaries of established standards to produce solutions that reimagine how we live, work, and play. Aside from his dedicated leadership role at MVRDV and professorship at TU Delft and elsewhere, Maas is widely published, actively engaged in the advancement of the design profession, and sits on numerous boards and juries, including the Spatial Quality Boards of Rotterdam, Eindhoven, and Barcelona.

The Ecocity World Summit will focus on themes related to healthy and sustainable cities, towns, and villages of the future — from theory and research to the application and implementation of all things related to the ecological city. The fully online Ecocity World Summit 2022 will be held in conjunction with SASBE 2022 – 7th CIB international conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments – and will offer a unique virtual experience for participants around the globe on 22-24 February 2022. 

Ecocity 2022’s scientific programme will feature a wide range of sessions, workshops, and other learning opportunities in an innovative virtual format, showcasing the latest research and developments in urban design and city transformation practices. You will have the chance to hear the world-leading experts in the field and discuss the latest trends.

• Date and Time: February 22 – 17:15 (CET).
• Location: Online.
• You can register here.