The master plan provided for a large market square and envisaged a design concept for it where existing buildings, the new town hall as well as buildings yet to be built would merge into a meaningful architectural and humane urban context. In response to the polymorphic residential developments and the polygonal "Bürgerhaus" (communal building), the longdrawn- out administration wing was to emanate a composed and linear structure that was in keeping with the building's intrinsic dignity.