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Transformations play a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions and minimising resource consumption. Our design for the transformation of the Shenzhen Women and Children’s Centre achieved a carbon saving comparable to nearly 12,000 flights from Amsterdam to Shenzhen!   On 7 October in Madrid, Jacob van Rijs will speak at the XXV arquia/becas 2024 Award Ceremony, organised by Fundación Arquia, to highlight the importance of rethinking building conservation, with the Shenzhen Women and Children’s Centre as a key example.   The event will also include the awarding of 51 scholarships to students and recent graduates to carry out professional internships in architectural practices and cultural institutions. Jacob served as chair of this year’s jury for the scholarship awards.   More details can be found here! https://lnkd.in/eim-q3mm

We’re not just roofing around! 🏡🌳 Join the lecture of our senior computational designer Leo Stuckardt at the CitiesAlive conference on November 8 to find out how we’re using our research and projects to make nature-inclusive cities through our roofs, buildings, and other infrastructure.   At this conference in Toronto, Leo will present speculative research from MVRDV NEXT, including the RoofScape tool. He will also discuss projects such as Valley, Seoullo 7017 Skygarden, Noviotech Campus, and publications like the Rooftop Catalogue and Green Dip. Overall, he will illustrate our mission to radically green urban environments through visions, data-supported systemic approaches, and tangible architecture and infrastructure projects.   Find out more information here! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eZ4zhvFB Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

We’re on display in New York! 🗽 Come check out our projects at the "Built by New York" exhibition at the city’s Center for Architecture. "Built by New York" celebrates the work of architects, designers, and affiliated professionals in the New York City design community. Past, current, and future work from members of AIA New York, AIA Brooklyn, AIA Bronx, AIA Staten Island, and AIA Queens will take over three floors of the AIA New York | Center for Architecture galleries, providing a snapshot of the community’s impact on the city and the built environment at large. Having opened our New York office in 2022, we are featured with four projects: The Canyon, Valley, the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, and one home-town hero, the Radio Hotel and Tower, which can be found in the upper reaches of Manhattan. The exhibition is on display till April 5. Find out more on how to visit here! 👉 https://lnkd.in/esmNK7cG

🌟📣 We have news for all aspiring architects, designers, and creative thinkers! Applications are now open for our next internship programme, starting in March 2025. We’re on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals ready to contribute to designing bold, joyful, and sustainable places. At MVRDV, you would join an international team collaborating to shape architecture that is social, sustainable, and forward-thinking. More than “just work”, being an intern here means becoming part of a supportive community with opportunities for growth and fun, including team sports, learning events, and social gatherings like our monthly Pecha Kucha. We have a variety of internship openings in architecture, interior design, finance, visualisation, HR, business development, and public relations. Interested? Check out the available positions to find your fit! https://lnkd.in/eDmks_3p

Make yellow win at Archello!💛 Our project Haus 1, the renovation of a dated office building into an eye-catching entrance building at the Atelier Gardens in Berlin, has been nominated for the Archello Awards for office building of the year, low and mid-rise!   Originally plain white but now bright yellow, the transformed building is completed with a new living roof, with a sustainable timber rooftop pavilion and terrace, accessible via a grand external staircase. HAUS 1 hosts adaptive work and meeting spaces across four floors.   The building’s new sunshine yellow draws attention to the campus from both near and far. From the central plaza of Atelier Gardens, a zig-zagging stair-scape, dotted with seating and viewing platforms offers views on the Berlin skyline.   With its focus on reusing as much of the structure as possible, and giving preference to durable, recyclable materials with a low environmental footprint whenever new materials were required, HAUS 1 shows how building can be transformed to do more with less!♻️🛠️ You can vote for Haus 1 here: https://lnkd.in/dRWyi3YX Read more on the project on our website: https://lnkd.in/envbySqF Atelier Gardens | Fabrix | Hirschmüller Schindele Architects | Harris Bugg Studio 📷Lukas Drobny | Schnepp Renou

