In autumn of 2019 Mathias teaches for the first time at the Department of Urbanism of the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam, headed by Markus Appenzeller. The design course given by Mathias is P3 (AUL) that focuses on the design of a new neighbourhood on the current industrial site of the Nieuwendammerham island, a peninsula North of the IJ and South of Vliegenbos forest. The approach of the project is to look at the design of a new district as if it were an urban ecosystem, tackling metropolitan challenges by the functional use of ecosystem service. Image by student Augusto Rodrigues, who focused on food and energy.