A team of leading architects developed the ideas for the homes and the surroundings. The Hageneiland is part of subplan 10. The MVDRV design for Hageneiland won the 2003 Architectural Prize of the Netherlands Architecture Institute. The properties that are here still attract visitors from around the world.
A large number of unusual designs were realised in subplan 10. There are blue and green properties and homes on a courtyard with walls covered in grass. There are metal properties and ones that have façades and roofs made from tree bark. Properties with curved façade cladding and others with façades and roofs made from aluminium. The properties aren’t laid out in streets but are arranged in small groups.