Maxwan Architects+Urbanists

Profile of Maxwan Architects+Urbanists, headquartered in Netherlands. Eleven projects submitted by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Rients Dijkstra and Hiroki Matsuura – © Maxwan Architects+Urbanists

Principals

Rients Dijkstra
Hiroki Matsuura

Brief description

Maxwan are based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They are an international practice dedicated to contemporary architectural and urban design. Working on a broad variety of subjects, Maxwan have designed widely recognized projects such as the ‘Saw Tooth Tower’ (Rotterdam), the ‘Office On a Runway’ (Maastricht Aachen Airport) and 50 bridges for the City of Utrecht. Maxwan have made a name for themselves internationally with innovative proposals for the new town of Leidsche Rijn (75’000 residents and a hidden highway), the 10’800 houses Master Plan for Barking Riverside, and most recently the Master Plan ‘A101’ for a new city on the fringes of Moscow.

Maxwan encourage collaboration between clients, colleagues and specialist consultants. In each of their projects, Maxwan seek to merge cultural, technical and esthetical influences into an inextricable and beautiful whole. “Considered among the most important offices to emerge from the Netherlands in the last ten years, Maxwan have distinguished themselves as architects who design innovative urban town plans and as urban planners who make beautiful, intriguing buildings.” Michael Speaks, design intelligence 7, A+U 393a

Published projects

: House N by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Built in 1938, this Noordwijk seaside villa was originally the holiday home of a concrete factory owner. Battered and blustered by the salty sea weather over...

: Black Meadow by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Ostrava is bidding to become the 2015 Cultural Capital of Europe. Every year the European Capital of Culture is designated to act as catalyst for the cultural...

: Kaunas by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists The historic City of Kaunas has a great urban structure. The competition site currently lacks these qualities. Our design builds upon these historic...

: Project A101 by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists A New Town for 320,000 residents South-West of Moscow: In May 2007, Maxwan completed the 6000 ha master plan, dubbed Project A101, after having won an...

: Barking Riverside by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Barking Riverside will house 25.000 people and will be built within the next 20 years on one of the largest underdeveloped sites in Greater London. The...

: Leiden Central Station by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Master plan for the transformation of the Leiden Central Station and its adjoining quarter, from a typical neglected station area into a vibrant new...

: Marstall Platz by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Two housing blocks with a well proportioned public space, linking the city center shopping district with the riverfront. Currently, the space is a parking lot...

: House G by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Our clients had bought an old barn on a beautiful 2ha site bordering the river Linge. We were asked to help realize their dream of a large kitchen living room...

: Bridges for Leidsche Rijn by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists The master plan for Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, was developed by Maxwan between '93 and '95. With 30.000 houses, it is one of the largest urban schemes in Dutch...

: Leidsche Rijn by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists In their VINEX-report, the Dutch government has described sites and conditions for the building of an additional 800'000 houses in Holland before 2015. The...

: Office Building F&I by Maxwan Architects+Urbanists Office on runway: An accounting firm and an internet company wanted an outstanding, 2000m2, modern office building on a site close to the highway, separated...

Key projects

Leidsche Rijn near Utrecht, Netherlands
Office building F&I, Beek, Netherlands
Nuilding, Telecom Tower, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Barking Riverside, London, UK
Project A101, Moscow, Russia
Central Station Area, Rotterdam, Netherlands
50 bridges for Leidsche, Rijn, Netherlands
Central Station Area, Leiden, Netherlands
Exhibition design of the 4th international architecture biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Reality Machines NAI (Rotterdam, Netherlands / Royal Castle Warsaw, Poland / Parochialkirche Berlin, Germany)
Black Meadow, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Ruggeveld, Antwerp, Belgium
Highway House, Netherlands