Located is Matsudai, Japan, the Matsudai Cultural Centre was built by MVRDV in 2004. In Matsudai, summers are brutally hot and winters usher in blankets of snow. The design of this building kept all of that in mind. It addresses this problem by being built on “legs”. These legs create a snow free zone under the building during the winter,  and a shaded plaza in the summer.  The building consists of exhibition halls, shops, classrooms,  and a cafe. It also plays host to a tri-annual arts festival.