Anna van Buerenplein Tower Den Haag, Fortress Projectontwikkeling BV, The Hague, AvB Design
AvB Tower : Den Haag Building
AvB Tower Development in The Hague design by Wiel Arets Architects (WAA), Holland
26 Jul 2013
AvB Tower in The Hague
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Design: Wiel Arets Architects
WAA progress construction on the AvB Tower in The Hague
The AvB Tower is located in the center of The Hague and is an extension of the ‘commuter-leisure’ concept currently emerging in the world’s metropolises.
photo : Jan Bitter
The Anne van Bueren Square serves as the lobby for AvB Tower, where a hybrid programming of shops, lobby, restaurant, offices, lecture hall, and library – where the academic dweller finds a communicative atmosphere – when fluidly linked, can be seen as an extension of the ‘commuter-leisure’ concept currently emerging in the world’s major metropolises.
The first five floors provide space for this hybrid programming, while above, 400 spacious ‘guest-rooms’ will function as student studios with floor-to-ceiling sliding yellow-tinted glass panels, thus providing views to the square, the skyline of The Hague, and the North Sea beyond. A flood of visual contact from within the steel tower out onto the the adjacent square will ensure that the tower’s residents are provided a truly urban university living experience. Located next to the city’s Central Station, at the intersection of urban envelope and square, the tower encourages and creates an amplified ‘interiority’ within and around the Anne van Bueren Square.
Anna van Buerenplein Tower : main page with completion photos
photo : Jan Bitter
24 Dec 2012
AvB Tower
The Hague, The Netherlands
Design: Wiel Arets Architects
Wiel Arets Architects progress construction on the AvB Tower in The Hague, the Netherlands
The Hague, December 2012 – The AvB Tower will be located on the Anna van Bueren square in the center of The Hague and is an extension of the ‘commuter-leisure’ concept currently emerging in the world’s metropolises. The Anna van Bueren square serves as the lobby for AvB Tower, within which a hybrid program will be realized that can be seen as an extension of the commuter-leisure concept.
photos : Jan Bitter
The first five floors will accommodate the lobby, shops, restaurants, offices, a lecture hall, and library, where the ‘academic-dweller’ finds a communicative atmosphere. The 400 spacious ‘guest-rooms’ will function as studios with floor-to-ceiling sliding yellow-tinted glass panels, providing views to the square, the skyline of The Hague, and the North Sea beyond.
Visual contact with the urban outdoor space enables a unique university studio-living experience. The hybrid program of the steel tower, located next to The Hague’s Central Station at the intersection of the urban envelope and square, was designed with a sculptural silhouette, which the gleaming glass and aluminum façade reinforce – thus encouraging ‘interiority’.
21 Mar 2012
Anna van Buerenplein Tower Building
The Hague
Design: Wiel Arets Architects
(The Hague, 21 March 2012) Wiel Arets Architects begin construction on the Anna van Buerenplein Tower in The Hague, the Netherlands
images from Wiel Arets Architects
The Anna van Bueren square serves as the lobby for AvB Tower, within which a hybrid program will be realized that can be seen as an extension of the commuter-leisure concept. The first five floors will accommodate the lobby, shops, restaurants, offices, a lecture hall, and library, where the ‘academic-dweller’ finds a communicative atmosphere.
The 400 spacious ‘guest-rooms’ will function as studios with floor-to-ceiling sliding yellow-tinted glass panels, providing views to the square, the skyline of The Hague, and the North Sea beyond. Visual contact with the urban outdoor space enables a unique university studio-living experience. The hybrid program of the steel tower, located next to The Hague’s Central Station at the intersection of the urban envelope and square, was designed with a sculptural silhouette, which the gleaming glass and aluminum façade reinforce – thus encouraging ‘interiority’.
Anna van Buerenplein Tower – Building Information
Type: Housing, Commercial
Location: The Hague, the Netherlands
Date of Design: 2007-10
Status: Under Construction
Expected Completion: Autumn 2013
Total Area: 24.000 m2
Client: Fortress Projectontwikkeling BV
Architect: Wiel Arets
Project Team: Bettina Kraus, Jochem Homminga, Joost Körver, Rob Willemse, Raymond van Sabben, Thorsten Schneider, Ramon Alverez Roa
Collaborators: Janosch Welzien, Jasper Stevens, Martin Tessarz, Tobias Bamberg, Steffen Winkler, Carlatta Giacomin
Anna van Buerenplein Tower The Hague images / information from Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Den Haag, The Netherlands
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