Matthijs Bouw

Founding principal

Eco Shape – One Architecture

Matthijs Bouw is a Dutch architect and founder of One Architecture, a visionary urban design and resilient architecture firm. He serves as the Rockefeller Urban Resilience Fellow for Penn Design at the University of Pennsylvania. One Architecture is part of the EcoShape consortium, collaborating with partners following the Building with Nature approach. Mr. Bouw is known for his unique approach in which programmatic, financial, technical and organizational issues are addressed, communicated and resolved through design. He has been a pioneer using design as a tool for collaboration.