Editing MVRDV

{{short description|Dutch architecture practice}}
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{{Infobox architectural practice
| name                  = MVRDV
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| image                 = MVRDV WOZOCOs.JPG
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| image_caption         = WOZOCO housing in [[Amsterdam]]
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| founders              = [[Winy Maas]], [[Jacob van Rijs]], [[Nathalie de Vries]]
| partners              = Jan Knikker, Fokke Moerel, Wenchian Shi, Frans de Witte, Bertrand Schippan
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| employees             = +300
| city                  = Rotterdam, Berlin, Paris, New York, Shanghai
| coordinates           = {{Coord|51.92363|N|4.49251|E}}
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| founded               = {{Start date|1993|df=y}}
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| awards                = [[European Museum of the Year Award|European Museum of the Year]], [[Chicago Athenaeum|International Architecture Award]], Skyscraper of the Year, [[Red Dot]] Design Award, Prix Versailles, [[RIBA House of the Year]] (Public Vote)
| significant_buildings = [[Expo 2000|Hannover World Exhibition Expo 2000]] Dutch Pavilion, [[Silodam Housing]], [[Market Hall (Rotterdam)|Market Hall Rotterdam]]
Yongsan Dreamhub
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| website               = {{Official website|http://www.mvrdv.com}}
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[[File:Edificio Mirador (Madrid) 01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Mirador'' building ([[Madrid]], Spain, 2005)]]

'''MVRDV''' is a [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]-based [[architecture]] and [[urban design]] practice founded in 1993, with additional offices in Berlin, New York, Paris, and Shanghai.<ref>[http://www.mvrdv.nl/#/office/profile MVRDV: Profile], retrieved 13 December 2011</ref> It is currently regarded as one of the world's finest architecture firms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WA100 2020: The big list|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/wa100-2020-the-big-list/5103321.article|access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 45 Best Architecture Firms In The World|date=7 June 2023 |url=https://www.archute.com/architecture-firms/|access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=
The Home of Invention: MVRDV Is Architizer's 2018 Firm of the Year|date=August 2018 |url=https://architizer.com/blog/inside-architizer/updates/firm-of-the-year-2018/|access-date=2023-06-12}}</ref> MVRDV is an acronym of the founding members' surnames: [[Winy Maas]], [[Jacob van Rijs]], and [[Nathalie de Vries]].

==History==
Maas and Van Rijs worked at [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]], De Vries at [[Mecanoo]] before starting MVRDV.<ref>[https://www.theplan.it/magazine/2006/the-plan-013-03-2006-/intervista-a-winy-maas-mvrdv Orlandoni, Alessandra: "Interview with Winy Maas"] – The Plan 013, March 2006, retrieved 4 September 2010</ref>

The trio studied architecture together at the [[Delft University of Technology]], [[Netherlands]] and won the "[[Europan]] 2" competition with their project "Berlinvoids" in 1991 before founding MVRDV two years later.<ref name="aut.cc">{{Cite web|title=Architecture Speaks: The Language of MVRDV — aut. architektur und tirol|url=https://aut.cc/ausstellungen/the-language-of-mvrdv|access-date=2021-05-21|website=aut.cc|date=6 July 2019 |language=de}}</ref> The situation for starting a new office in the Netherlands was favourable – government support for young architects means all three received a grant to help start their architectural practice.<ref name=":1" />

It took some time for the company to get going, working without a fixed office until the firm's first major commission arrived.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frey |first=Darcy |date=2008-06-08 |title=Crowded House |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/magazine/08mvrdv-t.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This was the new offices for the public broadcasting corporation [[VPRO]] in Hilversum, the Netherlands (1993–1997). Other early built works include the Wozoco housing in Amsterdam (1994–1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/170/wozoco|title=MVRDV – WoZoCo|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> and the Dutch Pavilion at the [[Expo 2000|Hannover World Exhibition Expo 2000]] (1997–2000).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/158/expo-2000|title=MVRDV – Expo 2000|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> These were followed by a business park 'Flight Forum' in [[Eindhoven]], [[Gemini Residence]] silo conversion in Copenhagen, the Silodam Housing complex in Amsterdam, the Matsudai Cultural Centre in Japan, Unterföhring office campus near Munich, the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, an urban plan and housing in The Hague Ypenburg, the rooftop – housing extension Didden Village in Rotterdam, the cultural Centre [[Effenaar|De Effenaar]] in Eindhoven, the boutique shopping building Gyre in Tokyo, part of Veldhoven's Maxima Medical Centre, and the iconic Mirador housing estate in Madrid. 

