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Aug. Prien/Moka-Studio: p. 25 top right

Bina Engel: p. 7

Fotofrizz: p. 10/11, p. 18, p. 20 top, p. 22, p. 24, p. 28, p. 32, p. 36, p. 40, p. 43 top, p. 46, p. 70/71 Contents Get Lifted: p. 25 top left EDITORIAL 05 Gärtner+Christ: p. 39

HafenCity Hamburg GmbH/Astoc Architects & Planners: p. 14/15 ABOUT HAFENCITY Hosoya Schaefer Architects: Cover bottom right, p. 47 top

Michael Korol: The HafenCity Project 10 Inside flap, p. 12/13 top, p. 25 bottom, p. 27 bottom, p. 33 top, p. 37 bottom, p. 43 bottom, p. 45, p. 47 bottom The Masterplan 14 Moka-Studio: p. 42

Moka-Studio/Unibail-Rodamco: p. 29 all, p. 30 QUARTERS Nico Thies: p. 66 top

Thomas Hampel/ELBE & FLUT: Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai 18 Cover all (except bottom right), p. 4/5, p. 6, p. 8/9, p. 13 bottom, p. 16/17, p. 19, p. 20 bottom all, p. 21, p. 23 all, p. 26, p. 27 top, p. 33 bottom, p. 34 all, p. 35, p. 37 top, p. 38, p. 41 right, p. 44, p. 48/49, Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook 20 p. 51 all, p. 52, p. 53, p. 54, p. 55 all, p. 56 all, p. 57, p. 58, p. 59, p. 60, p. 61 all, p. 62, p. 63 all, p. 66 bottom, p. 68/69, p. 74 all Brooktorkai/Ericus 22

Unibail-Rodamco: p. 31 Strandkai 24

Überseequartier 26

Elbtorquartier 32

Am Lohsepark 36

Oberhafen 40

FURTHER INFORMATION Baakenhafen 42

HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, Osakaallee 11, D-20457 Hamburg Elbbrücken 46 IMPRINT Phone: +49 - 40 - 37 47 26 0, Fax: +49 - 40 - 37 47 26 26 E-mail: [email protected], www.hafencity.com ESSENTIALS Publisher: HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, Osakaallee 11, D-20457 Hamburg ESSENTIALS HafenCity InfoCenter, Exhibition and Café Responsible for content: Susanne Bühler Am Sandtorkai 30, D-20457 Hamburg, Speicherstadt Editor: André Stark Sustainability 50 Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10.00 am – 6.00 pm, closed Mondays QUARTERS Translation: Georgina Watkins-Spies Phone: +49 - 40 - 36 90 17 99, Fax: +49 - 40 - 36 90 18 16 Final editing: Jo Dawes Cultural Highlights 54 Design: lab3 mediendesign, Hamburg Osaka 9, HafenCity Sustainability Pavilion Print: Langebartels & Jürgens, Hamburg PROJECTS Social Development 58 Osakaallee 9, D-20457 Hamburg, HafenCity 25th edition, Hamburg, March 2016, © 2016 All rights reserved Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10.00 am – 6.00 pm, closed Mondays Public Urban Spaces 60 Phone: +49 - 40 - 37 47 26 60 The information contained in this brochure is destined for the general public; there is no claim to the completeness and accuracy of statements. It must not be used for the risk evaluation of Infrastructure 64 investment or other business decisions relating to the HafenCity project or to parts thereof.

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Aug. Prien/Moka-Studio: p. 25 top right

Bina Engel: p. 7

Fotofrizz: p. 10/11, p. 18, p. 20 top, p. 22, p. 24, p. 28, p. 32, p. 36, p. 40, p. 43 top, p. 46, p. 70/71 Contents Get Lifted: p. 25 top left EDITORIAL 05 Gärtner+Christ: p. 39

HafenCity Hamburg GmbH/Astoc Architects & Planners: p. 14/15 ABOUT HAFENCITY Hosoya Schaefer Architects: Cover bottom right, p. 47 top

Michael Korol: The HafenCity Project 10 Inside flap, p. 12/13 top, p. 25 bottom, p. 27 bottom, p. 33 top, p. 37 bottom, p. 43 bottom, p. 45, p. 47 bottom The Masterplan 14 Moka-Studio: p. 42

Moka-Studio/Unibail-Rodamco: p. 29 all, p. 30 QUARTERS Nico Thies: p. 66 top

Unibail-Rodamco: p. 31 Strandkai 24

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Elbtorquartier 32

Am Lohsepark 36

Oberhafen 40

FURTHER INFORMATION Baakenhafen 42

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Jungfernstieg Binnenalster Town Hall Speicherstadt Mönckebergstrasse Hamburger Kunstmeile Main Railway Station Photo: Fotofrizz Historic Warehouse District Prime Shopping Location Museum Mile Model: Michael Korol, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH Status of development

completed quarters

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sites allocated subway stations

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site development in preparation

QUARTERS A Am Sandtorkai / Dalmannkai D Strandkai G Am Lohsepark J Elbbrücken PROJECTS 1 Elbphilharmonie 3 Marina 5 Marco Polo Terraces 7 School 9 International Maritime 10 HafenCity University 12 Sports ground in 14 HafenCity University on top of Kaispeicher A at Grasbrookhafen completed Primary school at Sandtorpark, Museum of Hamburg HafenCity subway station (U4) B Am Sandtorpark / Grasbrook E Überseequartier H Oberhafen primary school at Baakenhafen and at Kaispeicher B 2 Traditional Ship Harbor 4 Magellan Terraces 6 Vasco da Gama Plaza secondary school at Lohsepark 11 denk.mal 13 Überseequartier 15 Elbbrücken subway C Brooktorkai / Ericus F Elbtorquartier I Baakenhafen at Sandtorhafen completed completed 8 Cruise terminal/Hotel Hanover Railroad Station subway station (U4) station (U4)

