This presentation introduces MVRDV’s approach to architecture, driven by bold design and innovative solutions. Our research-based methodology challenges convention, focusing on sustainability, urban density, and the integration of built and natural environments. We create flexible, adaptable spaces that encourage inclusivity and community while advancing the use of sustainable materials and technologies. Following a brief discussion […]

Architecture and design disciplines have long relied on principles of typicality and normativity that exclude all those that do not conform to such norms. Whether based on ability, the body, or type of user, and from the spoon to the city, the normalization of design types often codify forms of normative construction, life, and socialization […]

The Aluminaire House, by the architects  A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey, was built in New York City as an exhibition of modern materials at the Architectural League and Allied Arts and Industries biannual exhibition in 1931.  This presentation is about its 93 year history and our 36 years of involvement with it, including rescuing […]