{{Update|date=April 2025}}

Recently completed projects include a public library in [[Spijkenisse]], the Netherlands, a shopping center in [[Schijndel]], the Netherlands, a bank headquarters in [[Oslo]], Norway, and most recently a public market hall, combining housing and shopping within the shape of a monumental arch, in [[Rotterdam]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Current projects in progress or on site include various housing projects in the Netherlands, China, France, India, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, a sustainable office building in Paris, a central business district in [[Shanghai]], an office tower in [[Poznań]], a museum of rock music and a community cultural centre in [[Roskilde]] and [[Frederiksberg]] respectively, large scale urban masterplans in [[Oslo]], [[Bordeaux]] and [[Caen]], an entire new eco-city in [[Logrono]], Spain, a structural development vision for Dutch New Town [[Almere]], the masterplan for the [[Floriade (Netherlands)]] Horticultural Expo 2022, also in Almere, and a research masterplan into the future of greater Paris which was commissioned by French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/mar/13/architects-reveal-grand-paris-redesign Agnès Poirier: ''Architects reveal plans to redesign Paris''], in [[The Guardian]], 13 March 2009, retrieved 4 September 2010</ref> and the mayor of [[Paris]] [[Bertrand Delanoë]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

MVRDV also maintains a research-oriented project called "The Why Factory",<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-11-30|title=The Why Factory by MVRDV and Richard Hutten|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/30/the-why-factory-by-mvrdv-and-richard-hutten|access-date=2024-11-19|website=[[Dezeen]]|language=en}}</ref> which the company describes as an "independent think-tank and research institute". It is run together with the [[Delft University of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enable cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/about|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.mvrdv.nl|language=en}}</ref>

==Influences==
In a 2010 interview with [[Designboom]], [[Winy Maas]] cited [[Rem Koolhaas]] as one of the most important people that he had worked with and for, describing parts of MVRDV's work as intellectual responses to Koolhaas's questions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-10-17|title=MVRDV winy maas interview|url=https://www.designboom.com/interviews/mvrdv-winy-maas-interview/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine|language=en}}</ref> The architect and critic [[Rafael Moneo]] has noted the common featured between OMA and MVRDV, starting with the positioning of the architect in their draft process, with projects treated as collaborative efforts and the architect acting as a catalyst,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moneo|first=José Rafael|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56442797|title=Theoretical anxiety and design strategies in the work of eight contemporary architects|date=2004|publisher=MIT Press|others=Harvard University. Graduate School of Design|isbn=0-262-13443-8|location=Cambridge, Mass.|oclc=56442797}}</ref> An article in [[El Croquis]]  further argued that "if the notion of creation is still present in their discourse, it is more than a co-creation or synergy between all the parties than as the exclusive vision or synthesis of an architect."<ref>{{Cite book|last=publishers and editors|first=Fernando Márquez Cecilia and Richard Levene|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884463993|title=MVRDV : 2003–2014. Ciudad evolutiva = evolutionary city|date=2014|isbn=978-84-88386-81-6|location=Madrid|oclc=884463993}}</ref>

The concept of densification - where the population density or building density is increased via taller buildings or adding more housing units - is a topic Koolhaas focused heavily on in his book "Delirious New York".<ref>{{Cite book|author=Koolhaas, Rem|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/881684136|title=Delirious new york : a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan|date=July 2014|publisher=The Monacelli Press, LLC |isbn=978-1-58093-410-7|oclc=881684136}}</ref> Reflection on the notion of densification also comprises a significant part of MVRDV's research, for instance in their publications ''FARMAX'' and ''KM3'', with Maas further noting that "... proximity makes sense. That's a fundamental part of our culture for many of us."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pixel prophet: MVRDV's Winy Maas|date=25 March 2013 |url=https://www.iconeye.com/architecture/pixel-prophet-mvrdv-s-winy-maas|access-date=2023-05-13}}</ref> In El Croquis, architect Fernando Márquez Cecilia notes that "through these conceptual overlaps, the projects of the two offices show in some cases even strong formal accordance, as in the case of the VPRO Building and the Educatorium".<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Márquez Cecilia|first=Fernando|title=MVRDV : 1991 – 1997. Artificial Ecologies – Ecologías artificiales|publisher=El Croquis|year=1998|isbn=}}{{ISBN?}}</ref>

Maas has also noted that the [[Club of Rome]] warnings made in the 1960s over the dangers of global growth, which Maas heard as a ten-year old, contributed to his decision to study landscape architecture and urban planning. This continue to inform his ideas –  solutions to what is now acknowledged as the climate crisis must be sought on a large scale.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Voor Winy Maas, de Willy Wonka van de architectuur, is bouwen optimisme én oorlog|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/mensen/voor-winy-maas-de-willy-wonka-van-de-architectuur-is-bouwen-optimisme-en-oorlog~b274d7bd/|access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref>

