Reviews van MVRDV

Pluspunten

People have a passion here and not a job. This leads to an astonishing amount of innovation and it maintains a youthful freshness in the approach to design. The idealism of the people is high, it starts with vegan lunch and ends with large scale urban planning that wants to make a difference, in peoples lives and in climate change. The company is split into 11 studios of which 8 design studios that all provide a smaller company atmosphere. In this behemoth company you know your colleagues. Totally cool is the current move to implement parametric design in each project and also to become the most sustainable signature architect. Weirdly fun is the project selection, not just big prestigious works, but all kinds of projects are being done that require out-of-the box thinking.

Minpunten

Salary is according to a collective labour agreement which is comparable to a civil servant scaling. But they try to make up by offering great secondary work conditions, studio trips, drinks, dinners, sports, fitness classes, lgbti+ network etc. Deadlines are frequent but overwork is paid and there is a very active employee representation. The way the company is split into 8 design studios can mean that life at MVRDV is very different per studio. Before working at MVRDV, ist important to ask questions about the studio, its leader and its general character.