Winy Maas on Dipping the Planet in Green

Winy Maas is constantly looking towards the future and asking the
question - what’s next? The co-founder of MVRDV has ideas that
are seemingly larger than life, and push the boundaries of our
urban potential. His firm is known for projects like Rotterdam's
Markthal, Stairs to Kriterion, or the Taipei Twin Towers. reSITE
founder Martin Barry spoke with Winy about his recent projects,
including the retrofitted abandoned shopping mall close to the
Taiwanese city of Tainan that is part of a wider masterplan to
rejuvenate the area that includes a circular food market, with a
multipurpose roof, used for growing the produce that will be sold
below along with the newly opened Tainan Spring. Also discussed
are the projects his think-tank, ‘The Why Factory,’ is involved
in, the imaginative Green Dip that rethinks what a “green city”
can look like, and the Manifesta 13 Biennale that took place this
year in Marseille. He is energetic as he is inspiring. Martin was
lucky enough to speak with Winy to discuss that question - what’s
next.


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This podcast was produced by Alexandra Siebenthal, with support
from Martin Barry, Radka Ondrackova, Elizabeth Mills, and
Elizabeth Novacek It is recorded at WeWork
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