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MVRDV was founded in Rotterdam in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, who still lead the office with partners Frans de Witte, Fokke Moerel, Wenchian Shi and Bertrand Schippan. Over 300 architects, designers and urbanists work from Rotterdam, Shanghai, Paris, Berlin and New York on buildings, interiors, urban plans and research.

The method is collaborative and research-driven: clients, stakeholders and outside experts join early, while an in-house Climate Team and MVRDV NEXT test sustainability and performance from the first sketch. The firm calls itself a group of city doctors, recycling disused buildings and reviving neighbourhoods, with projects such as Markthal, Valley and the Pyramid of Tirana. Research runs through The Why Factory, its think tank with TU Delft.

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