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arge urban development projects a home-grown sustainability certification Urban Development and Housing by the nce again the momentum of devel- position is well-nigh accomplished and L demand a high degree of collaboration, system for buildings, ecological mobility HafenCity task force and then put before Oopment throughout HafenCity will will be completed over the next ten years as well as the pooling of ideas, concep- concepts, and also flood protection and the Commission of Urban Development continue unabated in 2016 and 2017. in line with the highest possible internation and realization. In the case of Hafen- the development of an urban structure and for consultation and approval (both Starting in the west, where the Elbphil- tional standards. City, the close linking of public invest- that is wholly sustainable. For its task of bodies consist mainly of parliamentary harmonie Concert Hall is to be opened Meanwhile, Elbbrücken quarter, a very ment (some EUR 2.4 billion, of which EUR integrated urban development, Hafen- and local government representatives). in January 2017, continuing to Strandkai densely built business and residential 1.5 billion is sourced from land proceeds) City Hamburg GmbH benefits from a Building permits for HafenCity are han- where 500 apartments for rental and location, begins to assume its contours with the essential commitment of ample wide range of highly professional experts: dled by the ministry. private purchase in a premium location as HafenCity’s second urban center after private funds (around EUR 8.5 billion), engineers, town planners, real estate Juries for urban planning and open will be under construction on three plots Überseequartier. Around 58 percent of results in highly complex functions and developers, economists, cultural theo- space competitions and for competitions from the end of 2016 or early 2017. Then the space is foreseen for office use and the need for tight controls. rists, humanities and social scientists, for individual buildings comprise repre- in the center the most varied range of 15 percent for restaurants bars and spe- In 1997 management of the develop- geographers and open space designers. sentatives of the Ministry of Urban Devel- mixed-use building projects is also taking cial uses – with a potential 13,000 jobs; ment of HafenCity was therefore put into opment and Housing (chief planning shape. One example is the Campus Tower around 1,000 apartments are also sched- the hands of a port and business devel- HIGH LEVEL OF PUBLIC officer), the district council, HafenCity which combines office concepts for start- uled. Development will begin in 2016 opment company (GHS) set up for that CONTROLLABILITY Hamburg GmbH and several politicians ups and entrepreneurs with spaces for with the first tenders invited and options purpose (but known as HafenCity Ham- (from Mitte district or the city parlia- academic institutions, residing alongside granted. burg GmbH since 2004). It is responsible HafenCity Hamburg GmbH is a wholly ment) as well as private developers and rental and privately financed apartments Yet HafenCity is not only leaping for- for the “special city and port assets fund” owned subsidiary of the Free and Han- independent architects. – another example is a hotel project and ward in a construction sense; its green, which contains sites in HafenCity which seatic City of Hamburg, for which it is By concentrating non-official functions housing for students right on Lohsepark. social and innovative qualities are also Prof. Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg, are the property of the City of Hamburg. developing HafenCity. Public supervi- in a dedicated development company of Development obligations will penetrate developing strongly. In 2016, with the Chief Executive Sales of these assets finance a large pro- sion, cooperation, and the division of its own, Hamburg can ensure the efficien- deep into eastern HafenCity, to Baaken- opening of the central Lohsepark, Hafen HafenCity Hamburg GmbH portion of public investment in Hafen responsibilities are demanding: because cy and quality of the urban development hafen, where the focus of spatial change City will become an intense experience, City, particularly roads, bridges, squares, of HafenCity’s significance for the over- project, yet through intensive division in the next five years will be on devel- with blue water qualities and green, leafy realization is completed, most probably parks, quays and promenades. all development of Hamburg, the new of labor and control also retain a high opment of the neighborhood center. This urban spaces. At the same time, Baaken- between 2025 and 2030. We are happy In addition to its financing responsi- urban district was declared a priority degree of public accountability. year a total 156,000 sqm gross floor area park, the new promontory in Baaken- to be receiving so much support from so bilities, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH also area in 2006. For this reason HafenCity (GFA) will go into construction; exclusive hafen, is gaining physical contours. With many in upholding the high ambitions of clears and prepares sites, plans and builds development is not supervised by Ham- NEW FIELDS OF ACTIVITY options are expected to be granted on the introduction of a specially developed HafenCity development. public spaces and infrastructure, acquires burg-Mitte district authority, but man- about another 193,000 sqm, of which neighborhood management structure and contracts real estate developers and aged at city level. The HafenCity Ham- Today HafenCity Hamburg GmbH has around 113,000 sqm will be mainly resi- and a sustainable mobility concept for a Your major users, and is in charge of press and burg GmbH supervisory board – chaired additional new responsibilities. Through dential and 80,000 sqm GFA probably for minimum of 3,000 households in eastern HafenCity Hamburg GmbH public relations and communication. by the first mayor – is made up of mem- its subsidiary, Billebogen Entwicklungs- commercial use. HafenCity, a series of innovative steps are At the same time HafenCity Hamburg bers of the city senate. gesellschaft mbH (BBEG) it is responsible In 2017, at the latest, construction work being taken toward the long-term inte- GmbH pioneers new ways forward for Sales and options (with planning obli- for managing the development of a 72 ha will be starting on southern Übersee- gration of residents and local businesses, urban development relating to urbanity gations) on land purchases have to be area known as Billebogen, adjoining quartier, probably Europe’s most ambi- and in developing ecological mobility. and sustainability in particular. These sus- approved by the Land Commission; zon- HafenCity to the northeast. This site com- tious mixed-use, commercially biased real After only 15 years of construction, tainability aspects include heating supply, ing plans are processed in the Ministry of prises both built and undeveloped areas estate project. Providing 260,000 sqm HafenCity has become an urban dis- and includes the new intermodal rail sta- GFA, it will also be the most metropoli- trict with numerous shops and restau- tion. During the coming 20 years a quality tan and most intensively visited part of rants, hotels and cultural institutions, urban development zone on the fringes HafenCity, with an expected 50,000 visi- and a rising number of visitors. It is now of HafenCity will emerge – comprising tors and customers per day, shopping, home to about 2,500 people, more than mainly trade and industrial workplaces in restaurants, residences, entertainment 5,000 students use the various academic a densely built urban structure (in view and a vertically structured cruise passen- establishments, and more than 11,000 of the site’s consistently high exposure to ger terminal, with hotels and offices. employees come to work in more than noise) – generating important impulses Projects going into construction in 500 companies. Thus today HafenCity is for the whole of eastern Hamburg and 2016 alone, or in the final stages of plan- already regarded, even internationally, the inner city. As well as reinforcing the ning, embody the complete spectrum of as a model for successful urban, sustain- urban qualities of an inner city entryway sophisticated urban development, estab- able and innovative city development, crisscrossed by transport routes, it will lishing a new urban space along 3.1 km simultaneously taking into consideration also generate new jobs (many of them in of the Elbe from the Elbphilharmonie local requirements and global exigen- vertically aligned spaces). through to the Elbe bridges whose com- cies. It still has a good way to go until 08 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ABOUT HAFENCITY 09

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HafenCity will enlarge Hamburg’s city area by 40 percent. A whole new city district is emerging south of the historic Speicherstadt, with an urban mix of homes, workplaces, culture, leisure, tourism and commerce (photo shows status in summer 2015) The HafenCity Project Hamburg is growing here: HafenCity – Europe’s largest inner-city development project – is a blueprint for a European city on the waterfront

n developing a new city area along the restaurants and bars, retail, cultural and I Elbe, Hamburg is setting new stan- leisure amenities, with parks, plazas and dards – at least in Europe. On an area of promenades. 157 ha, a lively city with a maritime air The urban planning and architectural is taking shape, bringing together work- reinterpretation of the place, however, place and residential uses, culture and centers on established structures. Its leisure, tourism and retail facilities – milieu is informed by the Speicherstadt, quite unlike downtowns dominated by port structures, a few existing buildings nothing but offices and shops. What sets and, importantly, its horizontal nature it apart from other major international and the visual axes of the inner city. The urban waterside development projects use of red clinker brick opposite the Spei- is the area’s very central location and cherstadt and in the center of HafenCity the high expectations of quality reflect- is another defining element. ed, for instance, in its fine-grained mix of uses, standards of urbanity and eco- DEVELOPMENT FROM logical sustainability, and its innovative WEST TO EAST development process. The intensive interaction between land and water can HafenCity is being developed from also be regarded as unique, for HafenCity west to east and from north to south – is neither surrounded by dikes, nor cut 57 projects are completed and another off from the water. With the exception 50 under construction or in the planning of the quays and promenades, the whole stage; deals through sale of land or exclu- area will be raised to between 8 and 9 m sive options have been closed on around above sea level. The concept of building 1.23 million sqm GFA. In the meantime, on artificial compacted mounds (warfts) HafenCity has established its popularity lends an area once dominated by port as a place to live and work. The new dis- and industrial uses a new, characteristic trict’s urbanity is already very noticeable topography, retaining access to the water in the western neighborhoods. Well over and the typical port atmosphere, while 1,500 living spaces have been completed; guaranteeing protection from floods. more than 500 companies have moved into HafenCity. In 2016, Marquard & Bahls DEFINITION OF A and Gebr. Heinemann are among com- BRAND NEW panies either building anew or enlarg- URBAN DISTRICT ing their present premises in HafenCity, while the new headquarters of Engel & The task in hand is to define a new down- Völkers is close to completion. town in both urban planning and archi- In 2009, Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai tectural terms. Since the site of HafenCity led the way as the first completed neigh- was once largely occupied by single-story borhood in HafenCity’s development. It sheds and, with the exception of Ober- is also the site of the Elbphilharmonie hafen quarter, few existing buildings Concert Hall, designed by Herzog & de could be retained or were worth preserv- Meuron, which sits atop the historic Kai- ing, HafenCity consists almost exclusively speicher A warehouse building. The new of new buildings. Altogether more than Hamburg landmark accommodating two 2.32 million sqm gross floor area (GFA) is concert auditoria, a five-star hotel and to be constructed. Nearly 7,000 residen- around 45 apartments, is scheduled to tial units for over 12,000 residents are open to audiences in January 2017 in the being built, as well as business premises wake of considerable delays. Close by, offering in excess of 45,000 job oppor- completion of the second large neigh- tunities, plus educational institutions, borhood, Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook, 12 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ABOUT HAFENCITY 13