[[Nathalie de Vries]] cites [[De Stijl]], the Dutch museum director Franks Haks, and [[Mecanoo]]´s housing and neighbourhood projects as influences. Mecanoo would be where de Vries began her professional career.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A Broader Vision: MVRDV's Nathalie de Vries on Running a Business, Reinventing Practice, and Leading by Example|url=https://www.madamearchitect.org/interviews/2020/3/3/nathalie-de-vries|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Madame Architect|date=4 March 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Architectural language==
The variety of design choices in their buildings demonstrate that MVRDV wishes not to develop a specific style of architecture, but to provide and develop different methods in designing architecture and urban space. Projects are developed by interdisciplinary teams that test different possibilities rather than designing "top-down"{{Explain|date=September 2023}}. Over the years, this strategy led to the development of an architectural language that helps in explaining design choices to others.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-07-01|title=MVRDV Exhibit "Architecture Speaks" to Open in Innsbruck This Week|url=https://www.archdaily.com/920073/mvrdv-exhibit-architecture-speaks-to-in-innsbruck-open-this-week|access-date=2021-05-21|website=ArchDaily|language=en-US}}</ref>

The exhibition ''"Architecture speaks" – The Language of MVRDV'' was an opportunity for ''MVRDV'' to present four conceptual themes to describe their work. The [[exhibition]] was shown in the "aut", an architectural centre in the [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]] region of [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]] and was curated by [[Nathalie de Vries|Natalie de Vries]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Architecture Speaks: The Language of MVRDV — aut. architektur und tirol|url=https://aut.cc/ausstellungen/the-language-of-mvrdv|access-date=2021-05-13|website=aut.cc|date=6 July 2019 |language=de}}</ref>

* "stack": This refers to the ever growing demand in space as well as the approach to stack and connect functions vertically, to create a three-dimensional space. This method came into use for the "Berlinvoids" design, where the office saw an opportunity to renew the standard way to deal with [[densification]].<ref name=":2" />
* "pixel": The term "pixel" deals with the boundaries of space and provides the smallest unit in an agglomeration of units. It was initially developed as a measuring tool for the offices software "The Function mixer" and transformed into a flexible form that is adapted to the needs of its function.<ref name=":2" />
* "village": With the manifestation of the term village, MVRDV takes the next step into not only wanting to develop the immediate building but also the context. They use the "village" to be an example for ideal homes and neighbourhoods that can work as a basis for "healthy community-making"(DeVries, 2019).<ref name=":2" />
* "activator": Spaces that engage social interaction are referred to as "activators". These projects provide structures that exceed habitable use, being descriptive of the social interaction process rather than the formalistic character of the structure itself.<ref name=":2" />

==Notable works==
=== Valley, [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands ===
{{Main|nl:Valley (Amsterdam)}}
Winner of the Emporis Skyscraper Award, Valley is a mixed-use, semi-publicly accessible development in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam. Comprising three towers of heights ranging from 67 to 100 metres tall, it combines offices, shops, catering, cultural facilities, and apartments in one building. Described as “an oasis in a business district dominated by regular office buildings” a green valley winds between the fourth and fifth floors, wholly accessible via two stone external staircases. 
=== Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands ===
{{Main|nl:Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen}}
MVRDV won the design competition for the depot in 2013, for which the assignment was to offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the museum world and make the whole art collection accessible to the public. The world’s first publicly accessible art storage facility and a 2023 Architectural Digest “Work of Wonder”,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Depot: 2023 Works of Wonder|date=15 February 2023 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-depot |access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> the depot displays more than 150,000 works of art and design that the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen previously had no room to exhibit. In addition to the significant amount of storage space required for art and design works, the depot comprises exhibition halls, a rooftop garden, and a restaurant.
=== Tianjin Binhai Library, [[Tianjin]], China ===
{{main article|Tianjin Binhai Library}}
Nicknamed “The Eye”, the [[Tianjin Binhai Library]] is part of the Binhai Cultural Center, and MVRDV's second complered project in the Chinese municipality. A five-level library possessing a total floor space of 33,700 square metres, it features floor-to-ceiling terraced bookshelves able to hold 1.2 million books, with a 110-capacity auditorium set in a central sphere. According to [[Newsweek]]’s culture writer, Anna Menta, the library is “breathtaking” and “every book lover’s dream.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=China's Breathtaking, Futuristic Tianjin Library Is Every Book Lover's Dream |website=[[Newsweek]] |date=14 November 2017 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/tianjin-binhai-library-710828|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> This was MVRDV's fastest realised project to date, taking only three years from the first sketch to the opening.

