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 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.
The global home of human AI! 🤖👩💻 Yesterday, we celebrated the start of construction of the IPAI CAMPUS in Heilbronn, Germany, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The 30-hectare campus will be a hub for 5,000+ people focused on innovative, responsible AI development.
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The global home of human AI! 🤖👩💻 Yesterday, we celebrated the start of construction of the IPAI CAMPUS in Heilbronn, Germany, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The 30-hectare campus will be a hub for 5,000+ people focused on innovative, responsible AI development.
👉 Download the co-living study on our website! mvrdv.com/news/4770/co...
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
👉 Download the co-living study on our website! mvrdv.com/news/4770/co...
This study presents new solutions addressing societal views on sharing, community, flexibility, while tackling climate change, and affordability. It combines research and options for co-living projects, offering designers possibilities for both new developments and transformations.
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This study presents new solutions addressing societal views on sharing, community, flexibility, while tackling climate change, and affordability. It combines research and options for co-living projects, offering designers possibilities for both new developments and transformations.
🏡 The housing sector is in desperate need of innovative thinking... so we made our design study into co-living freely available to all!
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🏡 The housing sector is in desperate need of innovative thinking... so we made our design study into co-living freely available to all!
Created by MVRDV NEXT, we make CarbonSpace publicly available and invite everyone in the building industry to use, test, and improve the tool. We have partnered up with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat that will use CarbonSpace as part of their global Sustainability Initiative 2026.
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Created by MVRDV NEXT, we make CarbonSpace publicly available and invite everyone in the building industry to use, test, and improve the tool. We have partnered up with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat that will use CarbonSpace as part of their global Sustainability Initiative 2026.
We're launching CarbonSpace – a free, web-based tool that helps architects reduce carbon from the first sketch in the design process! 🌍✏️ We wanted to make a simple, transparent tool that does not require detailed models, precise data, and complex databases – as is often the case. 📊
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We're launching CarbonSpace – a free, web-based tool that helps architects reduce carbon from the first sketch in the design process! 🌍✏️ We wanted to make a simple, transparent tool that does not require detailed models, precise data, and complex databases – as is often the case. 📊
Admission is free and the exhibition is open every day between 10:00 and 17:30. Find more info here! www.mvrdv.com/news/4757/co...
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Admission is free and the exhibition is open every day between 10:00 and 17:30. Find more info here! www.mvrdv.com/news/4757/co...
Also explore 36 booklets with low-carbon project stories and "carbon cases" using our new CarbonSpace software. Check out models and circular project samples, showing the benefits of transformation over new construction. 🔄
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Also explore 36 booklets with low-carbon project stories and "carbon cases" using our new CarbonSpace software. Check out models and circular project samples, showing the benefits of transformation over new construction. 🔄
Paris without carbon! 🌍 Our Carbon Confessions exhibition is now on display at Atelier Néerlandais until Sept 27. 🏗️♻️ It gives a behind-the-scenes look at sustainable design, showcasing our journey toward carbon reduction, with a 21-chapter story on hanging paper banners.
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Paris without carbon! 🌍 Our Carbon Confessions exhibition is now on display at Atelier Néerlandais until Sept 27. 🏗️♻️ It gives a behind-the-scenes look at sustainable design, showcasing our journey toward carbon reduction, with a 21-chapter story on hanging paper banners.
We’re making Paris Paris-proof! Our exhibition Carbon Confessions is travelling to the French capital to be on display at the Atelier Néerlandais, from September 19 to 27! 🏗️♻️
September 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We’re making Paris Paris-proof! Our exhibition Carbon Confessions is travelling to the French capital to be on display at the Atelier Néerlandais, from September 19 to 27! 🏗️♻️
🚶♂️🚴♀️ The old road becomes an accessible route for pedestrians, cyclists, and shuttle buses. The design promotes local biodiversity, letting greenery and small animals pass through cracks in the rock-inspired paving, while the buildings will gradually be covered in moss and plants.
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🚶♂️🚴♀️ The old road becomes an accessible route for pedestrians, cyclists, and shuttle buses. The design promotes local biodiversity, letting greenery and small animals pass through cracks in the rock-inspired paving, while the buildings will gradually be covered in moss and plants.
New construction – including a visitor centre and three lookout points – stays within the existing built footprint, avoiding untouched ground. The rocky shapes of the new buildings make them blend into the landscape.
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
New construction – including a visitor centre and three lookout points – stays within the existing built footprint, avoiding untouched ground. The rocky shapes of the new buildings make them blend into the landscape.
Nature Rocks! 🏞️🌊 We've designed a transformation of Jialeshui, a scenic nature spot in southern Taiwan known for its unique rock formations. This design strengthens tourism infrastructure, while respecting the local nature.
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Nature Rocks! 🏞️🌊 We've designed a transformation of Jialeshui, a scenic nature spot in southern Taiwan known for its unique rock formations. This design strengthens tourism infrastructure, while respecting the local nature.
♻️ This transformation shows a global trend of repurposing industrial sites into lively city districts – reflecting our belief that creative reuse can bring important value to urban communities. Read more on the project here! mvrdv.com/news/4730/co...
July 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
♻️ This transformation shows a global trend of repurposing industrial sites into lively city districts – reflecting our belief that creative reuse can bring important value to urban communities. Read more on the project here! mvrdv.com/news/4730/co...
The GATE M Dream Center in Shanghai offers a mix of shopping, dining, skateboarding, exhibitions, and live events. It includes BLOOMARKET – a food market and fine dining venue – a rock-climbing centre in repurposed silos, and modern buildings with green roofs and outdoor terraces.
July 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The GATE M Dream Center in Shanghai offers a mix of shopping, dining, skateboarding, exhibitions, and live events. It includes BLOOMARKET – a food market and fine dining venue – a rock-climbing centre in repurposed silos, and modern buildings with green roofs and outdoor terraces.
This project preserves a mix of industrial buildings from different eras, minimising carbon emissions by reusing existing structures, with bright orange circulation elements for a cohesive urban identity. 🌍🔶
July 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This project preserves a mix of industrial buildings from different eras, minimising carbon emissions by reusing existing structures, with bright orange circulation elements for a cohesive urban identity. 🌍🔶