Jacob van Rijs, born in Amsterdam in 1964, he received his degree in Architecture from the Technical University of DELFT. After working for three years at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam he founded MVRDV in 1993 together with Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries. Jacob van Rijs, along with holding responsibilities of one of the three principle architects of MVRDV, regularly lectures and teaches at schools and institutions all over the world; TU Delft, Architecture Academy Amsterdam, Architecture Academy Rotterdam, AA London, Cooper Union New York, Rice University in Texas, TN Probe in Tokyo and Universities of Madrid and Barcelona.
MVRDV’s style of work emanates from their fascination for radical methodical research. Through investigation and use of the complex amounts of data that accompany contemporary design processes, they shape spaces methodically. Jacob van Rijs’ work is published and exhibited worldwide and has received many international awards. The monographic publications FARMAX (1998) and KM3 (2005) illustrate the work of the Rotterdam based office.
To add to their list of awards, this year MVRDV has been ranked the 44th Most Innovative Business of the world, by the magazine Fast Company.
Projects: Netherlands Pavilion, Hannover World Expo 2000; Hannover, Germany, Business park Flight Forum; Eindhoven, the Netherlands Mirador building; Madrid, Spain, Matsudai cultural centre; Japan, Gyre shopping centre; Japan