==Current Projects==
As of 2023, MVRDV's current projects include:

=== Europe ===
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* Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence, Heilbronn, Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Wins Competition To Design A New Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence Campus in Heilbronn, Germany |date=30 March 2023 |url=https://www.archdaily.com/998740/mvrdv-wins-competition-to-design-a-new-innovation-park-artificial-intelligence-campus-in-heilbronn-germany|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* Project Gomila, Palma, Mallorca, Spain<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV and GRAS Reynés reference Camper shoes for Project Gomila buildings |date=13 January 2023 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2023/01/13/project-gomila-mvrdv-gras-reynes-mallorca/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* Skanderbeg Building, Tirana, Albania<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV models Skanderbeg Building on head of Albania's national hero|date=4 August 2022 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/04/mvrdv-skanderbeg-building-albania-national-hero/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* Tripolis Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web|title=TRIPOLIS PARK EVEN COMPLEXE ALS EERVOLLE OPDRACHT VOOR MVRDV|url=https://www.velox.nl/kennisplatform/nieuws/tripolis-park-even-complexe-als-eervolle-opdracht-voor-mvrdv|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Gagarin Valley, Gagarin, Armenia<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV reveals a utopian vision for Armenia's Gagarin Valley|date=21 January 2022 |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2022/01/mvrdv-reveals-utopian-vision-for-armenia-gagarin-valley/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Portlantis, Rotterdam, Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web|title=Na de Martkhal en het Depot, ontwerpt toparchitect deze populaire havenattractie|url=https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/na-de-martkhal-en-het-depot-ontwerpt-toparchitect-deze-populaire-havenattractie~a9cee1c49/  |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Magasin 113, Gothenburg, Sweden<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peab köper Magasin 113 – men innehållet är hemligt|date=7 April 2021 |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/peab-k%C3%B6per-magasin-113-men-inneh%C3%A5llet-%C3%A4r-hemligt-1.44269070 |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* The Sax, Rotterdam, Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web|title='De Sax' laat de Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam swingen|url=https://www.ad.nl/rotterdam/de-sax-laat-de-wilhelminapier-in-rotterdam-swingen~a864b3e3/ |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
*(Y)our City Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV + Austin-Smith:Lord Selected to Reinvigorate Downtown Glasgow|date=20 February 2017 |url=https://www.archdaily.com/805719/mvrdv-plus-austin-smith-lord-selected-to-reinvigorate-downtown-glasgow|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Fabryczna Offices, Łódź, Poland<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Reveals 13-Story Office Design in Łódź, Poland |url=https://metropolismag.com/projects/mvrdv-office-poland/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* Turm Mit Taille, Vienna, Austria<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Wins Competition to Design Vienna Tower |date=22 January 2015 |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/mvrdv-wins-competition-to-design-vienna-tower_o|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Basel Rheincity, Basel, Switzerland<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV. El optimismo catártico de la arquitectura holandesa|date=25 August 2022 |url=https://www.roomdiseno.com/mvrdv-el-optimismo-catartico-de-la-arquitectura-holandesa/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Grand Paris, Paris, France<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV proposes scheme for 'Grand Paris' |date=13 March 2009 |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/mvrdv-proposes-scheme-for-grand-paris |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
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=== Americas ===
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* Ziel, Montevideo, Uruguay<ref>{{Cite web|title=ZIEL: El primer edificio de viviendas diseñado por MVRDV en Uruguay |url=https://www.ort.edu.uy/novedades/ziel-primer-edificio-de-viviendas-mvrdv-uruguay|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Glass Mural, Detroit, United States<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV's new glass building in Detroit's Eastern Market is a love letter to the city|date=30 September 2020 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/glass-mural-office-retail-mvrdv-sheefy-mcfly-denial-detroit|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* The Hills, Guayaquil, Ecuador<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV designs cluster of six interconnected skyscrapers in Ecuador|date=17 June 2022 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/06/17/mvrdv-the-hills-in-equator/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Armourdale Area Master Plan, Kansas City, United States<ref>{{Cite web|title=Armourdale Area Master Plan|url=http://public.wycokck.org/sites/planning-agendas-minutes-staffreports/Agendas/Armourdale%20Area%20Master%20Plan%20Presentation.pdf|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* [[The Canyon (building)|The Canyon]], San Francisco, United States
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=== Asia ===
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* Chengdu Jiaozi Courtyard Towers, Chengdu, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV begins construction on Chengdu scheme inspired by bamboo-weaving traditions|url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150353799/mvrdv-begins-construction-on-chengdu-scheme-inspired-by-bamboo-weaving-traditions|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* Hangzhou Oil Refinery Factory Park, Hangzhou, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV turns former oil refinery into a cultural park|url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/sustainable-cities/gallery/2023/05/17/mvrdv-turns-an-oil-refinery-into-a-cultural-park.html|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Wuhan Library, Wuhan, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Showcases Winning Design for Wuhan Library|date=9 January 2023 |url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/1/mvrdv-wuhan-library-design|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Sun Rock, Taichung, Taiwan<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sun Rock: MVRDV's project for Taipower in Taiwan|url=https://toposmagazine.com/sun-rock-mvrdv-taiwan/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Irwell Hill Residences, Singapore<ref>{{Cite web|title=The sustainability features behind the pixelated façade of Irwell Hill Residences| date=28 October 2022 |url=https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/sustainability-features-behind-pixelated-fa-044555476.html?guccounter=1|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Shenzhen Terraces, Shenzhen, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV designs "urban living room" with stacked plateaus for Shenzhen|date=30 March 2020 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/30/mvrdv-shenzhen-terraces-shimao-shenkong-international-centre/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Hoowave Water Factory, Huwei, Taiwan<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Wins Competition to Design the Master Plan for a Taiwanese Town's Water Network|date=4 January 2023 |url=https://www.archdaily.com/994594/mvrdv-wins-competition-to-design-the-master-plan-for-a-taiwanese-towns-water-network|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Oasis Towers, Nanjing, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV gets the bid for new 'Oasis Towers' development in one of China's fastest-growing cities|url=https://bustler.net/news/8858/mvrdv-gets-the-bid-for-new-oasis-towers-development-in-one-of-china-s-fastest-growing-cities|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* LAD HQ, Shanghai, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV describes upcoming LAD HQ as a "sustainability machine"|date=5 July 2021 |url=https://newatlas.com/architecture/mvrdv-lad-hq/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* The Weaves, Seoul, South Korea<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV gaat olympisch dorp Seoul ombouwen|url=https://www.stedebouwarchitectuur.nl/artikel/mvrdv-gaat-olympisch-dorp-seoul-ombouwen/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> 
* Zhangjiang Future Park, Shanghai, China<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV plans landscape of buildings topped with green roofs for zhangjiang future park|date=17 October 2017 |url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mvrdv-zhangjiang-future-park-shanghai-pudong-china-10-17-2017/|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
* Pixel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abu Dhabi's IMKAN Pixel project completes concrete substructure|date=9 March 2020 |url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/263531-abu-dhabis-imkan-pixel-project-completes-concrete-substructure|access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref>
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Inside Villa VPRO.jpg|Villa VPRO, [[Hilversum]], Netherlands, MVRDV
File:Mvrdv silodam.jpg|Silodam Housing complex, [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands, MVRDV
File:Expo Pavillon Holland.jpg|Dutch Pavilion at [[Expo 2000]], [[Hannover]], Germany, MVRDV
File:Edificio Celosía (Madrid) 01.jpg|Edificio Celosía, [[Madrid]], Spain, MVRDV
File:Gemini Residence from west.JPG|[[Gemini Residence]], [[Islands Brygge]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, MVRDV
File:Gyre_Omotesando_2.jpg|"The Gyre", [[Omotesandō|Omotesandō Avenue]], [[Tokyo]], Japan, MVRDV
File:Markthal Rotterdam bij avond.jpg|[[Market Hall (Rotterdam)|Market Hall Rotterdam]], [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands, MVRDV
</gallery>

