The Museum will become a new focal point on the less-populated southern side of Qiantang River. The CCAM will consolidate the city’s leading position as China’s capital of the animation industry. The new Museum will be the icon of a larger development, the Comic and Animation Center.
Jacob van Rijs (born in Amsterdam in 1964) is one of the cofounding directors of MVRDV, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. In 1990, van Rijs graduated from the Technical University of Delft with a degree in architecture (with honors). His scope of work ranges from small-scale interventions to large-scale housing projects and urban planning. Current projects include the Olympiakwartier in Almere, Netherlands; the Eco- City in Logroño, Spain; and a number of large-scale housing projects in India and South Korea. In the past, he has completed the TEDA housing in Tianjin, a high- density housing project that experimented with a mix of low-rise and high-rise and made place for traditional Chinese housing typologies, as well as supported local lifestyle.
Currently, van Rijs is working on the House of Culture and Movement, a cultural center in Frederiksberg, Denmark. The building will be a new typology that includes a community center, exhibition and performance, playground, park and health center. Its aim is to engage the population of Frederiksberg in a healthy and active lifestyle.
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“His current project for the China Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou was recently announced as a competition winner. The museum, together with new parks, islands and an expo center, will be the icon of a larger development, the Comic and Animation Center, and a new focal point in Hangzhou.”
The work of MVRDV/Jacob van Rijs is published and exhibited worldwide and has received many international awards. The monographic publications FARMAX (1998) and KM3 (2005) illustrate the work of the Rotterdam-based office. Other MVRDV projects include design for the Netherlands Pavilion at the Hannover World Expo 2000, the innovative business park Flight Forum in Eindhoven, the Matsudai cultural center and the Gyre shopping center in Japan, the Mirador building in Madrid, and the Silodam building and Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam.
Jacob van Rijs regularly lectures and teaches at schools and institutions all over the world (TU Delft, Architecture Academy Amsterdam, Architecture Academy Rotterdam and AA London, Cooper Union New York, Rice University in Texas, TN Probe in Tokyo, and Universities of Madrid and Barcelona).