Article explains the why of the new plan. Reasons such as scaling up of the city calls for scaling up of the environment city hall and building itself, central dominance of a 'civic center' and rejection of pomp and circumstance as no longer being of 'this time', are brought up to justify this compactly composed building. Illustrations: first floor plan/Stadhuis Eindhoven (design J.A. van der Laan); second floor plan/Stadhuis Eindhoven (design J.A. van der Laan)