WOMA, Miami, USA mixed-use development

WOMA mixed-use development in Miami, USA

September 2, 2026

Architects: MVRDV

Location: Wynwood Norte, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Images © MVRDV

MVRDV’s mixed -use project WOMA brings colourful intensity to the creative spirit of Wynwood Norte in Miami

Developer Uribe Schwarzkopf and MVRDV have revealed the design of WOMA, a mixed -use residential building that will serve as a new hub for fashion, art, and creativity in Wynwood Norte, Miami. Providing a total of 163 homes alongside offices and retail, the design announces its presence with colourful, textile -inspired façades wrapping a porous stack of small blocks – a design that simultaneously stands out and builds upon the existing character of its neighbourhood.

Quito -based developer Uribe Schwarzkopf has made a name for their ambitious collaborations with renowned global architects. Their first project outside of Ecuador finds a home in Wynwood Norte, a dynamic part of Miami with deep ties to creativity, from its history as a fashion and garment manufacture district, to its more recent reputation as a hub for artists. Located on the site of a former coffee roasting company, WOMA’s design draws directly from Wynwood’s storied heritage and is rooted in the neighbour hood’s industrial legacy.

Designed by MVRDV with Miami -based Kobi Karp as architect of record, WOMA will create a living and working community centred on fashion, art, and craft. Together with its neighbour, the nonprofit art incubator Bakehouse Art Complex, it forms a powerful cre ative duo, which extends the creative axis established further south along NW 5th Avenue. WOMA targets buy -to-live homeowners with mid -market housing ranging from micro -studios to 3 -bedroom apartments, offices, a co -working business centre, and retail unit s suited to a wide variety of different businesses. This diverse community is supported by a rooftop landscape of amenities including a swimming pool, sports terrace, and pet park, among other things.

“WOMA is neighbourhood -oriented not just visually but also functionally”, says MVRDV founding partner Jacob van Rijs. “It prioritises human scale and pedestrian connectivity, while integrating abundant greenery, neighbourhood retail, amenities, and a diver se residential mix – becoming a place where people can meet, interact, and feel part of the community of Wynwood Norte.”

With most of its surroundings comprising low -rise, small -scale buildings, the design is built up from a collection of stacked blocks, maintaining the neighbourhood’s human scale and giving the project a porous quality that allows the creative energy of the neighbourhood permeate the building. The building is set back from the edge of the lot, allowing for a generous landscaped public space at street level. From here, broad staircases ascend through gaps between the stacked blocks towards a raised public pla za at the centre of the ensemble. The plaza is the cultural heart of the building, serving as a flexible space for fashion shows, exhibitions, and fundraisers – while offering a place for the community to gather between events.

Also fronting this plaza are four specially designed atelier -apartments, intended as live -work spaces for artists, designers, and other creatives. These homes will not only provide them with space to develop their work, but also a ready -made platform for s how casing it to the public through double -height front windows.

The blocks of the project are given distinct façades, with patterns inspired by woven textiles. These patterns reinforce the project’s connection to the fashion industry, while their colours of blue, green, orange, red, and silver, emphasise the creative e nergy that underpins the project and recall the colourful street art of Wynwood.

On one corner of the building is a particularly notable example of how the building embraces the local creative community. Bolivian -born fashion designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Rosita Hurtado, who has worked out of Miami for more than 20 years a nd owns the property where WOMA will be developed, will have her new headquarters in WOMA. Occupying the street -level commercial space at the intersection of NW 5th Avenue and NW 32nd Street, her studio will be marked by a special façade inspired by her wo rk, while direct access onto the development’s central courtyard will provide a convenient setup for putting on shows.

“Cities are not made of concrete and glass – they are made of relationships”, says Uribe Schwarzkopf CEO Joseph Schwarzkopf. “Like Wynwood itself, WOMA is a mosaic: a patchwork of identities, creativity, and community. The façade expresses the neighbourhoo d’s deep connection to art, craft, and fashion to create a building that could only exist on this block.”With its variety of approaches aimed at nurturing and growing the local creative community and its energetic mix of living, creating, and exhibiting, WOMA is set to become a new destination for culture in Wynwood Norte.

WOMA mixed-use development in Miami, USA – Building Information

Architects: MVRDV – https://www.mvrdv.com/
Project Name: WOMA
Location: Miami, USA
Year: 2025–
Client: Uribe Schwarzkopf – https://uribeschwarzkopf.com/
Size and Programme: 22,188 sqm – Residential, Retail, Atelier homes, Amenities, Art plaza

Founding Partner in charge: Jacob van Rijs
Partner/Director: Frans de Witte, Rutger Huiberts
Design Team: Fouad Addou, Samantha Gazzolo, Yayun Liu, Hyunjin Park, Mattia Milito,
Jaehun Cho, Morgan Mulholland
Visualisations: Antonio Luca Coco, Angelo La Delfa, Stefano Fiaschi, Jaroslaw Jeda, Pavlos
Ventouris, Ciprian Buzdugan, Andreana Vasilatou
Strategy and Development: Alex Rodriguez
Images: © MVRDV
Copyright: MVRDV Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Partners:
Co-architect: KKAD (Kobi Karp)
Landscape architect: Kimley Horn
Structural engineer: YHCE Engineering
MEP: JALRW
Interior architect: Uribe Schwarzkopf

About MVRDV

Architecture practice MVRDV was set up in 1993 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries. Finding early success with projects such as the headquarters for the Dutch Public Broadcaster VPRO and WoZoCo housing for the elderly in Amsterdam, MVRDV developed into an internationally renowned firm. Now, the three founding partners lead a dynamic and optimistic team of over 270 alongside partners Frans de Witte, Fokke Moerel, Wenchian Shi, and Bertrand Schippan. With four sat ellite offices in Shanghai, Paris, Berlin, and New York, MVRDV engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues.

MVRDV operates via a research -based and highly collaborative design method, engaging experts from all fields, clients, and stakeholders in their rigorous technical and creative investigation. This results in exemplary and outspoken buildings, urban plans, studies, and objects that enable our cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future.

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About Uribe S chwarzkopf

Uribe Schwarzkopf is a leading design -driven real estate developer based in Ecuador, recognised
for shaping Quito’s urban profile through iconic developments with the world’s most celebrated
architects.

Since its founding in 1973, the firm has completed over 150 projects in collaboration with architects such as Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Safdie Architects, Kengo Kuma & Associates, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, MAD Architects, MVRDV, Arquitectonica Bernardo Fort -Brescia, YOO inspired by Starck, Wanders & Yoo, Carlos Zapata Studio, and Lorenz Krisai. Uribe Schwarzkopf is entering the United States market for the first time with a mixed -use project in Miami – extending its development philosophy of community, cultura l value, and architectural ambition beyond Latin America.

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