Brooktorkai/Ericus

Am Lohsepark Oberhafen an architectural competition and prepar- Am Sandtorpark/ Elbtorquartier ing for building approval, and may also Am Sandtorkai/ Grasbrook Überseequartier Dalmannkai commission site surveys. Throughout this process, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, the Baakenhafen authorities and the buyer remain in con- Strandkai Elbbrücken stant dialog. The advantage of this process for the developer is that financing of the purchase price is postponed until after the building permit is granted (and the purchase made); until then it has ade- quate time to hone the quality of its prod- uct, secure finance and perhaps acquire additional users. At the same time the city retains its ability to safeguard the building’s quality by intervening during the HafenCity is made up of ten very different neighborhoods development process which continues for one and a half years after award of the popular with many young families, fol- premises. The U4 subway started regu- been serving HCU’s dedicated subway project got under way in summer 2015. crucial factor for awarding the contract option. This ensures that the use concepts lowed at the beginning of 2011. A prima- lar services to Überseequartier station stop, while the flood-protected arcades The architectural designs for more than is the quality of the use concepts sub- and time schedules originally submitted ry school with nursery and kindergarten in December 2012. And while work on of the Elbe Arcades and the pier skirting 1,000 apartments are decided and build- mitted. Sites for office buildings, on the will be adhered to, since the purchase offering all-day supervision opened in converting the former harbor master’s Magdeburger Hafen basin have become a ing work in the center of the quarter other hand, are not generally processed cannot go through until the building 2009. In 2013, popular Grasbrook park office, Altes Hafenamt, was concluded popular meeting place. Adjacent to HCU, kicked off already with a total 436 apart- this way. Instead, companies planning to permit is received. In short: this encour- was opened, with its play and leisure successfully in February 2016, develop- the Freeport, Watermark and Shipyard ments. At the same time, tenders are staff 60 to 70 percent of a building or site ages cooperative, exacting and reliable facilities for children and grown-ups – ment of the last remaining unbuilt site ensemble of buildings will be finished by being invited for the next nine site units. for their own purposes can apply to Hafen developer behavior – with both city and primary school kids were also involved in in the northern part of the neighborhood 2017, comprising a 70-meter office buil Lastly, at Elbbrücken with the announce- City Hamburg GmbH. developer reducing risks and costs, opti- the design. Meanwhile, on Strandkai to between Sandtorkai and Tokiostrasse has ding, and two further buildings, including ment of the winning design in the urban However, whatever the type of land use, mizing quality. For Hamburg, HafenCity is the south, the first buildings completed started. A crucial milestone in the ongo- around 46 residences. planning competition in fall 2015, all the necessary ratification by the Land not first and foremost a major real estate there in 2009, Unilever headquarters and ing development of southern Übersee- And in Am Lohsepark neighborhood, as planning is now finalized for HafenCity, Commission is followed by an exclusive project in which individual projects need the Marco Polo Tower, an ensemble of quartier came in December 2014 when oil corporation Marquard & Bahls moves at least in terms of urban design. option period with an obligation to plan. to be realized as quickly and efficiently as office building and residential multisto- Unibail-Rodamco assumed responsibility into its new corporate headquarters on Then the builder/user, in agreement possible – it is the vehicle for achieving ry, have garnered multiple awards. At the for its continuing overall development Shanghaiallee in spring 2016, the residen- DEVELOPMENT PROCESS with the Ministry and HafenCity Ham- exemplary urban quality and defining the same time, the first open spaces direct- and realization. The utilization concept tial scene on Lohsepark takes on concrete burg GmbH, has to proceed in staging city anew for the 21st century. ly adjoining the River Elbe were opened and urban structure plans are being thor- form. The first large residential build- HafenCity Hamburg GmbH pulls the up. On the site to the east, Engel & Völk- oughly reworked, with new architectural ing to be completed, right on the park, strings, overseeing all activities as the The cityscape around the Traditional Ship Harbor is shaped by the intensive interplay between water and land ers’ new corporate head office, incor- designs for all 11 buildings. By 2021 the site offers not only subsidized and privately city’s manager of development, prop- porating residential construction, will will be transformed into a largely open, financed homes, but also an inclusive res- erty owner and developer of infrastruc- be ready by 2017, while building works non-air-conditioned urban shopping idential community, joint building venture. Since October 1, 2006, HafenCity for the last large unbuilt site in western district, protected against the weather, tures, several kindergartens, a medical has had so-called priority area status: all HafenCity, western Strandkai, get under intermingled with public amenities such center, and commercial ground-floor uses zoning plans are discussed by the Com- way at the end of 2016/early 2017. The as the cruise center, as well as residential such as a 3-star restaurant. Large parts of mission for Urban Development set up ensemble will include two towers and uses and hotels. Lohsepark itself – a ribbon of green run- for this purpose, representing all politi- several seven-story buildings providing ning from Ericusspitze down to the River cal parties in Hamburg’s City Parliament. nearly 500 apartments. Finished in 2011, MAKING FOR NEW SHORES Elbe - are already open. Overall comple- Building permissions are granted by the Brooktorkai/Ericus neighborhood is the tion is planned for summer 2016. Urban Development and Housing Minis- location of the two largest office users in In Elbtorquartier, where the Interna- Meanwhile, in Oberhafen, decisions on try. Since the aim is to set international HafenCity, DNV Germanischer Lloyd and tional Maritime Museum opened in 2008 the new cultural and creative users for its standards for conceptual and architectur- the Spiegel group. in the historic Kaispeicher B warehouse 6,000 sqm of former warehousing space al quality, it is very important to attract Überseequartier, the commercial heart building and which has been home to are in progress and regular cultural events developers and users willing to cooperate of HafenCity, already has metropoli- the Ecumenical Forum since 2012, around are already taking place. Over in Baaken- in setting high quality benchmarks and tan flair. The northern section, with its 2,500 students moved into the new hafen, the densely mixed intensive resi- in treading innovative paths. Tenders are more than 500 residents also boasts HafenCity University (HCU) building on dential and recreational uses, green spac- invited for plots scheduled for residential many shops and services along Übersee- the Elbe embankment in April 2014. Since es, workplaces and education and leisure use; the competition result is decisive. It boulevard and is popular for corporate August 2013, U4 subway services have center are taking shape. The first building is not the highest bid that succeeds – the 14 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ABOUT HAFENCITY 15

as suburban, yet in the meantime – part- draft has been honed increasingly in fur- of potential jobs also rises markedly, with ly due to new subway connections – it ther phases (urban design competitions, the increase from 40,000 to 45,000 pri- The Foundation of HafenCity: the Masterplan already counts as part of the new city open space competitions, zoning plans marily generated in leisure, retail, cater- HafenCity is emerging as a city: the almost completed west already has an urban feel; the center is moving toward core. Redefinition of the Masterplan was and architectural competitions by private ing and hotels. completion, while building works in the east are under way led by HafenCity Hamburg GmbH in con- building companies). The leafy character of HafenCity was junction with the Hamburg Urban Devel- also intensified. Squares, small and large, afenCity is among the most out- of the 21st century. It is already regarded wide-ranging public discussions in 2010. opment and Housing Ministry as well as EASTERN DISTRICTS linked together will underline urban spa- H standing urban development projects as a model for major international urban For the previous ten years the Masterplan, the principal authors of the original Mas- WITH DISTINCT tial integration. Lohsepark, HafenCity’s on the waterfront anywhere. Based on development projects, although its devel- with its concept for an urban horizontal terplan, Kees Christiaanse, with ASTOC. IDENTITIES central public park, extends down to the a sophisticated concept, it is expanding opment time scale continues through to and vertical mix of uses and its flexible At the same time there was intensive River Elbe. In the south, an Elbe prome- the area of Hamburg City by 40 percent. 2025. basic framework of a variety of city quar- public discussion, with a program of more Nevertheless, compared with western nade may encourage people to stroll on to It also has spin-off effects for the existing ters, served as a good point of departure than 40 events. Since then the reworked and central HafenCity, the three eastern Entenwerder island, and Baakenpark, an city center, the whole of the Hanseatic NEW CORE INNER for development of old port sites south of neighborhoods (Oberhafen, Baakenha- artificial green play and leisure peninsula, city state with its 1.8 million inhabitants CITY GROWS the city center. However it initially lacked fen and Elbbrücken) are more isolated will enhance Baakenhafen neighborhood. and its surrounding metropolitan region an adequately detailed planning basis for With the reworking 2010 of the urban planning and less integrated into the existing city. Public open spaces throughout Hafen- with a population of some five million. Development of HafenCity is based the three eastern neighborhoods, Ober- concept of the Masterplan for eastern HafenCity, Their proximity to transport routes also City now cover an area of more than 28 ha, Hamburg’s identity as a maritime port essentially on a Masterplan approved hafen, Baakenhafen and Elbbrücken. the new district as a whole is taking shape, calls for special noise protection planning. compared with the initially planned 24 ha city will be underscored in the process by the Hamburg Senate on February 29, What is more, circumstances also continuing the success story of the western But this also creates opportunities to give (not counting publicly accessible private and HafenCity itself serve as a blueprint 2000, which was developed further for changed during the first decade. Initially, neighborhoods right through to the Elbbrücken the eastern neighborhoods individuali- areas), while the total length of shoreline for the development of the European city the eastern section of HafenCity after eastern HafenCity was regarded almost bridges ty: Am Baakenhafen will be a neighbor- extends from almost 10 to 10.5 km. hood focusing on living and for leisure, The fact that eastern HafenCity is with several thousand job opportunities; shaped by major highways does lead to Oberhafen will become the creative and high noise exposure in the north and east, cultural quarter, and Elbbrücken an urban however. Thus intelligent urban planning location for business and housing. and technical concepts are needed to The revision of the Masterplan result- enhance these locations: the main east- ed in a marked increase of useable area ern traffic artery Versmannstrasse will throughout HafenCity. Because of the be lined primarily with office buildings intense building density and thanks to turning their broad backs toward the the relocation of businesses formerly road to provide noise-protected areas situated in the port area, the total area to the southern side. The semi-enclosed realizable has been increased from 1.5 residential ensembles will also form inner million sqm of gross floor area (GFA) to courtyards, providing shelter for neigh- 2.32 million sqm GFA. Partial infilling of borly coexistence. the eastern end of Baakenhafen harbor The high ecological standards of the basin also boosts overall land area from western and central neighborhoods will 123 to 127 ha. also actually be bettered in the east. As well as establishing an innovative heating MANY MORE HOMES energy concept, nearly all buildings will TO BE BUILT meet the demanding criteria for the gold HafenCity Ecolabel. At the same time, Reworking of the Masterplan also flexible integrated mobility structures meant that the number of homes that will be developed ecologically, with good can be built is much higher. Since around public subway and bus services, charging 3,000 housing units will be built in Baa- infrastructure for electric vehicles, car kenhafen and Elbbrücken, the total num- pool systems overlapping neighborhood ber of homes in HafenCity increased from boundaries featuring electric mobility, 5,500 to 6,000–7,000. As a result joint e-bikes, pedelecs and other micro electric building ventures now also receive more vehicles. consideration in site tenders and since The reworking of the Masterplan has 2011 one third of residential space devel- thus further expanded and reinforced oped is publicly subsidized. An additional HafenCity’s function as a city. At the same primary school, two secondary schools, time, the urban development area has as well as several more kindergartens will been thought through to its easternmost also enhance HafenCity’s attractions as point, to the highest standards. a place for families to live. The number 16 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 17