== Awards ==
MVRDV has won awards across multiple architectural categories including housing, public buildings, commercial buildings, mixed-used developments, interior design, exterior design, and landscape architecture.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.mvrdv.com/about/awards |access-date=2024-02-15}}</ref> Notable accolades include the [[RIBA House of the Year]] (Public Vote),<ref>{{Cite news|title=RIBA awards 2011: the winners – in pictures|newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 May 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/may/19/riba-international-awards-2011-winners|access-date=2023-05-09 |last1=Glancey |first1=Jonathan }}</ref> European Museum of the Year Jury Prize,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Depot Boijmans wint European Museum of the Year Awards 2023|url=https://www.stedebouwarchitectuur.nl/artikel/depot-boijmans-wint-european-museum-of-the-year-awards-2023|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Emporis Skyscraper Award,<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV's rugged Valley hailed as 2022's best skyscraper|date=30 August 2022 |url=https://newatlas.com/architecture/2022-emporis-skyscraper-award/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> ArchDaily Building of the Year,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atelier Gardens Studio 1 / MVRDV|url=https://boty.archdaily.com/us/2023/candidates/152508/atelier-gardens-studio-1-slash-mvrdv|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=One Green Mile / MVRDV|url=https://boty.archdaily.com/us/2023/candidates/155187/one-green-mile-slash-mvrdv|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Prix Versailles,<ref>{{Cite web|title=M·CUBE AND BULGARI KUALA LUMPUR WIN PRIX VERSAILLES AWARDS|url=https://www.mvrdv.com/news/1418/m%C2%B7cube-and-bulgari-kuala-lumpur-win-prix-versailles-awards|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> International Architecture Award,<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Is Honoured To Receive International Architecture Award 2020 For Valley Project|url=https://worldarchitecture.org/article-links/egppc/mvrdv-is-honoured-to-receive-international-architecture-award-2020-for-valley-project.html|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Architizer A+ Award,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Architizer – Firm of the Year 2018 – MVRDV| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PzKA6KXEPk|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> and Red Dot Design Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spijkenisse Book Mountain|url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/spijkenisse-book-mountain-30723|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> MVRDV's work has been exhibited in multiple locations including Gallery MA, Tokyo;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Architecture for Dogs|url=https://jp.toto.com/gallerma/ex131025/index_e.htm|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam;<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Exhibition Shows Behind-the-Scenes Look into the Firm's Archive and Creative Process|date=29 December 2021 |url=https://www.archdaily.com/974354/mvrdv-exhibition-shows-behind-the-scenes-look-into-the-firms-archive-and-creative-process|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> ArchiLib Gallery, Paris;,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Architecture taking action:MVRDV and The Why Factory exhibition in Paris|url=https://thewhyfactory.com/news/architecture-taking-action-mvrdv-and-the-why-factory-exhibition-in-paris/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Kyoto Global Design Awards –  Environmental Design category <ref name=":4" /> and Architektur Galerie, Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV celebrates opening of its Berlin office with MVRDV Haus Berlin exhibition|url=https://archello.com/nl/news/mvrdv-celebrates-opening-of-its-berlin-office-with-mvrdv-haus-berlin-exhibition|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
MVRDV's rise to that of a significant force<ref>{{Cite web|title=30 Best Architecture Firms in the Netherlands|date=24 February 2023 |url=https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/collections/best-architecture-firms-in-netherlands/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Work globally: How does the internationally active architecture firm MVRDV work in times of Corona?|url=https://www.detail.de/en/de_en/work-globally-how-does-the-internationally-active-architecture-firm-mvrdv-work-in-times-of-corona|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> within the architecture industry has been accompanied by critical voices. The [[Market Hall (Rotterdam)|Markthal]] in [[Rotterdam]], despite winning several awards,<ref>{{Cite web|title=MIPIM Award voor Rotterdamse Markthal|url=https://architectenweb.nl/nieuws/artikel.aspx?ID=36470|access-date=2023-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Markthal is the best shopping center in the world!|url=https://www.eur.nl/en/news/markthal-best-shopping-center-world |access-date=2023-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV's Markthal Rotterdam Wins European Property Award|date=3 October 2015 |url=https://www.archdaily.com/774681/mvrdvs-markthal-rotterdam-wins-european-property-award|access-date=2023-09-28}}</ref> did not 
meet with universal acclaim. Rob Bevan of ''[[Architectural Review]]'' described it as being part of an overall mistaken preference in Rotterdam for a "stodgy diet of instant icons" and indicative of "noodle-headed re-shaping and architectural gymnastics", the implication being that more modest designs as part of a more integrated city-wide planning would create more successful buildings, although Bevan tempered his criticism in acknowledging that "There is curiosity value then in MVRDV’s immovable feast with its seemingly calculated ''jolie laide'' proportions and it has brought vigour to a corner of the city demanding it".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Rob |date=2015-01-05 |title=Markthal in Rotterdam by MVRDV |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/today/markthal-in-rotterdam-by-mvrdv |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=[[Architectural Review]] |language=en}}</ref>

