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...

Remember Sept 0’18 how we took over The Koopgoot, a high profile shopping area and transformed it into a safe haven for local graffiti talent?! Not only did it served as the official warm-up event for POW! WOW! Rotterda...

As we speak 60.000 m2 vacant office building in the Netherlands is being dismantled so it can be transformed into a distinctive housing complex of 174 units. Click here to check out the spectacular video footage of the d...

"..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,...

The public announcement of the plans for a new home for football club Feyenoord sparked an extensive debate. Meanwhile, the arrival of this new stadium is supported by the municipality as an integral part of a large...

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...

The most massive vacant office building in the Netherlands is set to be transformed into a distinctive housing complex. Demolition has started halfway February. Approximately 98% of the existing building will be recycled...

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 ...

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

In line with the bureau's 5th anniversary a brand new mobile website is launched alongside an improved version of the desktop experience.   Over the years the bureau worked on a highly diverse set of projects at differen...

Recently we completed the brand strategy for a soon to be launched retail concept, that caters to an evolved sneaker consumer type. At the moment we are taking care of the brand identity. This will function as very important ...

Remember we teamed up with Ontfront(menswear label), Filling Pieces (footwear brand) and Ceizer (typographic design) for G-Shock's 30th anniversary?! Besides creating the very first all leather Casio G-SHOCK watch including ...

Last April Studio Iris Schutten invited us to co produce a talk show in the Heesterveld Creative Community. The main theme was 'Do It Yourself'. The pictures of this impressive evening are now online. Click here for detailed ...

In a previous news item we reported about several 'powerhouses' teaming up for the 30th anniversary of G-SHOCK. Now we can reveal a bit more about this special collaboration project. With the following motto as main inspirati...

Currently we are writing on a guest column for 'S+RO' a known Dutch magazine about urban design and planning. The theme of the following edition is 'city streets'. This is also the main subject of our column. The publication ...

For the 30th birthday of 'G-SHOCK' a special collaboration is coming up with 'Ontfront' menswear label, 'Filling Pieces' footwear brand and 'Ceizer' art & design studio! More info about this power move pretty soon…...

URBMATH will lecture about re-use of vacant property by applying social and economical functions at the Vacant Budapest Festival, which takes place at the Müszi community and art level in Budapest!...

We like to welcome our latest recruit. Manon is a talented spatial designer who is still in training. At the moment Manon is collaboring with us on an international pitch and she will keep on reinforcing the team on seve...

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...

...added to the latest issue of the bi monthly member magazine of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA). Under the paragraph 'successful start up' Mathis shares his vision/opinion about starting a (architectural) comp...

Within a tight time frame of 4 weeks we not only translated a brand identity into a spatial experience but also into utensils. On September the third the festive opening will take place for a larger audience. More details abo...

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......

                            a selection of press coverage throughout the years    ///2018////////URBMATH transforms high profile shopping area, T...

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Hypothesis: A change or shift has occurred of spontaneous activities, both legal and illegal, from the streets to domains that are less accessible, altering the mental perception of what the definition of the street is about....

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...

The working group YoungPreneurs of R’damse Nieuwe collaborated with the Rotterdam Development Corporation (OBR) and the Chamber of Commerce to organize several meetings to gain an insight into the needs of young entrepr...