As part of the activities for Archiprix Chile 2019 and Archiprix International 2019, Jacob van Rijs will deliver a lecture at the Auditorium of the School of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Jacob van Rijs is a co-founder and principal architect at MVRDV, an interdisciplinary studio working at the intersection of architecture and urbanism. The award-winning Dutch firm was founded by Van Rijs alongside Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries in 1993 and has established an international reputation through a wide variety of building typologies and scales that are self-initiated, innovative, experimental, and theoretical. Their designs combine bold ideas and concepts with a humanistic and user-friendly approach. Over the past 25 years, Van Rijs has led a wide range of projects, including the Ragnarock Museum, the KU.BE community center, and Frøsilo in Denmark; the Matsudai Cultural Center in Japan; the Mirador social housing in Madrid, Spain; and the Kwantes House in Schiedam, the Netherlands.
Archiprix Chile and International 2019 are co-organized with the School of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Chile. They are also sponsored by the HunterDouglas Awards, in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with additional support from the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho.
