MVRDV

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Architecture practice MVRDV was set up in 1993 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries. Finding early success with projects such as the headquarters for the Dutch Public Broadcaster VPRO and WoZoCo housing for the elderly in Amsterdam, MVRDV developed into an internationally-renowned firm. Now, the three founding partners lead a dynamic and optimistic team of over 300 alongside partners Frans de Witte, Fokke Moerel, Wenchian Shi, Jan Knikker, and Bertrand Schippan. With four satellite offices in Shanghai, Paris, Berlin, and New York, MVRDV engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. MVRDV operates via a research-based and highly collaborative design method, engaging experts from all fields, clients, and stakeholders in their rigorous technical and creative investigation. This results in exemplary and outspoken buildings, urban plans, studies, and objects that enable our cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future. MVRDV works with BIM and has official in-house BREEAM and LEED assessors. Together with Delft University of Technology, MVRDV runs The Why Factory, an independent think tank and research institute providing an agenda for architecture and urbanism by envisioning the city of the future.