MVRDV has completed 'Future Towers,' a massive residential complex comprised of 1,068 homes, amenities, public facilities, parks and courtyards. Combining strategies from both Europe and India, where the project is located, the ambitious scheme is the Dutch firm's attempt to answer the prevalence of monotonous large scale housing estates cropping up on city outskirts.

“In Asia, cities are growing so fast, and uniform repetitive residential towers are the norm”, says Jacob van Rijs, the principal architect on this project and founding partner of the firm. "With our design, we are making an effort to offer more variety and bring people from more different backgrounds together....The MVRDV team thoroughly researched modern Indian housing and came up with a system to create a mix of different types of apartment inside one building."

The design settles for a structure with peaks and valleys organized around hexagonal courtyards, which allows for a variety of apartment layouts and takes after the Dutch model of housing diversity. But, in rethinking Indian housing, the firm also favored local preferences and techniques. The building relies on a "simple yet effective" natural ventilation system, which helps to make personal air conditioning units optional for residents. The floor plans also incorporate the principles of Vastu Shastra, which is often described as India’s answer to Feng Shui.

The mountainous structure is located in Amanora Park Town—a township located near the city of Pune that was created in 2007 after the state's township policy was launched in order to address issues of rapid urbanization. It is the country's first fully developed integrated township, dubbed a 'Smart City' due to its state-of-the-art infrastructure built together with the latest technology. In just 11 years, the population has grown to over 25,000 residents.

To meet in-coming populations, the masterplan has focused on a diverse, high-quality mixture of low-density villas alongside towers such as MVRDV's. The completed building is just the first phase of the larger Future Towers project, and will later be joined by two more housing schemes, around 3,5000 dwellings in total.