The Dutch business districts are designed to be profitable. Many of the 3.800 Dutch business districts are efficient, monotonous landscapes that currently lack the spatial quality to form pleasant living environments. The Dutch districts house many jobs and cover over 20% of the built environment in the Netherlands, making their impact on the biosphere, society, and economy enormous. The strategic locations of these economic hotspots show a great potential to rethink their spatial design and optimise this impact. To let the business districts meet the desired level of spatial quality and sustainability, the concept of business districts must be rethought. This research aims for a landscape-based approach and formulates a pattern language for this transition.