Smit · TALK about Why Factory and MVRDV
Interviewee: Steven Smit
Interviewer/Editor: BIAN Yizhi，YUE Yang，ZHANG Lin
Translation: ZHANG Lin
Date: September 20, 2020
Place: Beijing
in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in 1958, studied at Utrecht University in The Netherlands and the University of Tasmania in Australia where he received bachelor’s degrees in Architecture and Environmental Design in 1994. Based in Shanghai, he oversees MVRDV’s Asian projects and clients, working with MVRDV’s local team in the city. Active in China and Hong Kong since 2002 at director level, his experience covers the practice of architecture in China from concept to completion. Smit has worked in China with renowned international architecture and engineering studios including OMA as part of the CCTV Tower team in Beijing, PTW as China Director during the Beijing Watercube project, and AECOM leading TOD projects in Chengdu.
During the interview, he proposed his ideas regarding the design and research projects by Why Factory and MVRDV.
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