Peutz Lecture: Patrick Meijers on 'Heerlen Revisited'

The Vrienden van SCHUNCK (or 'Friends of SCHUNCK') present as speaker for the 19th Peutz Lecture the Heerlen-raised Architect Patrick Meijers (1971).

Residential building 'Jonas' of Orange Architects on IJburg in Amsterdam was named BNA Best Building of the Year 2023. It combines sustainability (BREEAM-outstanding), innovative housing concepts and social cohesion for the neighborhood. Patrick Meijers' expertise, commitment and passion, as well as his recent involvement in the Heerlen debate, make him an extremely engaging speaker in the Peutz lecture series.

In 1974, the period of the mine closures, Meijers' parents settled in Heerlen, where he lived until he was 18. He then moved to Eindhoven University of Technology for his studies in Architecture and Urban Planning, but the connection with Heerlen remained because his parents lived in Heerlen until recently. His graduation project won him a competition and an honorable mention for the Archiprix in 1998.

After his studies, he founded an office for 3D visualizations and an architecture firm in Rotterdam with which he won several awards.

In 2010, also in Rotterdam, together with associate Jeroen Schipper, he started Orange Architects. With Orange Architects, Patrick Meijers works on a broad portfolio of conceptual and sustainable projects, both nationally and internationally. He is a member of the Ukraine Netherlands Urban Network, and lectures nationally and internationally.

Image credits: header ©Marvin Heus, residential building Jonas ©Sebastian van Damme