
what's next? the city of the future!
what's next? the city of the future!
We are fascinated by data and create amazing datascapes which feed into our designs. Our work draws from the cutting-edge of architectural knowledge, incorporating research and thinking in urbanism, sustainability, sociology, materials development, and more. We therefore maintain close connections to academia, with our founding partners each holding a variety of academic positions. Our closest connection with architectural research comes in the form of The Why Factory, a global think-tank and research institute at the Delft University of Technology led by Winy Maas.

With the goal of engaging in a public debate on architecture and urbanism, The Why Factory engages in exhibitions, workshops, and panel discussions. However, the key output of The Why Factory has been the Future Cities Series, a set of publications exploring radical visions for the future of our urban environments.
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Among the many projects of The Why Factory is (W)ego, a study for a city of homes that mediates between the momentary desires of its inhabitants and the need for collectiveness. A chaotic tangle of apartments of all different shapes that adapt in real-time to meet their inhabitant’s needs, (W)ego City ultimately describes a future in which living spaces are constantly negotiated for the collective benefit.
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Another study, PoroCity, investigated methods of creating ‘urban porosity’ to improve our cities’ social and ecological connectivity, subsequently evaluating the engineering and financial implications of ‘opening up’ our buildings in a variety of radical ways.
Our research is spatial and experimental, offering radical solutions to large-scale urban problems. We excel in abstract designs which present an argument. With the widely debated Pig City vertical pork production study we commented on the organic food industry; with the Costa Iberica study we questioned the urban identity of the Spanish tourism industry; and more recently with the broad study for Manifesta 13 we explored the many complex layers that shape the city of Marseille in order to allow a set of art curators to propose artistic interventions.
Experience Research
Gwangju Folly
Crystal Houses
Almere Oosterwold
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
The Why Factory
Myst Light Fixture
Architecture Speaks: The Language of MVRDV
Infinity Kitchen
Vertical Village IBA
Vertical Village Seoul
House of Clothing
NL28 Olympic Fire
Freeland @ the Biennale
Vertical Village Taipei
Bi-City Biennale 2017
MVRDV Haus Berlin
Porous City Lego Towers
The Hungry Box
MVRDVH20
China Hills
Timeline
#UPDATES
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Le Grand Puzzle: MVRDV and The Why Factory present an urban study of Marseille as part of Manifesta 13

Manifesta 13 Marseille Opening Weekend

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

MVRDV celebrates opening of its Berlin office with MVRDV Haus Berlin exhibition

Gideon Maasland at Arde-X Online Architecture and Design Forum
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MVRDV wins Public Award at Shenzhen UABB

How Air Mobility Can Serve a Greater Good: A Research Collaboration by MVRDV and Airbus to Integrate Air Mobility into Urban Environments

Jan Knikker on transformations in architecture and urbanism at Tel Aviv University
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Elija Kozak at Russian Foodservice Forum in Moscow
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Elien Deceuninck lecturing on Architecture for Fashion

Winy Maas at The Monocle Cities Series, Chengdu

Aser Giménez Ortega, MVRDV’s approach to the future of design

Gijs Rikken at 1st DOMO event in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Peter Mensinga at University Federico II in Naples

Jan Knikker at Festival of Creative Urban Living (AFCUL) in Milton Keynes

Nathalie de Vries: Architecture Speaks – The Language of MVRDV
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MVRDV’s Crystal Houses, Hosting New Tenant Hermès, Re-Opens with an Even More Transparent Façade

Winy Maas at the First Edition of the Biennale d’Architecture et de Paysage d’Ile-de-France
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Crystal Houses shortlisted for Wienerberger Brick Award 2018

Pig City included in Eco-Visionaries: Art, Architecture and New Media after the Anthropocene, MAAT Lisbon

MVRDV and The Why Factory participate in the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Shenzhen) 2017

Crystal Houses wins Best of the Best category - German Iconic Awards 2017

Crystal Houses wins the 2017 Prix Versailles special prize for Exterior (Shop & Stores category)

Crystal Houses wins Amsterdam Architecture Prize popular choice award
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Crystal Houses is the Architizer A+Award Popular Choice Winner in the Mixed Use Category

Crystal Houses nominated for Amsterdam Architecture Prize 2017

Crystal Houses wins Commercial Architecture Category in ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards '17

Crystal Houses wins Shopping category Award at World Architecture Festival 2016

Crystal Houses' glass bricks win Glass Innovation Award 2016
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MVRDV presents Infinity Kitchen at Venice Biennale 2016
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MVRDV completes Crystal Houses Amsterdam, a flagship store with a replica façade made entirely out of glass

Vertical Village by MVRDV 'the most interesting architectural exhibition at the IBA'

Vertical Village Exhibition opens August 1st in Hamburg Museum

Welcome to the Vertical Village exhibition Seoul, Korea