The urban and architectural geographer Mark Minkjan expressed a belief that contemporary architects often serve as makeup artists of sales pitches, or producers of visually pleasing "eye candies" using MVRDV's "Valley" to illustrate his view.<ref name=":8" /> As a case study, he made a specific critique of the renderings of Valley, an MVRDV project located in an emerging business district of Amsterdam and subsequently named the world's best skyscraper in the 2021 Emporis Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emporis Skyscraper Award 2021| date=13 November 2022 |url=https://www.e-architect.com/awards/emporis-skyscraper-award-2021-news?expand_article=1|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Minkjan saw the renderings as cosmetic, deceptive images that hid the environmental, financial challenges that would occur during and after the building's construction, saying "In reality ... the building will never turn out like the rendering".<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=What this MVRDV Rendering Says About Architecture and the Media|date=15 February 2016 |url=https://failedarchitecture.com/what-this-mvrdv-rendering-says-about-architecture-and-media/|access-date=2023-04-08}}</ref> Furthermore, despite "Valley's" commercial spaces receiving [[BREEAM]] "Excellent" certification, the building's energy performance being 30% better than local regulations require, and the residential area scoring 8 out of 10 on the GPR Building Scale,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Valley skyscraper. Towards an ecology of inclusion|date=10 December 2022 |url=https://ifdm.design/2022/12/10/the-valley-skyscraper-towards-an-ecology-of-inclusion/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> Minkjan nonetheless accuses the office of [[greenwashing]], stating his view that the unrealistic illustration of rooftop gardens and terraces, which ignore the effects of smog, wind, poor soil and changing seasons, deflect attention from the sizeable {{CO2}} emissions of the building construction.<ref name=":8" /> Minkjan's criticism notwithstanding, "Valley" has been positively received,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karst away|url=https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/mvrdv-valley-amsterdam-architecture-stylepark|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=With Valley, MVRDV Adds Topography to Amsterdam's Business District|date=28 April 2022 |url=https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/with-valley-mvrdv-adds-topography-to-amsterdams-business-district/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV Delivers yet another Iconic Architectural Masterpiece!|date=20 September 2022 |url=https://www.indiaartndesign.com/mvrdv-delivers-yet-another-iconic-architectural-masterpiece/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Business bolster, 'green' pit, that is the multifunctional Valley building on Amsterdam's Zuidas|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/zakelijke-bolster-groene-pit-dat-is-het-multifunctionele-gebouw-valley-op-de-amsterdamse-zuidas~b4728f67/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref> and garden designer [[Piet Oudolf]] worked with MVRDV on the building, using around 13,500 plants in 370 planting areas over 27 floors.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV's angular Valley skyscraper opens in Amsterdam|date=20 September 2022 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/09/20/valley-skyscraper-mvrdv-open-amsterdam/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref>

