Tall & Urban News

The ageing inner-city Heuvel shopping center in Eindhoven could transform into a green cultural quarter with a music venue topped off with a climbable “glass mountain.”

The proposal includes the addition of a stacked building, the Muziekgebouw, sat amongst rooftop parks above the shopping center's existing music venue with the same name.

The venue with a glass outer shell will allow visitors to climb up for views of the city.

The broader plans for the shopping center involve better integrating the buildings with surrounding public spaces. Covered passages will be replaced with open streets, and the rooftops will be made green and accessible.

The precinct, covering 27,000 square meters, will combine shopping, culture and recreation, and the Muziekgebouw will provide a foyer that is open for people to work, meet and relax in during the day.

The next step in the plan will be a feasibility study, which MVRDV expects before the end of 2021.

For more on this story go to Dezeen and MVRDV.