MVRDV-designed valley photographed close to completion in amsterdam
MVRDV’s valley in amsterdam photographed
carved into the zuidas district in amsterdam, the MVRDV-designed valley has been photographed near completion, for the first time without scaffolding, since topping construction in late 2020. the mixed-use project, containing apartments, shops, offices and cultural institutes, is set for opening in 2022.
image © marcel steinbach, courtesy of MVRDV
designed by MVRDV for EDGE technologies, the valley is located in amsterdam’s zuidas business district. its form, totalling 75,000 sqm (807,300 sqf), is a manifestation of the contrast in this area: its corporate history and residential future.
image © marcel steinbach, courtesy of MVRDV
image © marcel steinbach, courtesy of MVRDV
project info:
project: valley
location: amsterdam, the netherlands
year: 2015+
size and program: 75,000 sqm, mixed-use, residential, offices, cultural, retail and parking
budget: undisclosed
design: MVRDV – winy maas, jacob van rijs and nathalie de vries
competition: winy maas with jeroen zuidgeest, anton wubben, luca moscelli, sanne van manen, elien deceuninck, marco gazzola, jack penford baker, brygida zawadzka, francis liesting, annette lam and hannah knudsen
design team: winy maas with jeroen zuidgeest, gijs rikken, gideon maasland, guido boeters, wietse elswijk, saimon gomez idiakez, rik lambers, javier lopez-menchero, sanne van manen, stephanie mcnamara, thijs van oostrum, frank smit, boudewijn thomas, maria vasiloglou and laurens veth
partners —
client: EDGE technologies, the netherlands
investor: RJB group of companies
contractor: G&S bouw B.V. and boele & van eesteren B.V.
landscape design: deltavorm groep & piet oudolf, utrecht, the netherlands
engineering: inbo, amsterdam, the netherlands
cost calculator: BBN adviseurs, houten, the netherlands
structural engineer: van rossum raadgevende ingenieurs, amsterdam, the netherlands
installations: deerns, the hague, the netherlands
building physics: DGMR, the hague, the netherlands
parametric façade design: arup, amsterdam, the netherlands
real estate consultant: CBRE, amsterdam, the netherlands and heeren makelaars, amsterdam, the netherlands
images: photos © marcel steinbach
diagrams and drawings: MVRDV
graphic design: plusone, amsterdam, the netherlands
model: made by mistake, rotterdam, the netherlands
