MVRDV
@mvrdv.bsky.social
🌍 International architecture and urbanism office
💡 We create happy and adventurous places
📍 Rotterdam | Shanghai | Paris | Berlin | NYC
💡 We create happy and adventurous places
📍 Rotterdam | Shanghai | Paris | Berlin | NYC
The largest new building is a nunnery with 76 dormitories, a zendo, library, and communal space – using wooden frames and straw insulation to lower carbon emissions. 🌾 Wooden guest houses and a renovated bookstore will also support the monastery’s vision. Read more here! 🙏 mvrdv.com/news/4818/mi...
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The largest new building is a nunnery with 76 dormitories, a zendo, library, and communal space – using wooden frames and straw insulation to lower carbon emissions. 🌾 Wooden guest houses and a renovated bookstore will also support the monastery’s vision. Read more here! 🙏 mvrdv.com/news/4818/mi...
Our masterplans for both the Upper and Lower Hamlets have the same nature-based approach – ranging from reorganised vehicle routes to natural approaches such as new habitats for birds that can curb the high mosquito population. 🦜🏯
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Our masterplans for both the Upper and Lower Hamlets have the same nature-based approach – ranging from reorganised vehicle routes to natural approaches such as new habitats for birds that can curb the high mosquito population. 🦜🏯
Plum Village – Europe's largest Buddhist monastery – hosts up to 800 retreatants at a time. Since 2023, we’ve been working closely with the monastic residents, visiting the monastery to immerse ourselves in their specifics needs, and collaborating on the design via in-person workshops.
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Plum Village – Europe's largest Buddhist monastery – hosts up to 800 retreatants at a time. Since 2023, we’ve been working closely with the monastic residents, visiting the monastery to immerse ourselves in their specifics needs, and collaborating on the design via in-person workshops.
Designing mindful architecture! 🧘 We’re working with the Plum Village Buddhist Monastery in Dordogne on two masterplans and designs for a new nunnery, guest houses, and bookstore renovation. Honouring their Engaged Buddhism practice, we focus on nature, circular materials, and bio-based design. 🌿🌏
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Designing mindful architecture! 🧘 We’re working with the Plum Village Buddhist Monastery in Dordogne on two masterplans and designs for a new nunnery, guest houses, and bookstore renovation. Honouring their Engaged Buddhism practice, we focus on nature, circular materials, and bio-based design. 🌿🌏
The top of the building also has a public character with a restaurant and social and cultural spaces – based around a tribune with dramatic views over the city. The whole roof is one continuous green landscape promenade with spiral staircases to connect the different levels, accessible for all.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The top of the building also has a public character with a restaurant and social and cultural spaces – based around a tribune with dramatic views over the city. The whole roof is one continuous green landscape promenade with spiral staircases to connect the different levels, accessible for all.
The plinth level is transparent and will have public amenities, including the remarkable Wokkelbar, a café the encompasses a protected, U-shaped car-parking ramp.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The plinth level is transparent and will have public amenities, including the remarkable Wokkelbar, a café the encompasses a protected, U-shaped car-parking ramp.
The design responds to the surrounding post-war architecture. The large building is broken up into colourful blocks for a more human scale, each with a reference to Rotterdam. The massing and composition echo nearby buildings, but stacked vertically this time – advocating for further densification.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The design responds to the surrounding post-war architecture. The large building is broken up into colourful blocks for a more human scale, each with a reference to Rotterdam. The massing and composition echo nearby buildings, but stacked vertically this time – advocating for further densification.
An homage to Rotterdam! The municipality has approved our design Schieblocks, a 47,000-square-metre office building with public and commercial spaces on the ground floor and top levels.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
An homage to Rotterdam! The municipality has approved our design Schieblocks, a 47,000-square-metre office building with public and commercial spaces on the ground floor and top levels.
This pixelated pattern also highlights the communal features of these towers, with their lush greenery. The façade’s rigid grid loosens, with bigger frames showing off the trees and plants within. 🌿
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This pixelated pattern also highlights the communal features of these towers, with their lush greenery. The façade’s rigid grid loosens, with bigger frames showing off the trees and plants within. 🌿
The result is a "pixelated" façade, with each prefabricated unit creating one pixel. The units are recessed or extended to create depth and balconies to the towers. Gold and deep brown colours form an abstract pattern, inspired by the organic shapes of local climbing plants. 🤎💛
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The result is a "pixelated" façade, with each prefabricated unit creating one pixel. The units are recessed or extended to create depth and balconies to the towers. Gold and deep brown colours form an abstract pattern, inspired by the organic shapes of local climbing plants. 🤎💛
These towers were prefabricated, which helps to reduce waste, noise pollution and CO2-emissions. But modular design can tend to be monotonous and repetitive. That’s why we were asked to design the façade, and we wanted to give it a twist… 🔲🔳
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
These towers were prefabricated, which helps to reduce waste, noise pollution and CO2-emissions. But modular design can tend to be monotonous and repetitive. That’s why we were asked to design the façade, and we wanted to give it a twist… 🔲🔳
How can we make modular design with individuality and character? Check out the Irwell Hill Residences – two 36-storey residential towers in Singapore! 🏙️🌺
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
How can we make modular design with individuality and character? Check out the Irwell Hill Residences – two 36-storey residential towers in Singapore! 🏙️🌺
The Island's form is defined by its soft, organic curves, with balconies and planters that connect to nature. The Gaudí-inspired ceramic façade, made from a mosaic of irregular tiles, adapts to the building’s shape.
