MVRDV Adapts: Urbanism in a Changing World

MVRDV is among the protagonists of the renewal of the architectural language inaugurated by Rem Koolhaas in the 1990s. The projects of this studio, which has offices in Rotterdam, Shanghai, Paris, Berlin and New York, are the purest expression of a design philosophy that puts experimentation at the very center.

Colorful, kid-friendly skyscrapers, former cement factories that become cultural hubs, eco-neighborhoods designed as urban oases. But also residential towers that are built entirely out of wood, and abandoned highways that are transformed into green, always-accessible linear parks. Courageous and disruptive projects that address in a very serious way some of the most urgent challenges related to the evolution of the contemporary city. 

Valentina Chiappa Nuñez, the firm’s Associate Architect, will be among the international guests at Utopian Hours 2024. With her a look inside one of the entities that continues to rewrite and innovate the rules of city-making on a global scale.