The potential landscape of materials is complicated by geometrical frustration. Geometrical frustration is defined by conflicting forces that arise among neighboring components within a structure, leading to the emergence of nontrivial ground states. This phenomenon has been known in bulk metallic glasses, colloidal glasses 2 and magnets. Spin alignment in magnetic systems and suspension of colloidal particles have demonstrated geometrical frustration in various settings. This work introduces a new type of bulk material frustration that is driven by conflicting strains in layered materials: frustrated van der Waals heterostructures (FvdWHs).