Winy Maas
Winy Maas (* 1959 in Schijndel ) is a Dutch architect and partner in the MVRDV office , currently one of the world's most successful Dutch architecture offices in Rotterdam .
Life
Winy Maas studied landscape architecture from 1978 to 1983 at the RHSTL Boskoop and then from 1984 to 1990 architecture and urban planning at the Technical University of Delft .
As an employee in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture , he worked closely with Rem Koolhaas . In addition to further experience in various architectural offices, Maas u. a. also for UNESCO in Nairobi . In 1991 he founded the MVRDV architectural office in Rotterdam together with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries .
The teaching activities of Winy Maas extend to numerous European and non-European universities, u. a. the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam , the Cooper Union New York , the Architectural Association London and the universities of Delft , Berlin , Barcelona , Oslo , Los Angeles and Chicago . Winy Maas has been a member of the Barcelona City Advisory Team since 2000 .
literature
- Density - as much as possible? Winy Maas in conversation with Jörg Seifert , in: Raimund Blödt, Frid Bühler, Faruk Murat, Jörg Seifert: Beyond Metropolis. An examination of the urbanized landscape , Sulgen / Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-7212-0583-9 .
- Jörg Seifert: Urban Research: Biopsy and Density. A comparative comparison of two positions in the current discussion on urban development research using the example of Sanford Kwinter and Winy Maas / Jörg Seifert , Weimar 2003, ISBN 3-89739-348-4
- Winy Maas (Ed.): RheinRuhrCity, the undiscovered metropolis - The Hidden Metropolis - The Regionmaker. A lead project of the StadtBauKultur initiative , Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-7757-1200-3
- Dirk Meyhöfer, Winy Maas u. a .: No farewell to the modern. Architects and their visions , Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-88506-293-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Winy Maas in the catalog of the German National Library
- pig tower
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maas, Winy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schijndel , Netherlands |