This event is the third of a series of international programs highlighting exemplary housing design around the world. MVRDV was founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The practice engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. A highly collaborative, research-based design

The phrases "public housing" or "low-income housing" do not immediately speak to architectural innovation. Often, low income housing projects appear to have been built as cheaply as possible and address only the problem of shelter. As several recent housing developments by Michael Maltzan in Los Angeles prove, social housing does not need to be reductive.