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densification for the city
mixed use
It is our essential philosophy that truly vertical cities also mix functions vertically: vibrant cities require a diverse mix of users, bringing different types of activity to spaces at all times throughout the day. The most effective way to achieve this is by mixing different functions within the same building—the mixed-use building. At MVRDV we believe in buildings that mix uses in innovative, unexpected, and exciting ways. We believe in hybrid buildings, where multiple uses are not only mixed together, but interact with each other and enrich each other.

Our Market Hall project in Rotterdam epitomises the goal of hybrid buildings. An arch formed by 228 apartments provides a covered space for a public market; in this way, private money helped to fund a public space, which – according to a study by market research company Strabo – attracts as many visitors on its own as a medium-sized city centre.
In our design for Vanke 3D City in Shenzhen, a mixture of programmes is stacked in a series of blocks, which come together to create a single building with a network of interconnected public terraces, parks, and atriums—a three-dimensional city of its own.
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In Poznań, the 16-storey Bałtyk building uses its mixture of functions to connect with its neighbourhood, with cultural and commercial spaces helping to make its 12,000 square metres of office space a part of the urban environment, and not just a typical introverted office building. The external terraces on the building’s stepped roof make this connection reciprocal: the building is a real part of the city, while the city is an integral part of the users’ experience of the building.
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At Valley, a 75,000-square-metre residential, office, and commercial building in Amsterdam, the shape of the building invites people to explore. Its cascading terraces resemble a geological structure, with a public route leading over the building’s plinth, through the “valley” created by the apartments. Here social interaction is reinforced by a scripted façade that supports interaction between the buildings mix of dwellings, offices, retail, culture, and gastronomy.
Experience Mixed use
Ku.Be House of Culture and Movement
Future Towers
Le Monolithe
TEDA Urban Fabric
Nanjing Arts Zone
Bjørvika Barcode
Silodam
RED7
Nieuw Bergen
Ilot de l’Octroi
Grotius Towers
Valley
Radio Tower & Hotel
Gaîté Montparnasse
Flores Tower Façade
Ettlinger Tor Karlsruhe
Vanke 3D City
The Modernist
Magasin 113
The Sax
The Milestone
Fabryczna Offices
Rockmagneten
Barapullah Springs
The Next Hutong
Klekovaca Tourist Centre
Peruri 88
Transitlager Reloaded
Toptani Shopping
Gdynia Park Towers
Huanggang Grid
The Sun Flower Islands
Qianhai Cast
Shenzhen Super Streets
The Stack
Ijburg Agora
Holland Village
Koningin Julianaplein
Les Belvédères
Only Love
Noordgebouw
Tanger Multiplex
Chaise Urbaine
Maquinnext
Paris Tribune - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
Netherlands Supreme Court
The Lifted Village
Museum Bergen
La Grande Gallerie
Gwanggyo Power Centre
Rodovre Sky Village
Apraksin Dvor
Wembley Casino Hotel
Music Quarter
Tirana Rocks
Rotterdam Airport
Coberco Melkhal
Timeline mixed use
#UPDATES

MVRDV's Valley tops out in Amsterdam’s Zuidas district

MVRDV tops out Radio Tower & Hotel in Manhattan
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New names for the buildings of Nieuw Bergen in Eindhoven

Floriade will get a panoramic façade artwork more than 40 metres tall – a creation by MVRDV, Arttenders, and Alex Verhaest
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Gideon Maasland on the Future of the City at Smart Building Summit - Rotterdam

'Urban development, architecture and urban housing in the Netherlands', Sven Thorissen Online Speaker and Panelist at Hessen Trade Invest seminar

MVRDV masterplan for Ettlinger Tor in Karlsruhe: a reflective floating garden counterpoints the absolutist castle

'Sapiens' to open at Valley in 2021
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Valley wins the MIPIM/AR Future Project Awards

Bertrand Schippan at Queen's Architecture Society in Belfast

Pierre des Courtis on transformation of Gaité-Montparnasse complex at EnerJ meeting in Paris
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Leo Stuckardt at Strelka In The City Conference

Gideon Maasland at Future of Architecture! SHARE Talks Kraków 2019

Gideon Maasland at BIM Onderwijsdag at Jaarbeurs

Marta Pozo at the 3rd China Tall Building International Industry Summit
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Gijs Rikken at Greening the City, Amsterdam
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Gideon Maasland is keynote speaker at the Green Buildings Event

RED7 at the 24th International Exhibition of Architecture in Moscow

Jan Knikker speaking at Round Table @ Value One, Vienna
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The Next Generation of Skyscrapers? MVRDV revolutionizes with Vanke Headquarters competition win in Shenzhen

MVRDV’s RED7 Project Officially Launched in Moscow

MVRDV and Woods Bagot reveal Stack for Melbourne's next generation high-rise
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MVRDV win competition for 50,000 m² mixed-use building Weenapoint in Rotterdam Central District
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MVRDV reveals Fabryczna Offices, a contemporary office building in the new city centre of Łódź
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MVRDV reveals ‘crystal rock’ design for The Milestone, a new 6,500m2 mixed-use office building in Esslingen, Germany

MVRDV wins the competition for RED7, a mixed-use building and symbolic gateway into Moscow
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MVRDV reveals designs for Magasin 113 Gothenburg
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Valley breaks ground, MVRDV’s 75,000m2 mixed-use competition-winning building for OVG Real Estate

Eindhoven selects MVRDV’s Nieuw Bergen, a design for sustainable residences in the city centre
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MVRDV announced as competition winner for The Sax, a new 51 floor mixed-use tower in Rotterdam
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Ku.Be House of Culture and Movement shortlisted as World Architecture Festival 2017 Finalist

MVRDV and BSK Arkitekter set to transform warehouse Magasin 113 in Gothenburg, Sweden
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KU.BE House of Culture and Movement nominated for Danish Store Arne 2017 Award

MVRDV wins competition for Ilot de l’Octroi, a residential complex in Rennes

KuBe opens in Copenhagen: Community Centre for Healthy and Fun Lifestyle

City of Paris approves MVRDV's restructuring of 1970s superblock in Montparnasse

Ground breaking for Danish Rock Museum in Roskilde

Facade test on site for Roskilde Rockmagneten

Fantastic environmental impact report of MVRDV urbanism in Oslo

MVRDV's 'Barcode' Urban plan wins Oslo's Cityprisen 2013
