Mathis J. Bout from URBMATH is currently involved as a mentor at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. Here he supervises an ambitious graduation project with the theme: Nightclub of the Future!   In the past nine years...

If it's up to the city of Rotterdam a new large cultural centre is coming to the south side of the city in 2025. Its form and content aren't set yet. Reserved budget is approx. €26 million. And it will be an integral par...

"..This age full of complex questions requires a multidisciplinary approach..."    'Culture+Entrepreneurship' is the knowledge centre for entrepreneurship in the cultural sector. They support cultural organizations,...

Over the past seven years Bout been affiliated with several educational institutes. Covering an extensive range of subjects. Currently at the Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA) he's part of the department that's responsible fo...

URBMATH was visited by public broadcaster 'OPEN Rotterdam'. Result? An impressive  video profile providing an exclusive look inside the UM HQ with an overview of the young and talented team behind the gigantic slide prop...

On May 26, 2016 in The Hague(NL), The Start Up In Residence (SiR) program was launched. The program aims to develop innovative solutions for eight urban issues also known as wicked problems.   Solving these urban issues ...

Architectural remix // Since its inception it has been the talk of the internet. URBMATH made an alternative proposal of MVRDV's giant staircase of 180 steps. The architectural remix, as the bureau founder and lead architect ...

During the 'Digital Workplace' work shop in Rotterdam.  Mathis J. Bout will talk about URBMATH's innovative online strategy. Click here for more info…  ...

On 7 January 'Het Nieuwe Instituut' kicks off the new year’s season of Thursday Nights with a talk show in which URBMATH founder and lead architect Mathis J. Bout will share his fascinations and inspirations with the pu...

2015 is already at the start of the second quarter. Here are  some UM highlights till so far. Recently we finished the design for world's first social sustainable sneaker store. At the moment realization phase is pe...

New add to team URBMATH! Niels is an architectural student from the ArteZ Institute for the Arts in Arnhem (NL). With a background in product design and building engineering, he will be actively involved during ...

late pass of a hidden gem...  During the one day pop up expo 'Bring Your Own Building'. Radna Rumping had a small interview with URBMATH founder Mathis J. Bout about the Urban Temple. In 7 minutes Mathis breaks dow...

Mathis J. Bout received an invitation by Artemis to teach the course 'space styling' this fall. The main objective of this course is to create a concept for a spatial experience. During a period of 7 weeks  the part time...

Architect pays homage to home city, Rotterdam. URBMATH's founding father Mathis J. Bout,  will be presenting his homage to the city of Rotterdam, the design of an Urban Temple. Click here for the video flyer   WhenS...

German online platform/magazine 2010lab.tv  interviewed URBMATH's head honcho Mathis J. Bout about urban culture in Rotterdam and contemporary developments in street art. Click  here to read the interview......

The young, cross disciplinary and dynamic team that makes URBMATH to what it is today, is a reflection of the super diverse projects the bureau is involved in. URBMATH employs people on project base. Average bureau occupancy ...

In co-operation with Panoptic and Cube, URBMATH has completed the first phase of research and design for a building that combines the dual functions of working and living. During this project URBMATH analysed historical gener...

Hypothesis Urban culture will not contribute to a downgrading of Rotterdam society. On the contrary throughout its many expression forms (the so called urban arts), which seeks to directly draw its inspiration from Hip Hop c...

Formerly known as the Urban Culture Podium, The New Harvest (or ‘De Nieuwe Oogst' in Dutch), is based in a former grain silo in the Rotterdam 'Maashaven'. This unique location utilizes "urban" youth talent. The building...

ANNO is located in the creative hotspot Mini Mall in the former 'Hofplein' train station in Rotterdam. Hofplein station, a pre-war design by Rotterdam architect J.P. Stok, characterised by the underlying 16 arches. The existi...

During this panel the home base (99.543 m2) of football club Feijenoord was the topic of discussion. Redevelopment and relocating of the existing stadium were among others topics for debate. URBMATH's advise concentrated...

To strengthen the overall brand experience. We translated the concept of the store 'Ierden Skuon' into a visual brand identity, shopping bags and new website with complete webshop....

Feasibility study and architectural design for the programmatic implementation of two unused floor levels above a shop space. The new program consists of two exquisite inner city apartments for young professionals. The adjace...

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Oostkousdijk is a street on the Coolhaven island in Rotterdam's ‘Delfshaven’ district, amid the emergence of a new creative class and a diverse range of cultural and creative institutions. To allow this hidden tre...

In this concept for vacancy in Budapest we facilitate, educate and situate the latent backbone of the city's new economy; the creative class. By envisioning a model that is inextricably linked with each other. Where this grou...

URBMATH created a multi media brand installation for the launch of an exclusive watch in honour of the thirty-year existence of a multi national brand of watches. The concept and design draws inspiration from a legendary rap ...

URBMATH created the package of an exclusive watch in honour of the thirty-year existence of a multi national brand of watches. The concept and design draws inspiration from a legendary rap song and was created within a comple...

There is a new player in the game of sneaker shops. To enable a strategic positioning of this newcomer in a saturated landscape. We embarked, in collaboration with Affaires Internes, on a journey to define the brand concept. ...

We are currently working on a luxurious modern villa in Suriname, South America. After an extensive first creative session we have mapped the specific dwelling activities using a custom developed serious game. The data is dec...

To strengthen the overall brand experience we have translated the SNEAKER CULTURE brand concept into a visual identity. Comprising, among others; a logo, stationary, shopping bags, t-shirt design and new website with complete...

URBMATH has developed a spatial brand experience for a new sneaker store in Rotterdam. Besides the initial briefing we identified the need for a strategic repositioning and innovative identity in a saturated sneaker market. I...

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URBMATH created a new product launch of an exclusive watch in honour of the thirty-year existence of a multi national brand of watches. The complete brand experience is based upon the theme "Times is Rough and Tough like Lea...

URBMATH delivered unsolicited advice in the form of a re-design of temporary installation 'The Stairs To Kriterion’, designed by internationally renowned architectural firm ‘MVRDV’. Utilizing our own uniq me...