MVRDV's design of the [[Marble Arch Mound]] in London was not well received.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-58001770|title=Marble Arch Mound: 'I wouldn't pay £4 to walk up a hill'|work=[[BBC News]]|date=28 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> Critics named the creation of an artificial hill around and over London's Marble Arch to be pointless, a massive waste of time and material,<ref name="Architects' Journal">{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/critics-pile-onto-mvrdvs-mound-as-council-admits-attraction-is-not-ready|title=Critics pile onto MVRDV's Marble Arch mound as council admits attraction is 'not ready'|work=[[Architects' Journal]]|date=27 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> a pile of rubble,<ref name="CNN">{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/amp/london-mound-marble-arch/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728111830/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/amp/london-mound-marble-arch/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 28, 2021|title=Marble Arch Mound: London's newest attraction is a heap of earth|work=[[CNN]]|date=28 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> and London's worst attraction.<ref name="Metro">{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/27/london-marble-arch-mound-refunds-offered-after-its-branded-trash-heap-14996424/amp/|title=Marble Arch Mound: £2,000,000 Marble Arch Mound offers refunds after visitors call it a 'trash heap'|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)]]|date=27 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref> MVRDV acknowledged the poor architectural result but also pointed to [[Westminster City Council]] for watering down their design, excluding the studio from overseeing the construction, and ignoring their advice.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV blames "loveless execution of our designs" for Marble Arch Mound fiasco|date=7 February 2022 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/02/07/mvrdv-marble-arch-mound-fiasco/|access-date=2023-05-09}}</ref>

== Research ==

=== The Why Factory ===
The Why Factory is a global [[think tank]] and [[research institute]] at [[Delft University of Technology]], led by professor [[Winy Maas]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=About {{!}}|url=https://thewhyfactory.com/about/|access-date=2021-05-21|language=en-US}}</ref> Its [[research]] revolves around analyzing [[Urban Development|urban developments]] and providing [[scenario]]s for future [[City|cities]] and [[societies]].<ref name=":7" /> There is particular focus on opening engaging the public in architectural debate through [[exhibition]]s, workshops, [[publication]]s and [[panel discussion]]s.<ref name=":7" /> Founded in 2007, the think tank also provides an experimental outlook on the [[Urban area|urban]] [[landscape]] of the future by exploring imaginary narratives and their interlinked new [[social context]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-21|title=The Why Factory at TU Delft Dares to Ask, Why Not?|url=https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/why-factory-at-tu-delft-dares-to-ask-why-not/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Azure Magazine}}</ref> To develop scenarios further, the Why Factory also uses computational design tools for analyzing and generating these concepts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Why Factory|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/onderwijs/opleidingen/masters/aubs/msc-architecture-urbanism-and-building-sciences/master-tracks/architecture/programme/studios/the-why-factory/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=TU Delft|language=nl-NL}}</ref>

Some of research projects of MVRDV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MVRDV – Research|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/themes/8/research|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.mvrdv.nl|date=1999 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=30em|content=
* Gwangju Folly
* Crystal Houses
* Almere Oosterworld
* Grand Paris
* Almere 2030
* Airbus UAM
* Pampus Harbour
* North Sea Wind Park
* Pig City
* The NEXT ITMO
* Oslo Le Grand
* Stadt Land Schweiz
* Skycar City
* Metacity/Datatown
* Myst Light Fixture
* The Why Factory
* Architecture Speaks: The Language of MVRDV
* Infinity Kitchen
* Vertical Village IBA
* Vertical Village Seoul
* House of Clothing
* NL28 Olympic Fire
* Freeland @ the Biennale
* Vertical City Taipei
* Bi-City Biennale 2017
* MVRDV Haus Berlin
* Porous City Lego Towers
* The Hungry Box
* MVRDVH20
* China Hills
}}

