Van Rijs unterrichtet an Architekturschulen weltweit: Architecture Academy Amsterdam, Architecture Academy Rotterdam, Cooper Union New York, Rice University in Texas, TN Probe in Tokyo, Universities of Madrid / Barcelona u.a..
Die Arbeit von MVRDV zeichnet sich durch einen sehr progressiven und konzeptionellen Ansatz aus. Die Designmethoden sind global definiert, sozialwissenschaftlich fundiert und hochgradig kollaborativ. MVRDV vertritt eine radikale Form der Architekturforschung mit einem Schwerpunkt auf Dichteverhältnisse, Stapelung, Populismus, inhaltliche Programmierung und die Berücksichtigung öffentlicher Interessen. MVRDV verwertet dabei große Datenmengen, um über spielerische Programmiermethoden Räume systematisch zu entwickeln.
About
Jacob van Rijs (Amsterdam, 1964) founded in 1993 together with Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries MVRDV. Early work such as the television centre Villa VPRO and the housing estate for elderly WoZoCo, both in the Netherlands, have lead to international acclaim and established MVRDVs leading role in the international architecture.
Projects of MVRDV are among others the design for the Netherlands Pavilion at the Hannover World Expo 2000, the innovative business park Flight Forum in Eindhoven, the Matsudai cultural centre and the Gyre shopping centre in Japan, the iconic Mirador building in Madrid and the Silodam building and Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam.
Current projects in development are among others the new television centre in Zürich, the new Market Hall for Rotterdam, a number of housing and office projects in the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, France, England, Albania, the USA and China. Masterplans in construction are the office campus near Unterföhring, Munich, the Xinjin Water City near Chengdu, China, the New Leyden masterplan in Leiden, Netherlands. MVRDV also works on the masterplan for Greater Paris.
The work of MVRDV/Jacob van Rijs is published and exhibited worldwide and received many international awards. The monographic publications FARMAX (1998) and KM3 (2005) illustrate the work of the Rotterdam based office.