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AM SANDTORKAI / DALMANNKAI

Fine-grained and Alive: HafenCity’s First Neighborhood Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai in northwest HafenCity was the first quarter to be completed

till in very good shape at 150 years old: OPEN, MULTIDIMENSIONAL remains the only building in the neigh- S the opening of Sandtorhafen, the city’s TOPOGRAPHY borhood still under construction. first artificially created harbor basin, on Right in front of it, the new Mahatma August 11, 1866, marked the beginning of The urban spaces mainly extend over Gandhi bridge, opened in January 2016 the modern Port of Hamburg. However, two levels. All buildings and roads are and linking Sandtorkai and Am Kaiser- break-bulk cargo belongs to yesteryear built on artificially raised, flood-protect- kai, offers pedestrians a 5 m wide side- here and today a vibrant waterside neigh- ed bases at around 8 m above sea level, walk. There is still plenty of width in the borhood forms the centerpiece of Hafen- but embankment promenades remain at 8.5 m wide street area for vehicles to stop City’s first completed quarter. Am Sand- 4–5.5 m above sea level. The difference briefly to pick up or drop off concertgo- torkai/Dalmannkai was finished in spring in height is particularly noticeable to the ers without holding up the traffic flow. 2009, following six years of construction. north of Sandtorkai. There unusually, in At the same time the rebuilt bridge is a Today, the adjacent pontoons of the Tra- consideration of the adjacent Speicher- visible enhancement to the walkway The embankment promenades of Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai are a popular place to take a walk. Whereas all buildings are constructed on artificially compacted ditional Ship Harbor form a floating plaza stadt, the road (Am Sandtorkai) lies at running between Landungsbrücken and foundations at around 8 m above sea level, the waterside promenades remain at 4–5.5 m above sea level providing moorings for up to 30 historic the low level of the Speicherstadt, and the HafenCity. vessels and is used by residents, visitors newly built basement foundations on the Multi-dimensional typical topography While almost all plazas and prome- priced living accommodation was realized are grouped around internal courtyards and people working locally for relaxation other side resemble a wall. continues on the Magellan and Marco nades throughout western HafenCity through building cooperatives and three opening toward the south, allowing unob- or a stroll. And while the Traditional Ship Harbor’s Polo Terraces, the largest squares in the were planned by EMBT of Barcelona, joint building ventures. As well as the res- structed views of Grasbrookhafen harbor To the north of the harbor is Sandtorkai, pontoons effectively form a third level on locality and in the whole of HafenCity: landscaping of basements and prome- idents, employees of the approximately and the river, but which are difficult to see bordering the listed Speicherstadt on its the water, which rises and falls twice daily like an amphitheater, the 5,600 sqm of nades on Sandtorkai was designed by 50 businesses also influence the quarter’s into from the lower-lying promenade. It is other side. To the south are Dalmannkai with the tide by more than 3 m, the open- the Magellan Terraces descend in steps to BHF Landschaftsarchitekten (Kiel). The atmosphere. Most are modern services not incongruous that the private and pub- promontory and Grasbrookhafen harbor. ing of the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall the water. The 7,800 sqm Marco Polo Ter- architecture itself reflects the variety in businesses in the media and logistics sec- lic exist side by side in Am Sandtorpark/ The views from the eight buildings on plaza in November 2016 adds a fourth races with their grass islands and wooden the quarter: on Dalmannkai alone, the 15 tors. Residents, office workers and visitors Dalmannkai – quite the contrary: their Sandtorkai and the 15 buildings on Dal- level: at a height of 37 m, this public spac- decking invite passersby to take a break buildings were realized by 27 developers are continually in contact with each other coexistence is a definite sign of quality, mannkai encompass the city center, as es offers spectacular views of HafenCity under the trees. Vasco da Gama Plaza, and 26 firms of architects, to ensure ade- in the shops, cafés, restaurants, galleries in this neighborhood and the whole of well as the River Elbe. and the Elbe. Incidentally: until its open- a smaller neighborhood square nearby, quate diversity. and bars occupying the almost 6,500 sqm HafenCity. ing in January 2017, the Elbphilharmonie also offers a basketball court. of ground floor space distributed through A VARIETY OF LIFESTYLES most of the buildings. NEIGHBORHOOD The eclecticism of the quarter is mirrored in the architecture: Dalmannkai’s 15 buildings were planned or built by 27 different developers and 26 firms of architects SIDE BY SIDE It was in this neighborhood. Sandtorkai/ PROFILE Dalmannkai that a major project first suc- Lifestyles of residents are as disparate ceeded in functionally integrating public  Area: 10.9 ha as the architecture: around 1,000 peo- amenities into ground floors on a larg- Total GFA: 261,000 sqm ple live and work in the quarter. Young er scale. The condition in sale contracts  Jobs and commercial uses working singles and families live side by and zoning plans requiring 5 m ceilings Jobs: approx. 2,700 side with older couples or seniors whose throughout ground floors of buildings Uses: corporate, offices, children have left home. They take part in here, the reduced prices for ground floor retail, catering sport and cultural clubs and mix socially space and the developer’s obligation to  Homes through associations such as HafenCity seek corresponding users pave the way 746 (plus 43 in the Netzwerk e.V. This socially differentiat- for a growing vitality that completion of Elbphilharmonie) ed structure is also the result of a call for the Elbphilharmonie will further. Thus  Special institutions expressions of interest procedure: as of the diversity of caterers and retailers that Elbphilharmonie 2003, sites for housing no longer go to the have already set up shop in the quarter, Traditional Ship Harbor highest bidder. Instead the developer with combined with the various services and  Development timeframe the best use concept is given an exclusive cultural uses, offer plenty of choice. 2003 to 2009 option on the property at a previously Of course the principle of a dense mix agreed price. This means that many rental of uses also presents challenges which or owned apartments are affordable for demand innovative solutions. To safe- mid-income earners, while some are in the guard areas of privacy for residents, build- luxury segment. Much more reasonably ing ensembles on southern Dalmannkai 20 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 21

