MVRDV will "break open" the Heuvel shopping centre in Eindhoven to connect it with the city, in plans that will also add a music venue topped with a climbable glass mountain.
In a proposal that's being unofficially called "The Hill Quarter & The Music Mountain", MVRDV envisions radically transforming the ageing inner-city shopping centre to turn it into a green cultural quarter.
MVRDV's plans open up the Heuvel shopping centre to the surrounding area
The plan includes the addition of a stacked new building, the Muziekgebouw, sat amongst rooftop parks above the shopping centre's existing music venue with the same name.
The venue could accommodate an expanded events programme and would also be designed as a landmark, with a glass outer shell. MVRDV says visitors will be able to climb the glass mountain for views of the city. They also include plans for an expanded Muziekgebouw above the existing venue
The broader plans for the shopping centre involve expanding and "breaking open" the existing buildings so that they better integrate with surrounding public spaces.
Currently covered passages will be replaced with open streets, and the rooftops will be made green and accessible.

The precinct will combine shopping, culture and recreation, and the Muziekgebouw will be positioned as "a living room for the city", with a foyer that is open for people to work, meet and relax in during the day.
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