De Vos, Binckhorst
The Hague, NL
Location: Binckhorst, The Hague, NL
Year: 2019
Site Footprint: 4.853 m2
FSI Netto: 5,36
Gross Floor Area: 26.500 m2
Parking: 3.900 m2
Total: 30.400 m2 (incl. underground parking)
Total Number of Apartments: 210
Ranging in sizes from 50 m2, 70 m2 & 80 m2
Program: Residential, work, light industry
Client: W Develop
Building Physics: -
Structural Engineer: -
Installations: -
Landscape: Starling Structure
Other Architects: Olaf Gipser Architects
The Binckhorst is transforming into an intensively used and mixed residential and working area due to its potential as a city entrance with a regional importance. The Binckhorst has a very ambitious plan to transform into a strong economic, residential and as a testing ground for sustainability and greening. The municipality of the the Hague’s ambition is to also maintain and strengthen the industrial atmosphere and character of the BinckHorst with an accent on living and working whilst maintaining a robust and attractive public spaces in order to create a clear and meaningful new piece of the city.
Our location site, de Vos is currently occupied by a low level light industrial building. But the potential of the location is far higher. For this location is chosen or a new balance between living and working where working gets priority treatment. The main target groups would then be, ICT, creative and innovative start-ups, companies focussing on sustainable and social impact services.
The location is composed of two types of areas is located on the boundary between two spatial and programmatic typologies. A network of outdoor space will create a fine-meshed network of public outdoor space with pocket parks that activates the existing working environment and industrial structure.
Our vision is for De Vos to be a new place for existing entrepreneurs and urbanites in the Binckhorst. This urban living concept means that the orientation of living environment are further developed in relation to the ports, city, sun, A12 and railway. A Supergrid structure was introduced to allow for a large duplex apartments to be meaningfully stacked as a site specific living concept. The facade concept takes on this industrial supergrid as a basis for an integral design and a flexible multifunctional layout. Stacking of functions and gradual progression from working in the plinth to living in towers within the supergrid creates an nuanced spatial strategy between functions.
