In this role, he organized the Rotterdam Assorti exhibition in the Hal Building, the current Hotel New York, in 1990 with city curator Jan van Adrichem of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Thomas Meyer zu Schlochtern of the Rotterdam Art Foundation.

[4][5][6] In the nineties, under Hans Walgenbach, Lucas worked as artistic director of the Villa Alckmaer exhibition space.

[1] In 1999 the exhibition facility moved to TENT Rotterdam in the Witte de Withstraat, which was led by the same trio as before: Lucas as general coordinator[7] in collaboration with Arno van Roosmalen and Thomas Meijer zu Schlochtern.

In 2006, Lucas was appointed director of Stichting Centrum Beeldende Kunst CBK (Center for Visual Arts) Rotterdam.

An important task that has remained with the CBK Rotterdam is the management of the sculpture collection in the outdoor space in the city.