MVRDV
Projects by MVRDV, the Rotterdam architecture and urban design firm, spanning housing, retail and mixed-use buildings.
MVRDV Wraps Urban Revivo's Beijing Flagship in Colour-Shifting Roof Tiles and Moon Gate Windows
On Sanlitun West Street in Beijing, a 4,120 m² flagship borrows roof tiles and moon gates to stage fashion between two very different retail villages.
MVRDV Carves a Mountain Range of Housing into the Heart of Eindhoven
Seven buildings with jagged 45-degree rooflines bring 237 homes, rooftop gardens, and a car-free public realm to the De Bergen neighborhood.
Tainan Market by MVRDV Redefining Urban Market Architecture and Public Landscape
Innovative green-roof market blends landscape, public space, and passive cooling, transforming Tainan’s food hub into an interactive urban destination.
MVRDV Carves a Green Crater into a Bordeaux Residential Block
La Vallée Verte turns a triangular plot in the Bastide Niel district into a verdant courtyard ringed by 70 planted homes.
MVRDV and GRAS Reynés Arquitectos Revive a Faded Palma Nightlife District with Seven Chromatic Buildings
Project Gomila brings 60 dwellings in seven wildly different buildings to a once-bohemian Mallorcan neighborhood near the harbor.
NIO House Amsterdam by MVRDV: A Historic Canal Building Reimagined as a Multi-Functional Brand Experience
MVRDV transforms a historic Amsterdam canal building into NIO’s flagship hub, blending electric vehicle showroom, cultural spaces, co-working areas, and modernist heritage.
MVRDV and Studio Archohm Wrap 437 Apartments Around a Courtyard the Size of Two Football Fields
Oranje Castle in Lucknow rethinks Indian group housing with a brick perimeter block, terraced silhouettes, and a landscape inspired by Anish Kapoor.
MVRDV Peels Back a Haussmann Building to Create Etam's Revealing Paris Flagship
A 350 square meter lingerie store on Boulevard Haussmann uses glass floors and a pivoting stone wall to balance intimacy with spectacle.
Buitenplaats Koningsweg by MVRDV: Harmonizing History, Nature, and Modern Housing
Buitenplaats Koningsweg transforms a WWII German military base in Arnhem into sustainable residential homes, blending history, forest landscapes, and modern design.
MVRDV and morePlatz Fold a Sculptural Office Building into Mainz's Former Industrial Harbor
A zig-zagging aluminium skin turns a six-story office block into a noise buffer and waterfront landmark on the Rhine.
MVRDV Strips a Shenzhen Factory Down to Its Bones and Builds a Rooftop Village on Top
In the ancient urban village of Nantou, a six-storey concrete frame gets a second life as a creative hub crowned by bamboo rooms.
Wooden Wonders: Chiayi City Expo by MVRDV
A temporary timber pavilion by MVRDV celebrating Chiayi’s wood heritage, reimagining sustainable futures through architecture, exhibition, and civic dialogue.
Snøhetta, BIG, and MVRDV Shape an 84-Hectare Coastal Neighborhood on Istanbul's Black Sea Edge
A landscape-led masterplan in Beykoz's Riva district weaves 969 courtyard homes, timber landmarks, and ecological corridors into a forested coastline.
Pujiang Platform By MVRDV: A Sustainable Viewpoint Merging Architecture and Landscape in China
Pujiang Platform by MVRDV is a sustainable timber viewpoint blending architecture and landscape, offering panoramic mountain views and community event space.
Irwell Hill Residences: Pixelated Architecture Redefining Modular Living in Singapore
Irwell Hill Residences reimagines modular housing in Singapore through a pixelated façade that blends efficiency, greenery, and architectural identity.
EVALUATING CROSS-CULTURAL COURTYARD HOUSING FOR SOCIAL WELL-BEING in Manhattan, New York
My childhood in Bangladesh inspired me to create a housing community. People avoided community spaces and lived alone in my neighborhood. Housing impacts urban life's material and immaterial components, hence it is crucial to the quality of life. My project site is East Harlem River Houses in Manhattan, New York from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The project’s main intention was to design an urban platform inside the existing housing masterplan to involve the public in many activities with the community facilities and make life inside the housing. The community facilities provide for a connection between the projected urban platform and the Wards Island Bridge on the Harlem River. Additionally, integrating the courtyard areas and urban platforms with the community facilities will help modernist blocks be retrofitted with extended balcony areas to make them more livable for future generations. A case for sustainability is made here in order to maintain some of the complex's current buildings with the least amount of interruption to daily life. The concept of retrofitting can serve as a model and be applied to other NYCHA locations. Another innovation was to incorporate multilevel courtyard spaces into the design of new dwelling blocks on the east side of the property to encourage occupants to use those outdoor areas. A hierarchy of different size levels is created by the expansive courtyard. The urban spaces create place-making in different ways such as- basketball courts, evolution plazas, cultural event spaces, sculpture gardens, libraries, and art galleries. The new housing block includes different sizes of dwelling units, which resemble the previous housing units. In order to encourage people to venture outside of their homes and interact in public places, the housing concept was created with an urban grid, open spaces, roadways, and connectivity with the internal common spaces.
Tripolis Park by MVRDV: Revitalizing Structuralist Heritage with Sustainable Urban Design
Tripolis Park revitalizes Aldo van Eyck’s Structuralist offices with sustainable design, a new landscraper, restored façades, and vibrant green collaborative spaces.
Matrix ONE by MVRDV – A Sustainable Innovation Hub at Amsterdam Science Park
Matrix ONE by MVRDV is a sustainable, flexible 13,000 m² office and lab hub in Amsterdam, featuring social spaces, green design, and innovation.
Industrial Building Adaptive Reuse: MVRDV Transforms GATE M West Bund Dream Center into a Cultural Landmark
MVRDV’s GATE M West Bund Dream Center transforms a former Shanghai cement factory into a vibrant cultural hub through sustainable industrial building adaptive reuse.
SOMBRA Pavilion by MVRDV: A Pioneering Kinetic Architecture Pavilion in Venice
An innovative kinetic architecture pavilion by MVRDV that passively responds to sunlight, blending sustainability, motion, and poetic design.