AM SANDTORPARK / GRASBROOK

Green and Metropolitan at the Same Time With its two leafy parks, Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook neighborhood offers ideal conditions to residents, employees of surrounding companies and Katharinenschule primary pupils alike

m Sandtorpark/Grasbrook is the sec- and hillocks. By continuing the main FAMILY FRIENDLY A ond large neighborhood to be all but design elements of the Magellan Terrac- HOUSING completed. This area, extending from es (such as the paving) through to here, Sandtorhafen harbor in the west to architects EMBT of Barcelona, winners of Classes at HafenCity’s Katharinenschule Überseequartier in the east, with its pri- the open space landscaping concept for school on Sandtorpark started at an early mary school and family homes around western HafenCity, have successfully and stage, in August 2009. School activities Grasbrook park, is a haven of neighborly visibly drawn together the various areas. for 450 children overall also include kin- life. The small, yet popular Sandtorpark, Since August 2013, the 7,100 sqm Gras- dergarten, after-school care or various around which many of the buildings brookpark was also completed. Popular types of all-day supervision. The inte- cluster, is a key local element setting the way beyond HafenCity, this large grassy grated sports hall is intensively used after urban scene. HafenCity’s first park was play park with its many play and recre- school as well, e.g. by Störtebeker sports inaugurated with a neighborhood street ational features for children and adults club or sports groups from local compa- party in April 2011. Landscaping of the forms the southern interface to Strand- nies. The school building, designed by green play areas is dominated by lawns kai quarter. architects Spengler & Wiescholek, which also houses 30 apartments, is one of the Living and working on Sandtorpark: four buildings designed by Pritzker laureate Richard Meier are grouped around the International Coffee Plaza. On the right, few in Germany to integrate a mix of uses, one of Germany’s few school building with mixed uses – Katharinenschule as well as having most of its play area on the roof. The ecological building also car- na) are 135 apartments, a kindergarten as major Korean shipping line Hanjin Ship- ries the gold HafenCity Ecolabel. Right well as other units for an organic restau- ping moved into the building opposite. NEIGHBORHOOD next to Katharinenschule school live the rant and retail uses. The apartments are a Art dealer Gregor Bröcker opened two PROFILE new occupants of the Hafenliebe joint mix of cooperative and subsidized homes, galleries on the ground floor at the begin-  Area: 5.7 ha building venture in their 55 family-friend- alongside ateliers and student accom- ning of 2015. Total GFA: 119,000 sqm ly homes. Another 68 apartments were modation. Completion of the building is  Jobs and commercial uses subsequently realized in the Hofquartier planned for spring 2018. OWN FOCUS ON Jobs: approx. 2,600 project. SUSTAINABILITY Uses: offices, education, The emphasis of the neighborhood’s SANDTORPARK: social institutions, retail, final project, construction of the building CORPORATE LOCATION Right on Sandtorpark two other large catering to the north of Grasbrookpark, is also res- buildings also offer space for compa-  Homes idential. Under construction since the end Overall the neighborhood is highly inter- nies: on the northern side, the 16,000 278 of 2015 to plans by BKK-3 architects (Vien- national and has attracted many compa- sqm SKAI building, built in 2009, with its  Special institutions nies. In the Hamburg-America-Center eye-catching façade of copper elements, Sandtorpark, Grasbrookpark, designed by renowned US architect Rich- was designed by the Hamburg firm, Böge Katharinenschule (all-day ard Meier, the Amerikazentrum Hamburg Lindner architects. Then to Sandtorpark’s Urban yet neighborly: attractive living in an supervision with after-school care) e.V. society offers a program of varied cul- south is the Centurion Commercial Cen- international business district Kühne Logistics University (KLU) tural events. The largest area of space in ter (14,600 sqm GFA), holder of the gold Medical School Hamburg (MSH) the office building bordering Sandtorpark HafenCity Ecolabel, in which, apart from Hamburg-America-Center has been occupied since fall 2011 by the the Dahler & Company group, most busi- Thermal power plant (district Buss group’s offices. nesses are of small and medium size, with heating) The three buildings of the adjacent Inter- retailers and catering on the ground floor.  Development timeframe national Coffee Plaza were also conceived Further south, Kühne Logistics Univer- 2003 to 2017 by Pritzker prizewinner Meier. The plaza sity and the Medical School Hamburg was developed by the Neumann family, moved into the former SAP building on whose eponymous group of companies Grosser Grasbrook in fall 2013. Right next occupies the 13-story Ellipse tower, one of door is logistics group Kühne + Nagel, the neighborhood’s architectonic land- which relocated its headquarters here in marks, with the German headquarters of 2006. the Eukor shipping line. In mid-2013, the 22 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 23

BROOKTORKAI / ERICUS

The mainly red-brick clinker façades Corporate Location in the Speicherstadt in Brooktorhafen clearly reference the historic Speicherstadt, the primary Brooktorkai/Ericus’ position at the interfaces of both Speicherstadt and existing city center makes it a good corporate location influence on the milieu of the quarter

he Brooktorkai/Ericus neighborhood Traffic noise and the narrow layout of MAJOR PUBLISHING T has a really maritime feel: it is framed the neighborhood mean that, unusually, HOUSE MARKS by the historic brick buildings of the Spei- the residential element in this quarter is ENTRY TO HAFENCITY cherstadt, by Brooktorhafen basin, and of little significance. Although one of the the water passage linking Holländisch- three towers in the ensemble does have The most conspicuous buildings on Eri- brookfleet canal. Also characteristic of 30 apartments with views of Lohsepark, cusspitze, the northeastern entrance to Brooktorkai is its meandering building the quarter is primarily an important loca- HafenCity, are the Spiegel group’s pub- structure, punctuated and loosened up tion for businesses. The move of 1,600 lishing house and the Ericus Contor build- by three nine-story towers. The Speicher- employees of Germanischer Lloyd into ing. In September 2011, the noted media stadt, whose colors are echoed in the red- their 54,000 sqm GFA Brooktorkai office group transferred its business activi- brick facings, is clearly referenced here. here in March 2010 was the biggest ever ties into a new building here of around Urban planning for Brooktorkai (less corporate relocation into HafenCity. In 30,000 sqm gross floor area (GFA), which Ericusspitze) stemmed from Hamburg addition, the International School of Man- was awarded the HafenCity gold Ecolabel architects gmp – Gerkan, Marg und Part- agement (ISM) right next door has been in 2012. The publishing house and Ericus ner, while the winning architectural con- preparing students for future careers in Contor (20,000 sqm GFA) with their pale cepts for the buildings here came from international business since 2010. façades and massive shared plinth were gmp, as well as Jan Störmer Architekten planned by Henning Larsen Architects (Hamburg) and Antonio Citterio and (Copenhagen). In closely referencing the Partners (Milan). Speicherstadt as well as the Elbphilhar-

The Spiegel publishing house and Ericus Contor form the central entry to HafenCity; the “window” in the façade makes a grand urban statement. DNV GL has its head office in the adjoining meandering structure on Brooktorkai

The promenades and open spaces along Brooktorhafen embankment and on Ericusspitze are an invitation to take a break

monie Concert Hall, the architectural León bridge, another Dietmar Feichting- long stone sofa on Brooktorkaiprome- concept also rightly pays tribute to the er design, this time for pedestrians nade offering views of the harbor basin. location’s significant urban planning role only. Finally the promenade follows the A spacious flight of steps at Ericusspitze as the entrée to HafenCity. embankment of Magdeburger Hafen – invites a change of level – steps for sitting taking in Störtebeker Ufer, Busanbrücke or walking lead onto a plaza with sweep- FROM ERICUSSPITZE bridge and Elbtorpromenade – toward ing views over the Ericus canal and Ober- TO THE ELBE HafenCity University (HCU) and Baaken- hafen harbor basin. hafen. With Buenos Aires quay complet- Several bridges cross Brooktorhafen ed since late summer 2014, a road-cross- NEIGHBORHOOD harbor. Ericus bridge, renovated since ing-free link now runs from Ericusspitze PROFILE June 2014, was originally built in 1870 as down to the Elbe, highlighting once again a swing bridge for rail traffic. Now it links how bridges combined with promenades  Area: 4 ha the neighborhood with Lohsepark, while form the backbone of HafenCity’s close- Total GFA: 106,000 sqm Shanghaibrücke road bridge, designed by knit pedestrian infrastructure on the  Jobs and commercial uses Dietmar Feichtinger (Paris, Vienna), cre- waterside, representing a special quality Jobs: approx. 3,350 ates additional open space. The bridge, of the new cityscape. Uses: offices, education, which seems more like a square, almost retail, catering as wide as it is long, offers generous space CHANGING LEVELS  Homes for pedestrians and cyclists. 30 Brooktorpromenade leads under the WES & Partner Landschaftsarchitekten  Development timeframe bridge, past Brooktorhafen basin, to Dar es (Hamburg) was responsible for the design 2007 to end 2011 Salaam square, inaugurated in June 2011. of other open spaces on Brooktorkai dock On the way the route also traverses the and Ericusspitze. This included a 30 m 24 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 25

