Wilhelmus "Winy" Maas (born 17 January 1959 in Schijndel) is a Dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist. In 1993 together with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV.
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2026. Move the slider and the borders redraw for that year; the map
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