We're bringing a piece of Shenzhen to Frankfurt! Our Fabrications team made a model of the Shenzhen Women & Children’s Centre for the International High-Rise Awards Exhibition in Frankfurt.🏆🏙️ Completed in 2023, the Shenzhen Women & Children’s Centre has transformed an old mixed-use tower into a vibrant and colourful skyscraper hosting a hotel and a wide range of facilities for the welfare of women and children. With its colourful façade, the building is a refreshing presence in Shenzhen’s Futian district. More importantly, at 100 metres tall, the building sets an important precedent for repurposing buildings in a city that is soon to see more reuse projects coming its way! The Shenzhen Women & Children’s Centre has, alongside Valley, been nominated for the International High-Rise Awards organised by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), Stadt Frankfurt am Main, and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale! There is an exhibition dedicated to this award, where this model and a Valley model will be displayed, from November 13 till January 12 at the Museum Für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt. Find out more on the exhibition here! https://lnkd.in/e8kzT3QK Want to read more on the Shenzhen Women and Children's Centre? Check our website here: https://lnkd.in/e3J_Sn5g

How can we create urban places that allow people live together in harmony, over multiple generations? Join our director of BD & PR for Asia Carmen Xu for a roundtable discussion at the 2024 World Cities Day China global conference in Shanghai on November 2 to find out!   By discussing MVRDV projects such as the EXPO 2.0 in Hannover, the Markthal and Rooftop projects in Rotterdam, Shanghai's West Bund Gate M Dream Center, and The Pyramid of Tirana, Carmen will explain how we use design to revitalise cities and deliver a more human environment.   Read more on how to join the roundtable here! https://lnkd.in/erp_BPcq Cc Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Shanghai

“From the beginning, we’ve always been trying to see densification as a problem that we have to solve in a good way, to develop the 'three-dimensional city': not just one programme extruded up, but elevating more of the city fabric, normally expected at the ground level, upwards.” In the CTBUH’s latest issue on Vertical Urbanism, Will Hunter and Francisco Javier Quintana de Uña interview our very own M, VR, and DV on our reputation for challenging architectural expectations in tall buildings and how we continue to generate new social and sustainable models for liveable urban density. Topics discussed touch on a wide array of our projects, such as Future Towers in India, The Hills in Ecuador, Valley and Westerpark West in Amsterdam, and our co-living design study. You can order the magazine via this link! https://lnkd.in/gneyz3Q4 Winy Maas | Jacob van Rijs | Nathalie de Vries | Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) | Shonn Mills

How can we challenge conventions through design?🚀💡 Join our project leader Cas Esbach at the New York Institute of Technology on November 1 to learn more on our approach to architecture, driven by bold design and innovative solutions.   Cas will discuss our research-based methodology, focusing on sustainability, urban density, and the integration of built and natural environments. Also, he will explain our focus on the creation of flexible, adaptable spaces that encourage inclusivity and community while advancing the use of sustainable materials and technologies. Featured projects include our design for the 4th Quadrant of Victory Square in Prague and Valley in Amsterdam, which won the 2021 Emporis Skyscraper Award for the world's best new skyscraper.🏙️ Find out how to join here!➡ https://lnkd.in/d_i8Z7td

The April 2024 issue of The Architectural Review explored the Mediterranean architecture’s rich cultural exchange and historical continuity. Is there such a thing as a "Mediterranean way" of designing? And how do we learn from and incorporate Mediterranean influences in our design?   Join our associate director Aser Giménez Ortega on October 25 at the MAS Week in Taranto, Italy in conversation with Professor Enzo Calabrese to consider these questions from a number of different perspectives. Examining a range of MVRDV projects, Aser will explain how the values of Mediterranean cities and people can influence buildings.    Find out more on how to join here! https://lnkd.in/d5JEsp9m 📸 Sendoa Isuskitza | Rob 't Hart | Daria Scagliola