STRANDKAI

Prime Location: Places to Live and Work by the Water Surrounded by water and parks, Strandkai offers spectacular views, prime locations for homes and outstanding office buildings such as Unilever headquarters

een from the Elbe bridges, Strandkai ner architects (Hamburg) conceived the OUTSTANDING S quarter is a prominent element in urban design framework for the ten build- SUSTAINABILITY Hamburg’s southern city silhouette. Its ing plots. The south-eastern end of the hybrid perimeter blocks are structured neighborhood mainly comprises office The first building to be completed to the Strandkai offers the best views and the best Further to the east, the current Cruise er (Hamburg) and BE Berlin, as well as in six to seven-story building ensembles space for modern service businesses – south of the Marco Polo Terraces was an locations for residences and offices. Construction Center HafenCity will be replaced 2021 by two residential towers (about 60 m high, punctuated by high tower tops and indi- most of the housing, on the other hand, ensemble by Behnisch Architekten (Stutt- is under way on plot 60 (photo shows especially a new vertically organized terminal inte- exactly levelling with Marco Polo Tow- vidual towers, stand-alone or integrated. is being built at Grasbrookpark, in nearby gart), consisting of an office building and a deep excavation pit for four lower stories) and grated into the southern section of Über- er), designed by Ingenhoven Architects These high-points also provide spectac- Überseequartier and on the eye-catching residential tower. The 25,000 sqm gross should start on the quay (right) during this year seequartier, currently under construction. (Düsseldorf) and Hadi Teherani Archi- ular views: downstream along the River tip of the promontory. This is reserved floor area (GFA) office building (59) has Served by two berths, it will be able to tects (Hamburg). This will lend western Elbe, to the south across the port, to the exclusively for living space, apart from been in use since summer 2009 by consu- (60) which will house the Engel & Völk- process more than 3,000 passengers at a HafenCity a new, defining urban aspect north and west over Grasbrook harbor, ground floors. mer goods group Unilever for the 1,200 ers Akademie and an exhibition space, as time. In addition to cruise ship operations, on the Elbe, continuing into southern HafenCity and the city center. Böge Lind- employees of its German-speaking mar- well as offices. A residential tower and the complex building ensemble with its Überseequartier. At ground floor level, a kets organization. The building’s sustaina- additionally around 1,200 sqm for com- underground bus station, car parking 1,000 sqm children’s arts center (Kinder- bility credentials are impressive: in 2011 it mercial use are also being built, some of slots and taxi stand, as well as hotel and KulturHaus) will open, along with other was the first office building to be awarded which will also be occupied by Engel & retail space, will also incorporate other cultural uses on nearly 3,000 sqm and the gold HafenCity Ecolabel. The interior of Völkers, while a third building will contain uses which are ingeniously interlinked. shops and catering. Option holders are the multi-award-winning Unilever office more apartments and some 540 sqm of Deutsche Immobilien AG and Aug. Prien building features an atrium flooded with commercial premises. Around half of the LIVING ON THE Immobilien, HANSA Baugenossenschaft, natural light, open-plan offices and hori- 21,000 GFA to be created is thus desig- QUAY POINT Gemeinnützige Baugenossenschaft zontally staggered work stations. A public nated for about 100 apartments and for Bergedorf-Bille and Bauverein der Elb- urban space with shops runs through the public amenities. The ensemble, which In the area on the prominent site on gemeinden. Building work will probably ground floor, linking the Marco Polo Terra- was designed by the US architect, Pritzker Strandkai point (55-57) west of Unilever start in 2016, with completion planned ces to the newly landscaped Elbe water- prizewinner Richard Meier, will assume House around 500 residences are to be for 2019/20. front promenade, where the Elbterrassen the role of an architectonic landmark. The realized, among them many building-co- steps make the riverfront accessible. 15-story tower across from Grasbrookpark operative and affordable apartments. NEIGHBORHOOD in particular will stand out from a con- Perimeter block typologies are planned, PROFILE MARCO POLO TOWER siderable distance away. Completion is to designs by Léon Wohlhage Wernik WINS REAL ESTATE planned by the end of 2017. (Berlin), LRW Architekten und Stadtplan-  Area: 6.9 ha “OSCAR” Total GFA: 190,000 sqm  Jobs and commercial uses Like the Unilever headquarters building, Jobs: approx. 4,770 the Marco Polo Tower (58) next door, with Uses: offices, hotel, some 60 apartments, has also won multi- retail, catering ple awards. In 2010, the residential tower  Homes won the real estate “Oscar”, the MIPIM 733 award, in the residential developments  Special institutions category. The previous year it was named Cruise terminal, 62 best building in the European Property 58 60 Children’s arts center Awards. The whole ensemble has become 55 56 57  Development timeframe 59 61 63 a landmark, with the around 60 m high 2005 to 2020 tower and its staggered stories visible 2021 to 2025 (plots 61-63 from far away, as striking as the Unilever currently blocked) building with its conspicuous façade. Adjoining it to the east, Quantum Pro- jektentwicklung GmbH and Engel & Up to now, Strandkai had little more to show than the Unilever building and the Marco Polo Tower. Now a Völkers Development GmbH are building total of 500 residences are being erected on three sites along the quay new headquarters for Engel & Völkers 26 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 27

ÜBERSEEQUARTIER

Highly Complex Diversity in a Central Location While northern Überseequartier’s urban qualities unfurl increasingly, a breakthrough has been reached in development and realization of its southern area at the heart of HafenCity

ith its 14 ha of urban space, Übersee- a city in terms of its integrated complex based on the urban planning blueprint Wquartier signifies much more than mix of uses. It is setting international developed by Trojan Trojan + Partner. additional attractions for HafenCity. It standards. Public spaces throughout Überseequart- offers a wide variety of residential uses ier and areas around Magdeburger Hafen for 2,000 residents as well as 6,100 poten- THE NORTHERN SECTION: basin were realized according to a con- tial jobs of the most diversified types; it LARGELY COMPLETED cept by Catalan landscape architect Beth is the commercial core of HafenCity, pre- Galí and her firm BB+GG arquitectes. The senting international wares to an aver- Since the spatial realization of HafenCity characteristic striped ground surfaces age 50,000 retail customers every day is taking place from north to south, the composed of reddish, gray and light-col- and entertainment until late at night; it northern part, offering around 140,000 ored natural stone slabs is omnipresent A small market takes place on Tuesday mornings on Überseeboulevard. In the background the former harbor master’s office, Altes Hafenamt, one of the few is the site of a vertically integrated termi- sqm gross floor area (GFA) for living, in central HafenCity. original buildings retained in HafenCity; now a hotel with restaurant and bar nal for cruise ships and hotel uses with a offices, retail, catering and hotel uses, In northern Überseequartier, which multiplicity of rooms adding up to 1,100. has been more or less finished since 2010, features less retail than the south, which apartments built are rented out. The The winning design for the southern res- opened in March 2016 as an upmarket Even by HafenCity standards this is an with the exception of one site. Its struc- is still to be built, more than two dozen 32,600 sqm of office space created is idential and commercial complex (34/16) hotel with a restaurant and bar. Project extremely eclectic mix. It also illustrates ture is based on an overall urban plan- shops and places to eat and drink have occupied by well-known firms such as is by blauraum architekten of Hamburg. developer Groß & Partner in partnership just how far HafenCity has developed as ning concept by international architects, opened. In the north the more than 340 lawyers Esche Schümann Commichau The 214 residences to be built here are with Hamburg hotelier Kai Hollmann and the oil multi BP. At the beginning of exclusively for rental; one third are sub- were responsible for this unusual proj- 2015 a special German real estate fund sidized homes. ect. Hollmann, co-owner and operator of managed for several long-term invest- Finally the former harbor master’s the hotel, is founder of the 25 hours hotel ing pension funds by Hines Immobilien office, Altes Hafenamt, one of the few group and managing director of the For- GmbH acquired most of the completed remaining original buildings in HafenCity, tune Hotels group. buildings. Sumatrakontor had already been sold to Blackstone.

