MVRDV and the Mayor of Lyon have revealed plans to transform the city's Part-Dieu shopping center. With MVRDV's scheme, the building's edges will "evaporate" as it reaches the street, creating a more inviting atmosphere that extends the public realm into the center.

The design restructures each side of the mall, opening up the building to the street and adding a vast public roof garden. At the same time, through re-arranging the existing program and replacing the old car park, MVRDV has vastly increased the usable space of the building; adding an extra 32,000-square-meters gross lettable area as well as considerable areas of public space.