Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a master plan competition with co-architect morePlatz for a major new development in the southern high-tech neighbourhood of Channel Hamburg. HC Hageman — one of Germany's oldest construction companies — is carrying out the 70,000-square-metre development, which encompasses 6,300 square metres of hotels, 5,400 square metres of conference halls, 26,000 square metres of offices and start-ups, 9,600 square metres of laboratories, 7,100 square metres of research facilities, and 7,800 square metres of parking.