LAST UNBUILT SITES DEVELOPED 34/1 In late summer 2015 building work 34/2 began on the last remaining vacant sites 34/15 34/3 34/4 in the northern section of the neighbor- 34/16 hood. Between Sandtorkai and Tokio- 34/5 strasse (34/15 and 34/16), an unusually 34/6 34/7 sophisticated mix of homes, a hotel and entertainment complex with premium 1 2 cinema is reinforcing the urbanity of the northern area. Prime responsibility for its 5 realization is with DC Commercial and 3 4 6 9 11 DC Residential. Nalbach + Nalbach Archi- 8 tekten GmbH of Berlin is responsible for 7 10 planning the building sited to the north 10 (34/15) in which cinema entrepreneur Hans-Joachim Flebbe (Astor Film Lounge) will run a luxury cinema. Next door, a hotel to appeal to families is to be realized jointly by Kai Hollmann, Frederik and Northern Überseequartier already has impressive big-city atmosphere and links its identity to the Speicherstadt. In the foreground, the sole remaining building, Gerrit Braun (Miniatur Wunderland) and over 25 years old – formerly housing a shipping company, it is today home to HafenCity Hamburg GmbH Professor Norbert Aust (Schmidts Tivoli). 28 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 29

ÜBERSEEQUARTIER

major milestone. Europe’s leading quot- ed real estate concern is investing around EUR 860 million in the 260,000 sqm GFA to be developed. Of this, about 80,500 sqm will be retail, 55,000 sqm residential and 65,000 sqm commercial. In addition, cultural uses will occupy some 12,000 sqm; bars, cafés and restaurants about 8,000 sqm. Hotel space will amount to about 40,000 sqm.

MIXED USE AND COMMERCIAL CENTER

The changeover to Unibail-Rodamco creates an opportunity to put the original concept on a new viable basis for the Überseequartier will be HafenCity’s commercial heart. Here a view from the River Elbe: cruise terminal and hotel on the left and – easily recognizable – future. Retail will be more attractively the beginning of Überseeboulevard between twin tower blocks designed, office space reduced in favor of apartments, and the cruise terminal bet- Most residences in southern Übersee- Since the buildings to the south of the ter integrated into the local urban struc- NEIGHBORHOOD quartier are being built to the north of subway will be protected against rain and ture. Retail space will be arranged over PROFILE the subway line to exclude conflicts of use partially against wind by a glass roof and three stories – basement, ground and with the cruise terminal and late-night altered alignment to prevailing weather,  Area:14 ha first. This way, circuitous routes will be entertainment. Adding the around 500 they will create a more pleasant shop- Total GFA: approx. 410,000 sqm created in basement and ground floors, units being built in the southern section ping experience. At the same time, unlike  Homes with a far greater mix of sizes, including to the 600 or so apartments in the north- fully air-conditioned, closed in shopping approx. 1,100 two or three anchor tenants and shops, all ern part, Überseequartier alone will have mall concepts, the open street area and  Special institutions with large dimension shop window front- some 1,100 residences – which is almost open character of the spaces between Old harbor master’s office, age. Space on first floors will be accessed double the number originally planned. the buildings will be preserved. The latter U4 Überseequartier subway from ground floors. station, vertically structured The new southern waterfront will real- In the south, an open, stylish shopping district will develop, not air-conditioned yet partly sheltered from cruise terminal ly stand out: southern Überseequartier the weather  Uses (GFA) will change the cityscape, adding a new Retail: 93,000 sqm perimeter on the Elbe with an ensemble Office: 122,000 sqm comprising the cruise passenger termi- Culture/entertainment: nal, two 60 m towers in the center and 13,000 sqm Driver of integration and interconnectedness: central Überseequartier will unfold enormous integrative a sculptural 70 m office building on Hotel: 55,000 sqm power, stimulating flows of pedestrians and shoppers throughout HafenCity and the Speicherstadt. In Magdeburger Hafen basin. The red-brick Catering: 15,000 sqm future the task is to more closely connect the inner city shopping areas to the north character here will be offset by light, Cruise terminal: glazed façades reflecting the river, port approx. 8,000 sqm In contrast to the conventional shop- so the whole northern area is affected by and sky. Total: 403,000 sqm ping formats of Hamburg’s city center the delay in development of its southern The current Cruise Center HafenCity  Jobs (full time) with its passageway malls and main- counterpart. will be replaced by a vertically orga- Retail: 1,900 street-format Mönckebergstrasse and nized terminal integrated into southern Office: 3,200 Spitalerstrasse, northern Überseequar- FRESH START FOR Überseequartier with the capacity to Culture/entertainment: 150 tier with its owner-run boutiques, its SOUTHERN process more than 3,000 passengers at Hotel: 550 post office, drug store and supermarket, ÜBERSEEQUARTIER a time and served by two berths. Apart Catering: 300 gastronomic attractions and handful from the actual cruise ship business, the Cruise terminal: 40 of specialist shops already has a profile An optimistic atmosphere prevails complex ensemble of buildings also has Total: 6,140 of its own. The area is increasingly live- in southern Überseequartier since the an underground bus station, car-parking  Development timeframe ly and integrated, for example through overall development and realization of spaces and a taxi stand, as well as hotel 2007 to 2017 (north) the small center around the old harbor the project was taken over by Unibail- and retail space cleverly overlapping and 2017 to 2022 (south) master’s office, Altes Hafenamt – even Rodamco in December 2014, which was a interlinked. 30 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 31

ÜBERSEEQUARTIER

is anyway a characteristic of the whole and through the interaction between and mediates between the individual which create much better conditions for of Überseequartier, both in north and different buildings – red brick in the architectural highlights. As is the case long term success in running Übersee- south. For even though the floor space center, light façades on the Elbe water- all over HafenCity, high ecological stan- quartier as the mixed use, commercial will be owned long-term by private build- front – Überseequartier now becomes dards will also be set in Überseequartier. heart of HafenCity. Large anchor retail RESIDENTIAL TOWER RESIDENTIAL ers – Unibail-Rodamco in the south, in the the exciting core of a new downtown All buildings will be constructed to meet uses, new entertainment attractions, north primarily fund administrator Hines area. Internationally renowned architects the tough criteria of the gold HafenCity including a large multiplex cinema with HOTEL Immobilien – they will retain their public such as Pritzker prizewinner Christian de Ecolabel or the stringent BREEAM Excel- more than ten auditoria and 2,700 seats, OFFICES right of way and space concept and their Portzamparc (7, 11) or UNStudio (10) are lent Standard. a super-efficient, attractive cruise ter- openness. involved, as well as the important Ger- minal, and a new waterfront area with man architects’ offices Carsten Roth (1), OPEN AND architecturally outstanding buildings: all OFFICES NEW ARCHITECTURE léonwohlhage (2), kbnk (3), Hild und K (4, URBANE SHOPPING of these elements will add up to an under- IN THE SOUTH 9), Böge Lindner K2 (5, 8), Lederer Rag- QUARTER lying high visitor frequency, also during narsdóttir Oei (6), with interior design the week and in the evenings – with the 1ST FLOOR The year 2015, in which both the use from Saguez & Partners (14), and last but Thus both in terms of its use concept potential to become an animated “24- concept and urban planning structures not least, Sobek Design for the roof con- and its urban structure, the new concept hour city”. were thoroughly overhauled, was also struction (13). The roof, a highly complex for southern Überseequartier also harks A new shopping neighborhood will used to provide new architecture for all glass and metal construction, will shield back to the themes of the original plans. grow up – open and urbanistic, not 11 buildings in southern Überseequartier. central shopping areas south of the U4 Nevertheless, the new beginning is being air-conditioned but protected against With numerous different integrated uses subway station against wind and rain, made use of to introduce new elements weather, which is interspersed with other well-connected public amenities with UPPER GROUND Southern Überseequartier will become a highly integrated urban neighborhood and place to work. Photo shows San Francisco street with residential buildings to public appeal, such as residential, office the left, a hotel building incorporating retail in the foreground, and Überseequartier subway station. Visible in the background in one of the twin office towers and hotel space. The integration of the LOWER GROUND (WARFT LEVEL) new cruise terminal will create an overall area whose intensity of use, mix and size is so far unique, at least in Europe, and which will benefit smaller and medium size shops and the many ground floor areas throughout HafenCity. Cruise terminal Through its open urban planning Anchor tenants structure, in which there are no climat- Retail ic borders and no obvious “inside” and Catering “outside”, central Überseequartier will Office develop enormous integrative power Apartments embracing the whole of HafenCity. As the Entertainment heart of the new district, it will mobilize Hotel pedestrian flows between the Elbphil- Parking harmonie Concert Hall, along Kaiserkai, Other as well as between Strandkai point and

