MVRDV was set up in Rotterdam in 1991 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries after they had won the first prize in the Berlin Europan Competition. MVRDV produces designs and studies in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape design. Early projects such as the Light Urbanism study for the Municipality of Rotterdam, the headquarters for Public Broadcasting Company VPRO and housing for elderly Wozoco’s in Amsterdam brought to the attention of a wide field of clients and gave them international acclaim.

The office continues to pursue its fascination and methodical research on density. It uses a method of shaping space through complex amounts of data that usually accompany contemporary building and design processes. Realized projects include the Dutch Pavilion for the World Exhibition 2000 in Hanover, Germany, an innovative business park ‘Flight Forum’ in Eindhoven. Activities outside the Netherlands include a housing scheme for 100 units in Vienna, Austria, a 50.000 m2 office development in Munich, Germany, a pavilion for a Art Triennial in Niigata, Japan, a conversion of 2 silos into apartments in Copenhagen, Denmark.