The project "Arkan 5" creates opportunities beyond its internal use and benefits; it fosters potential for economic growth in the neighborhood and provides opportunities to boost the infrastructure of the city and neighborhood. The final aim is to maintain the local communities and enhance their lifestyles by bringing into the area new necessary public functions which are almost totally absent at the present time. >>>

Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China. MVRDV won with a design referring to the speech balloon: a series of eight speech balloon shaped volumes create an internally complex museum experience of in total 32.000m2. Part of the project is also a series of parks on islands, a public plaza and a 13.000m2 expo centre. >>>