KONINGIN JULIANAPLEIN, NETHERLANDS, THE HAGUE, 2002

Mixed-use development on the square next to The Hague`s Central Station

The Hague central station is a rather unattractive main line terminal. It is located in the transition area between the historic city centre and a modern quarter, where recent high rise building projects have been trying to inject new life. The city itself is located to the left and right of the station, which faces a large greenbelt area criss-crossed by roads.

A mixed development including shops, housing and offices, totalling 100,000 m2, is to be inserted in the transition area between the station and the greenbelt with the appearance of the existing office development above the station to be maintained where possible.
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FACT SHEET

Project:
Koningin Julianaplein, Mixed Use Building

Clients:
City of The Hague (competition) / Multi Vastgoed, Gouda / NS Vastgoed, Utrecht

Year:
2002

Status:
2002 competition (1st prize)

Type:
Mixed-use

Location:
The Hague, Netherlands

Site:
Square in front of Central Station

Program:
Total 100,000m2: offices 42,000m2; housing 34,000m2; retail 4,300m2; parking 11,500m2; public bicycle parking 7,300m2

COLLABORATORS

Consultant (competition):
Arup, London

Structure (commission):
Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld, Rotterdam

CREDITS

Partners in charge:
Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Floris Alkemade

Project leaders:
Katrien van Dijk
Ralph van Mameren (2004-2009)

Design development team 2009:
Katrien van Dijk, Christoph Michael with:
Caroline Andersen, Josh Beck, Matthew Brown, Sebastien Delagrange, Boris Girin, Alasdair Graham, Elena Hristova, Pierre de Montigny, Chris Mosiadz, Soojung Rhee, Marcos Zotes-Lopez

Schematic design 2004-2008:
Rob de Maat, Kees van Casteren, Ralph van Mameren, Mariano Sagasta with:
Chantal Aquilina, Giannantonio Bongiorno, Joao Bravo Da Costa, Matthew Eagle, Henrike Elsner, Sabine Fuehrer, Katharina Gerlach, Miguel Huelga, Klaas Kresse, Ana Martins, David Eugin Moon, Daan Ooievaar, Ferdjan van der Pijl, Bart Schoonderbeek, Ziad Shehab, Cristian Suau, Laurent Troost, Boris Vapne, Tudor Vlasceanu, Claudia Wolsfeld

Competition team 2001:
Shohei Shigematsu, Erik Schotte, Paz Martin, Johan De Wachter, with:
Gabriela Bojalil, Patrick Bruhn, Erez Ella, Sarah Gibson, Jan Roters, Hiromasa Shirai, Michael Smith