The Eindhoven sports cages are mainly situated towards the outskirts of the town. A poor choice of location, according to Eveline Visser, because the city should keep its young people in town and allow them to occupy a more prominent space instead. But in the city centre there is not much support for the unattractive and straightforward cages. Visser has solved the problem by reconstructing the old neo-gothic town hall in Eindhoven’s city centre as a sports cage. The steel construction follows the contours of the striking building that stood here until the nineteen sixties; the Heras-fences complete the cage. The distinctive cage Open Town Hall, with its hint of nostalgia, literally acts as an open city hall. A place where young people will gather to play sports and where they can also attend theatre performances, open air concerts, and parties.

Eveline Visser has designed Bird City, a city for a mixed bird community. 33 Nesting boxes, catering for the housing needs of 33 different species of birds, to form a breeding ground for the winged inhabitants of the city. The design requires quite a delicate touch: the blue tit wants an opening with a 28 millimetre diameter; the great tit wants 32 millimetres, and the tawny owl will not enter below 80. While one type of bird wants a squat and wide little house, another may prefer a tall and narrow one. Vogelstad offers something for everyone. But will the birds be pigeonholed? Mount the rack on your wall and see which squatters you will accommodate.