Grotius Towers, The Hague Apartments,Holland, Architecture Development, Dutch Housing Design Images
The Grotius Towers in The Hague
22 July 2022
Design: MVRDV
Location: Den Haag, Netherlands

photo © Emmely van Mierlo
Photos by © Emmely van Mierlo and © Daria Scagliola
Grotius Towers, Holland
Two residential towers designed by MVRDV for developer Provast have been completed in The Hague. The Grotius Towers, which are 120 and 100 metres tall, are located on Grotiusplaats, a stone?s throw from the city?s Central Station and alongside the Royal Library of the Netherlands. With their striking crowns of stacked apartments, the towers add affordable rental housing at the very centre of the city, with a public transport hub on the doorstep. Of the 655 apartments in the complex, 114 are intended for social rent, with a further 295 targeted at the mid-market rental sector.
photo © Daria Scagliola
At their tops, the Grotius Towers extend upwards into a landscape of setbacks and terraces. These crowns are visible from afar, making an eye-catching new addition to the skyline of The Hague. In an area where every square metre has to be used intelligently, MVRDV designed two apartment buildings with a total floor area of 61,800 square metres. By cleverly shaping the footprints of the towers, the design team was able to preserve through-streets, create new squares, and develop a duo of buildings that appear to subtly change shape when viewed from new perspectives.

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