Wibautstraat - Amsterdam 2016-2020 - 850 m2 BVO

Commission : Thonik

Design : Thomas Widdershoven in collaboration with

MMX-architecten (Arjan van Ruyven)

Photo : Ossip van Duivenbode

Hembrugterrein - Zaandam 2019-2020

Opdrachtgever : TAETS Art & Event Park

Design : Arjan van Ruyven ism Peter Tates †

Special thanks to intern Mohamed El Mokhtari

Schinkelkwartier - Amsterdam 2019-2020

Commission : Municipality of Amsterdam

Colaboration : Municipality of Amsterdam & Ziegler|Branderhorst

Sketch : Ziegler|Branderhorst

EGK-buurt - Amsterdam 2019

Comission : Gebiedsteam EGK-Buurt ism Bureau Broedplaatsen Amsterdam.

Colaboration : Martine van der Horn en LOLA (Leegstandoplossers Amsterdam)

Logo by Studio Meiboom

Come and drop by, there is a great restaurant Elixer in the house..

Sloterdijk - Amsterdam 2018 - 7.500 BVO m2

Commission : Stone22

Study : Arjan van Ruyven & Michiel van Pelt

Havenstraat - Amsterdam - Netherlands 2016

Can you reuse an old prison for the program and the identity of our new school? 

As part of an interdisciplinary design team MMX-architecten successfully researched this challenging question the British School of Amsterdam put to us.   

Currently, the British School of Amsterdam is quartered on three separate sites in Amsterdam South. For quite some time the school has tried to unify the three branches into one complex of more than 11,000 m2.

After examining several locations the organization set her sights on a former 19^th century prison complex in the area. The building ensemble is characterized by a monumental panoptic cross building of 6600 m2 on a plot of 10.000m2. The results of the study are used as a recommendation to the City of Amsterdam for further infrastructural adaptation of the area, for determining the monumental merits of the complex, and a subsequent architect selection for the final plan of the new school.

Quote Bureau Monuments & Archaeology: 

“Last week we have looked “bureau-wide” to the feasibility study for the British School.  It's a good story with lots of clues that can significantly help along the rezoning. " (Paul Rosenberg, Monument Pilot)

Edam&Volendam - Netherlands 2015

Recent government policy has put the responsibility of general youth health care in municipal hands. Hence the city of Edam-Volendam commissioned MMX with the design of a Youth Health Center in an allocated space, located in the large new residential area ‘Broeckgouw’.

This CJG will house an array of organizations that will closely cooperate on children’s health related issues, like baby/toddler development, child psychology, debt relief etc.

Consultation rooms in therapists’ practices need strict privacy, and they are known to express themselves as impenetrable  bastions towards the street. In opposition to this MMX clustered them in a colorful, rounded pavilion in the heart of the ample space. The clients’ waiting area was projected directly behind the façade. This ensures a lively interaction between the center and the neighborhood, using the 16 very tall windows that embrace the center to their full transparent capacity.

As waiting areas often slowly turn into hollow advertising pillars under the pressure of posters and brochure-displays, MMX designed an XXXL ash wood leaflet-wall that also sections off a little play area for toddlers.

NDSM harbour - Amsterdam - Netherlands 2015

How to improve the appearance of the hotel ship so it can contribute to the dynamic and creative atmosphere its location? The NDSM wharf, a former shipyard now transformed into a creative urban space, is the scenery. This was the question that Botel owner Sandra Chedi was faced with in 2011.

Together with architect / filmmaker Jord den Hollander a plan was developed to adorn the bland white boat with a crest: Five colourful, 6,5 meter high hotelrooms in the shape of huge toy letters will soon form the cheerful new silhouette of Botel.

The massive floating white hotelboat is topped with a controversial and frivolous accent, like the colourful chimneys of ocean liners that once slid from the NDSM-docks.

The city council has hailed the plan enthusiastically as an exciting addition to the identity of the new area, and production is in full swing, to be uncovered by the end of 2014.

Den Bosch - Netherlands 2015

Wolvenhoek, a parking garage in the center of Den Bosch, offers 471 parking spaces. And whoever negotiates 12 right turns in a car will get a panoramic view of the historical city as a bonus.

By adding a new deck, simply covered with grass turf, this view is intensified ... thus creating a surprising recreational meadow area at 16 meters above the narrow streets of the old town.

Wolvenweide accumulates heat and water, filters the city air and absorbs CO2. But above all: this is the new place-to-be. The empty elevator shaft will be re-connected to a separate new entrance. So that after whizzing upstairs to the meadow you can lounge in nice weather, jog, camp or simply sunbathe with a glass of wine, enjoying good company and a magnificent view.

The jury unanimously praised the plan for its boldness as well as its feasibility. MMX will be commissioned by the Den Bosch Council to elaborate on the plan in 2016, and possibly develop it with external investors. .

Amsterdam - Wiltzanghlaan 60 - Netherlands 2014

After a second life in 2000 as a refugee center, this polytechnical educational complex, built in 1967, stood empty since 2006. MMX-architects transformed the high rise and former canteen within a time limit of two years and an extremely limited budget.

Owner Amsterdam West Municipality together with hotel entrepreneur Sandra Chedi, Bureau Broedplaatsen Amsterdam and urban initiator Kees van Ruyven took the initiative to transform the building. 8500 m2 is occupied by 50 rooms for graduate artists, 300 hostel beds, a lobby, a restaurant and several workshops. The three distinctive outdoor yards are deployed as an intermediate for the neighbourhood and the complex itself will serve as a platform for starting cultural entrepreneurs.

The organization of various cultural initiatives and events is in the hands of program maker Marlies Buurman.

The interior design in collaboration with Studio Edward van Vliet

Edward Wrightstraat - Amsterdam - Netherlands 2009

Steigereiland, a recent suburban addition to east Amsterdam, is characterized by terraced as well as detached ‘welstandsvrij’ housing resulting in a slightly cacaphonic atmosphere.
The villa rebukes this fun fair of over-expressive facades with a blind front, but opens up towards the sun, the clouds and the reed-bordered water in the south west.

A wooden gallery, stairs and roof terrace connect all rooms with each other in a generous embrace around the angular grey core that is the house itself.
Minimalist details support the expressive richness of the materials: fine textured plaster, grainily coated aluminum and untreated, graying hardwood.

High sustainability was aspired. The house is therefore self-sufficient in heating and cooling, and received a grant for its high energy performance in 2009.

Buurderij - Haarlemermeer - Netherlands 2010

Our hope of a cleaner, more sustainable future is represented by a labyrinth, situated in a rural polder area that is flat and empty. It has approximately the size of a football pitch.

On this plot a system of grass lanes is projected following the patterns on the front and back cover: ‘juicy’ green grass paths that criss-cross each other without beginning and without end.

In between these lines the remaing islands are all different in shape and height. The highest being around 6 feet. These are also overgrown, but of a different species of grass, in a different mowing length and with the occasional flower.

Knitted blankets of blue plastic garbage bags, cut into 2” wide strips are draped over these bits, creating a two-tone landscape made up of the unnatural blue plastic and natural green grass…

Academy of Architecture Amsterdam

HvA Build Enviroment - Amsterdam

Joan Muyskenweg - Amsterdam 2015 - 30.000 m2 BVO

Commission : Steengoed B.V.

Study : Arjan van Ruyven & Michiel van Pelt