For Meppel, the development of the Nieuwveense Landen, a new residential area with 5300 units, means an increasing of its size by a third: an enormous task. What’s more, the municipality does not simply want to have a new residential area. The area must also be integrated as a typical part of Meppel and function as a link between the city and the countryside. And all this together will be built in a time frame of 25 years.