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Island's form is defined by its soft, organic curves, with balconies and planters that connect to nature. The Gaudí-inspired ceramic façade, made from a mosaic of irregular tiles, adapts to the building’s shape.
The tower has 76 apartments, above two floors of commercial spaces, including a communal dining room, lounge, and karaoke area. The design focuses on young residents with shared areas such as a rooftop garden terrace and five communal balconies spread across the building’s 21 floors.
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The tower has 76 apartments, above two floors of commercial spaces, including a communal dining room, lounge, and karaoke area. The design focuses on young residents with shared areas such as a rooftop garden terrace and five communal balconies spread across the building’s 21 floors.
We're bringing nature and communal living to the city! 🌿🏢 Our design for this 21-storey tower named "The Island" in Taichung, Taiwan has received its building permit. The design responds to Taichung’s liveable building regulations by bringing nature to the urban district in which it is located. 🌺
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We're bringing nature and communal living to the city! 🌿🏢 Our design for this 21-storey tower named "The Island" in Taichung, Taiwan has received its building permit. The design responds to Taichung’s liveable building regulations by bringing nature to the urban district in which it is located. 🌺
🌇 The top features penthouses and a hotel skybar. A second oculus completes the sphere at the top. Read more on the design here! mvrdv.com/news/4776/th...
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🌇 The top features penthouses and a hotel skybar. A second oculus completes the sphere at the top. Read more on the design here! mvrdv.com/news/4776/th...
Above the arena, hotel rooms cantilever over the stands, allowing people to see the matches from their windows and creating an oculus in the arena ceiling. Apartments in the double-shell sphere form a garden courtyard, with stunning city views and terraces. 🌳
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Above the arena, hotel rooms cantilever over the stands, allowing people to see the matches from their windows and creating an oculus in the arena ceiling. Apartments in the double-shell sphere form a garden courtyard, with stunning city views and terraces. 🌳
The distinctive spherical shape maximises the site, eliminating "rear" façades to maintain a connection with the surrounding neighbourhood. 🛍️ Functions are stacked: retail and cafés at the base, with the arena accessed by short bridges at ground level.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The distinctive spherical shape maximises the site, eliminating "rear" façades to maintain a connection with the surrounding neighbourhood. 🛍️ Functions are stacked: retail and cafés at the base, with the arena accessed by short bridges at ground level.
🏀 We won the competition for the new Asllan Rusi sports palace in Tirana! The Grand Ballroom, a spherical building over 100m in diameter, houses a 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball, residential apartments, a hotel, and retail spaces.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🏀 We won the competition for the new Asllan Rusi sports palace in Tirana! The Grand Ballroom, a spherical building over 100m in diameter, houses a 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball, residential apartments, a hotel, and retail spaces.
With 916 apartments – half which are for middle-income Rotterdammers – The Sax meets the demand for affordable housing in the city centre. 🌇 The project also includes shared living rooms, a communal roof terrace, and a focus on sustainable mobility with a lively plinth.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
With 916 apartments – half which are for middle-income Rotterdammers – The Sax meets the demand for affordable housing in the city centre. 🌇 The project also includes shared living rooms, a communal roof terrace, and a focus on sustainable mobility with a lively plinth.
🎷 The Sax’s distinctive saxophone-inspired silhouette captures the jazzy character of Rotterdam, with light on the façade creating a constantly changing effect, enhanced by bay windows and undulating balconies.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎷 The Sax’s distinctive saxophone-inspired silhouette captures the jazzy character of Rotterdam, with light on the façade creating a constantly changing effect, enhanced by bay windows and undulating balconies.
The construction of The Sax has started – a jazzy high-rise project bringing 916 apartments to the centre of Rotterdam! 🏗️ The project features two towers of 180m (55 storeys) and 82m (26 storeys), bridged by a golden beam and a 100m-high roof terrace.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The construction of The Sax has started – a jazzy high-rise project bringing 916 apartments to the centre of Rotterdam! 🏗️ The project features two towers of 180m (55 storeys) and 82m (26 storeys), bridged by a golden beam and a 100m-high roof terrace.
🌿🤝 Our building designs prioritise sustainability with lightweight, bio-based structures. The campus will be an attractive workplace and destination for visitors to explore world-changing technologies first hand.
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🌿🤝 Our building designs prioritise sustainability with lightweight, bio-based structures. The campus will be an attractive workplace and destination for visitors to explore world-changing technologies first hand.
🌐 Our masterplan has distinctive circular shape with two off-centre axes – housing labs, offices, and a public communication centre.
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🌐 Our masterplan has distinctive circular shape with two off-centre axes – housing labs, offices, and a public communication centre.