Winy Maas  is a co-founder and principal architect of MVRDV, an interdisciplinary studio that works at the intersection of architecture and urbanism. The award-winning Dutch practice was set up by Maas alongside Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries in 1993 and has established an international identity with a wide variety of buildings, cities and landscapes that are innovative, experimental, and theoretical.  Over the past 25 years Maas has been responsible for many award-winning projects including the Dutch Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Rotterdam’s Market Hall, the Crystal Houses in Amsterdam, the Book Mountain public library in Spijkenisse, the Glass Farm in Schijndel, the Taipei Twin Towers, Vanke’s Head Quarters in Shenzhen and the first publicly accessible art depot in the world, Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen which is scheduled to open in 2020.