RIAS CPD: Co-living Design Study with MVRDV

Thursday 6 June, 12:30 - 13:30 (online)

The online recording of this event can be made available on request.

Event description:

MVRDV Architects have recently published details of their Design Study into co-living as a typology of shared living.

The study explores how co-living can help re-shape the future of housing, address issues such as increasing in-affordability, climate change and incorporate changing societal attitudes and ways of working.

To discuss the findings of this publication and how they could be applied to housing developments in the UK and Scotland, we are excited to be joined by MVRDV’s Associate Design Director and Architect Gijs Rikken. Attendees are welcome to submit questions to Gijs on signing up. As a reminder, this event is free and exclusive to RIAS members only, don’t miss out by registering via the link below!

About the speaker:

Gijs Rikken, Associate Design Director and Architect, MVRDV

Joining MVRDV in 2007, Gijs Rikken is an Architect and Associate Design Director at MVRDV. Gijs is responsible for the design and implementation of a wide variety of projects, ranging from large-scale, complex buildings to detailed innovative materials research.  Alongside Valley, named Skyscraper of the Year in 2022, projects include such completed buildings as the Glass Farm in Schijndel, Crystal Houses in Amsterdam and the Balancing Barn in Suffolk, England. Other defining works consist of the winning design for the Urban Hybrid in Emmen, the Coral Tower in Sydney, and the Theater aan de Parade in Den Bosch. Recent projects include the Strijp-S Tribune, a mixed-use development in Eindhoven including social housing and mid-sector rental units, and Nachteiland, an energy-positive timber-hybrid tower in Amsterdam.

Images: ©️ MVRDV

Gijs Rikken, Associate Design Director and Architect, MVRDV

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