AV Monografías

Visionary and magical, the oeuvre of MVRDV is a collection of works, projects, and publications that amaze with their abundance and diversity. Since the studio was set up in 1993, Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries have shown a dazzling creativity that has placed them in the Dutch avant-garde of 21st century. AV Monographs devotes a double issue to their career with a selection of 30 works grouped into six chapters describing the most characteristic themes in their architecture: ‘Compact Puzzles’ (density), ‘Illusory Walls’ (form and skins), ‘Colorful Worlds’ (use of color), ‘Leisure Land’ (entertainment), ‘Green Fantasies’ (ecology and sustainability), and ‘Visionary Cities’ (analysis and utopias).

Luis Fernández-Galiano: Through the Looking Glass
Laura Fernández Suárez: Three Voices, One Vision

Compact Puzzles

WoZoCo Apartments, 1994-1997, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Silodam Housing, 1995-2003, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Mirador Building, 2001-2005, Madrid (Spain)
TEDA Urban Fabric, 2004-2009, Tianjin (China)
Le Monolithe Building, 2004-2010, Lyon (France)

Illusory Walls

Villa VPRO, 1994-1997, Hilversum (Netherlands)
Book Mountain, 2003-2012, Spijkenisse (Netherlands)
Rotterdam Market Hall, 2004-2014, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Glass Farm, 2008-2013, Schijndel (Netherlands)
Crystal Houses, 2012-2016, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Colorful Worlds

Hageneiland Housing, 2000-2003, The Hague (Netherlands)
Didden Village Attic, 2002-2006, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), 2005, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Chungha Building, 2013, Seoul (South Korea)
Traumhaus Funari Masterplan, 2015-, Mannheim (Germany)

Leisure Land

Gyre Tokyo, 2005-2007, Tokyo (Japan)
Balancing Barn, 2007-2010, Suffolk (United Kingdom)
Comic & Animation Museum, 2011-, Hangzhou (China)
Rockmagneten, 2011-2016, Roskilde (Denmark)
Cultural Cluster, 2015-, Zaanstad (Netherlands)

Green Fantasies

NTR Headquarters, 1994-1997, Hilversum (Netherlands)
Expo 2000 Netherlands Pavilion, 1997-2000, Hannover (Germany)
Anyang Peak Viewing Tower, 2005-2006, Anyang (South Korea)
Almere Floriade 2022, 2012-, Almere (Netherlands)
Seoul Skygarden, 2015-, Seoul (South Korea)

Visionary Cities

Pig City, 2000-2001, Netherlands
Container City, 2001-2002, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
China Hills, 2009, China
Almere Oosterwold Masterplan, 2011-, Almere (Netherlands)
The Next Hutong, 2014, Beijing (China)