== Publications ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614115722/http://www.010.nl/catalogue/book.php?id=587 FARMAX (010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1999)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110614115139/http://www.010.nl/catalogue/book.php?id=371 Metacity/Datatown (010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1999)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080512032322/http://www.naipublishers.nl/architectuur/mvrdvreading_nl.html Reading MVRDV (NAi Publishers, Rotterdam, 2003)]
*[http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=3579&lang=en Spacefighter The evolutionary city game (Actar, Barcelona, 2005)]
*[http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=3264&lang=en KM3 Excursions on Capacities (Actar, Barcelona, 2006)]
*[http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&task=ExecuteQuery&qid=2&idllibre=3578&lang=en Skycar City (Actar, Barcelona, 2008)]
*[http://www.naibooksellers.nl/mvrdv-agendas-on-urbanism-design-peak-13.html MVRDV Agendas on Urbanism (Equal Books, Seoul, 2012)]
*[http://www.naibooksellers.nl/the-glass-farm-biography-of-a-building.html The Glass Farm – Biography of a Building (010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2013)]
*[http://www.naibooksellers.nl/boekenberg-spijkenisse-biografie-van-een-gebouw.html Book Mountain – Biography of a Building (010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2013)]
*[https://www.naibooksellers.nl/mvrdv-buildings-ilka-ruby-andreas-ruby-updated-edition.html MVRDV Buildings (010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2015)]
*[https://arquitecturaviva.com/publications/av-monografias/mvrdv-1 MVRDV Dream Works (Arquitectura Viva, Spain, 2016)]
*[https://store.corriere.it/MVRDV/ep6sEWcWFiIAAAFYPZoUlD.Z/pc%3bpgid=Ps1qSYK2W1JSR0oxCtR2Ia4T0000jxLKY5hU%3bsid=JLhfXCFpPK9fXnlA5SPzTGdLF78qjSOGS_Q=?CatalogCategoryID=i5.sEWcWW7gAAAFTKK4zQMvd MVRDV: Investigations and new creative visions of the Urban Landscape (ARCS Media Group – Corriere della Sera, Italy, 2017)]
*[https://www.naibooksellers.nl/rooftopcatalogue Rooftop Catalogue (Rotterdamse Dakendagen, Rotterdam, 2021)]
*[https://maaslawrence.com/product/attitudes-mvrdv/ Attitudes: MVRDV (Maas Lawrence, Rotterdam, 2024)]

==Further reading==
*Farmax: Excursions on Density. 010 Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|9789064505874}}
*KM3: Excursions on Capacities. Actar, 1999. {{ISBN|9788495951854}}
*Reading MVRDV. NAi Publishers, 2003. {{ISBN|9789056622879}}
*Gonzalo Herrero Delicado. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230925100346/http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/mirador/index.html Mirador Building, Madrid, Spain: MVRDV and Blanca Lleó 2005.] – Galinsky, 2006
*Frey, Darcy – [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/magazine/08mvrdv-t.html "Crowded House"], The New York Times Magazine, 8 June 2008
* Julian Faulhaber – [https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/06/magazine/0608-MVRDV_index.html "How MVRDV builds for a small planet"], The New York Times, 6 June 2008
* Douglas Heingarter – [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/garden/building-a-better-hybrid-in-rotterdam.html "Building a better hybrid in Rotterdam"], The New York Times, 6 October 2014
* Anna Fifield – [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/seoul-a-city-with-no-soulbuilds-its-own-high-line-on-an-old-overpass/2017/05/14/6b398ae6-3684-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_story.html "Seoul, a city ‘with no soul,’ builds its own High Line on an old overpass"], The Washington Post, 14 May 2017
* Andrew Dickson – [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/21/radical-transparency-will-rotterdam-open-museum-change-art-the-depot-boijmans-museum "The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits?"], The Guardian, 21 September 2020
* Norman Miller – [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220404-the-dutch-city-experimenting-with-the-future-of-urban-life "The Dutch city testing the future of urban life"], BBC, 5 April 2022
* Andrew Higgins – [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/19/world/europe/tirana-albania-hoxha-pyramid.html "Despised Dictator’s ‘Scary’ Shrine Becomes a Bet on Albania’s Future"], The New York Times, 19 February 2023
* Jacqui Palumbo – [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/11/style/best-new-architecture-2024-ad-wow-list/index.html "These dazzling architectural projects have been named the best of the year"], CNN, 11 January 2024

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.mvrdv.nl}}
*[http://www.archicentral.com/tag/mvrdv/ Archicentral.com: MVRDV projects]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070821050651/http://www.danda.be/gallery/architect/mvrdv/ Danda.be: MVRDV projects photo gallery]
*[http://www.archello.com/en/company/mvrdv/ Archello.com: MVRDV publications]
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