Bellevue
Crowning The Hague
Next to The Hague Central Station, where the historic charm of the city center meets the metropolitan energy of the Central Innovation District (CID), Bellevue is envisioned as a mixed-use building bringing together homes, workplaces, and public amenities. In line with the municipality’s plans to densify around major pub lic transit hubs, Bellevue forms part of a broader vision for a new chapter in The Hague’s skyline. With two residential towers rise above a carefully designed plinth, Bellevue aims to bridge The Hague’s architectural heritage with its vision for the future. Beyond an iconic presence on the skyline, the ambition is to improve connectivity and the entrance to The Hague’s downtown while creating a wide range of outstanding residences with stunning views.
Caps and Hats
Crown to the city
Crown to the city
Bellevue’s design draws on both the history of its site and The Hague’s architectural traditions. The former Hotel Belle Vue, which stood on the site until 1974, provides an important source of inspiration. Its grand entrance and generously rounded corner overlooking the Haagse Bos are reinterpreted at a larger scale in the proposed design.
The Hague also has a rich architectural tradition of three-part building compositions. At street level, Bellevue’s plinth is subdivided into individual facade sections, reflecting the scale and rhythm of the historic streetscape while gradually transitioning to the larger scale of the Central District. Above, an intermediate layer with roof gardens connects the plinth to two symmetrical residential towers, each topped with a distinctive crown. This composition follows The Hague’s architectural principles for high-rise buildings, translating a familiar local tradition into a contemporary design.
With Bellevue, we want to bring The Hague’s rich architectural heritage into a new generation of high-rise buildings, creating something that feels distinctly Hague while looking toward the future’
A New Perspective
A New Perspective
The residential concept places quality of living and a sense of community at its heart. Designed as an inclusive, vertical neighborhood, Bellevue introduces a network of shared spaces and amenities across different levels. At street level, generous residential lobbies with dedicated building managers are complemented by amenities for the wider neighborhood. Higher up, communal facilities and a lushly planted sky garden offer residents places to meet, relax, and enjoy panoramic views across The Hague. Named as a promising development in The Hague’s Coalition Agreement and designated as one of the city’s key projects, Bellevue is envisioned to play an important role in the future of the CID, bringing new possibilities for urban living to the heart of the city.
A residential tower should offer more than beautiful apartments and impressive views. Our ambition for Bellevue is to create a vertical neighborhood, where shared spaces at different levels encourage people to meet and give residents a greater sense of belonging.’