Überseequartier. Other beneficiaries will be the areas between Speicherstadt Axonometric projection of southern Überseequartier: below the basement with its retail space and bus and southern Überseequartier, as well station lies the two-level underground garage. Above are the open ground floor dominated by shops as walking routes around Magdeburger and the first floor, which has retail as well as other uses. By integrating below-ground building functions, Hafen basin. Überseequartier above ground attains the character of an ensemble of standalone buildings The first step in construction, the excavation of the enormous building site, is INTERLINKED quality and supply there, but not yet likely to begin at the start of 2017 when SHOPPING LOCATIONS to a gradual “growing together” of city the zoning plan has been finalized and and HafenCity. The establishment of a building applications have been made. In the future, established inner-city strong magnet such as Überseequartier Completion of central areas with retail, shopping areas are to be more closely will mean that, medium term, conditions catering, entertainment, cruise passen- linked to HafenCity. So far continuing can now be created for shoppers to stroll ger terminal, hotel and some office and growth of retail in the city and develop- back and forth between an integrated residential is expected in 2021. ment of Business Improvement Districts Mönckebergstrasse, Spitalerstrasse and (BIDs) have led to improvements in both HafenCity. 32 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 33 42 41 46 40 49 ELBTORQUARTIER 43 49a 44a 47 50 44b 48 45 51 An ecologically sustainable HafenCity’s New Knowledge Quarter “knowledge quarter” 53 54 is emerging between East of Magdeburger Hafen, an interesting knowledge quarter surrounding HafenCity University and the Elbe Arcades has 52 Magdeburger Hafen to the emerged – joining other trend-setting buildings and uses such as the Ecumenical Forum and the Musicians’ House west, Brooktorhafen to the north, Shanghaiallee to the lively and diversified quarter is evolv- DISTINCTIVE BRIDGE LINKS The passageway through the museum east and Baakenhafen to A ing between Magdeburger Hafen, WEST AND EAST leads out onto a spacious forecourt on the south Brooktorhafen and Am Lohsepark neigh- whose waterside the first harbor launch borhood whose very special atmosphere From the Speicherstadt, a footway leads landing stage in central HafenCity was stems from the new HafenCity University over León-Brücke bridge, designed by opened in summer 2012. As of late sum- (HCU) with its 2,500 students and vari- Austrian architects Dietmar Feichtinger mer 2014, the adjoining promenade ous other pioneering undertakings. The and WTM Engineers of Hamburg, direct- on the pier in front of the Elbe Arcades crossing Magdeburger Hafen basin, the urban planning conception for Elbtor- ly into the listed Kaispeicher B ware- along Magdeburger Hafen leads across most significant east-west link for pedes- quartier picks up on a variety of typolo- house building (40). This is the oldest Buenos Aires quay, past HCU and on into trians and cyclists in central HafenCity. It gies. While buildings of up to 70 m will be building in HafenCity, erected in 1879 to Baakenhafen neighborhood. This means connects western and central neighbor- erected in the south, an elongated block designs by Wilhelm Emil Meerwein and that walkers and cyclists enjoy an unob- hoods to eastern HafenCity. Like the sur- structure approximately 170 m long to the Bernhard Hanssen, and was thoroughly structed, car-free route from the Elbe rounding promenades, this open space east, which is also replicated in Magde- remodeled to plans by architects MRLV embankment at Baakenhafen through designed by Beth Galí is also paved with burger Hafen, ties into the existing built Markovic Ronai Voss. Since summer 2008 to Ericcuspitze. natural stone in a stripe pattern with structure along Hongkongstrasse. it has housed the International Maritime In the process they pass over the histor- plenty of space for all users. Museum Hamburg. ic recently renamed Busanbrücke bridge UNIQUE ELBE ARCADES

In the northern part of the neighborhood, the customs head office for the City of Hamburg moved into its new location designed by Winking Froh Architekten (Hamburg/Berlin) in 2011 (46). Direct- ly opposite, the newly built annex to expand the corporate headquarters of Gebr.Heinemann (42) will be occupied from summer 2016. The design, by Ger- The Elbe Arcades at Magdeburger Hafen are one of Europe’s most innovatively kan, Marg und Partner (gmp) of Hamburg, designed and ecological buildings attaches a glass connecting building to the existing historic Heinemann ware- into the buildings, and fronted by a low organizes the annual iF design competi- house which links it to the new extension public pier along Magdeburger Hafen tion award, and world-famous designer with an underground garage, six floors of basin. The roof of the ensemble provides Peter Schmidt and his agency Agentur offices and two recessed upper stories. a garden and play area for its residents. PSBZ. Construction matches up to the stan- The 130 apartments allow a wide variety The southern part of the new building dards of the HafenCity gold Ecolabel. of uses – from multigenerational homes (45), topped by conspicuous wind rotors, South of Busanbrücke, the Elbe Arcades, through to residential and workspace is the preserve of Greenpeace. The envi- opened at the end of 2013 and built to lofts, as well as duplexes, and wheel- ronmental organization clusters various a design by Bob Gysin + Partner BGP chair friendly units for seniors. Some of local and nationwide activities under Architekten (Zurich), line the whole east- the apartments have attached ateliers, one roof. Publicly accessible exhibits in ern embankment of Magdeburger Hafen. picking up on the Elbe Arcades’ character the foyer showcase Greenpeace working It is one of the most innovative and eco- as a center of design in Hamburg. topics and campaigns. The highlight is a logical buildings in Europe. Rather than Several users, leading proponents of 6 m totem pole – a present from Nuxalk a straight promenade, the complex of the industry, all of which have chosen to Indians as a thank-you for Greenpeace’s buildings, which conforms to Hafen locate to the Elbe Arcades, are promoting work in their homeland. City gold Ecolabel criteria, features a this creative aspect: designxport, Ham- This building, too, has an exemplary An interesting knowledge quarter is clustered around Magdeburger Hafen, with the International Maritime Museum Hamburg in the foreground, the HafenCity 170 m-long flood-protected arcade, 8 m burg’s primary design scene network, iF energy concept, combining high effi- University and the Elbe Arcades, and such modernistic projects as the Ecumenical Forum and the Musicians’ House high and 10 m deep, which is integrated International Forum Design GmbH, which ciency, low consumption and very high 34 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 35

ELBTORQUARTIER

deployment of renewable energies, in- ECE of Hamburg and Strabag Real Estate social and spiritual character. Nineteen cluding geothermal and photovoltaic have been working on the Watermark, Christian churches support this joint reli- energy, as well as the wind rotors on the Freeport and Shipyard building ensem- gious project – unique in Germany – with roof. Requirements for electricity and ble, offering around 32,000 gross floor its meeting place and café in the publicly heat (so-called primary energy require- area (GFA) on a 9,100 sqm site, since accessible ground floor, and chapel as a ments) currently run at 50 percent below January 2015. Designs by Störmer Mur- haven of tranquility. The upper stories are the applicable statutory regulations for phy and Partners (Hamburg), provide for occupied by the Laurentius convent and energy-efficient buildings. an iconic landmark office tower around an ecumenical residential community. 70 m high containing 18 stories (52). The Right next door, the Musicians’ House UNIVERSITY WITH project at the water’s edge includes two (50) was successfully completed in fall ELBE VIEWS further buildings (53) with space for some 2014. Artistic and creative people can live 46 apartments and ground-floor public out their dream of creative interaction A key role in the Elbtorquartier knowl- amenities. The ensemble, combined with and collectively making music within edge quarter is played by HafenCity Uni- HCU, creates a public square. The foun- their own partly soundproofed and flex- versity, which opened in April 2014 and dation stone was laid in September 2015; ibly usable four walls. is injecting new life into the area. The completion is planned for 2017. Stadthaushotel (48) will be Europe’s esthetically outstanding newbuild (54) at largest inclusive hotel. Forty of the 80 the entrance to Baakenhafen designed by ECUMENICAL FORUM jobs will go to people with a disability. architects Code Unique (Dresden) opens NEXT TO MUSICIANS’ The around 200 rooms and restaurant of out simultaneously to the plaza in front HOUSE the three-star hotel will be particularly of it, to Baakenhafen and to Lohsepark. attractive to people with reduced mobil- The overall ecological concept for the Other excellent projects such as the Ecu- ity. The Jugend hilft Jugend association In Elbtorquartier alongside HafenCity University, a new ensemble of buildings – named Watermark, Freeport and Shipyard – is under construction, consisting of a building was also pre-certified with the menical Forum (49a) on Shanghaiallee, is managing the project, with financial 70 m waterside office tower and two other buildings including about 46 apartments gold HafenCity Ecolabel. opened in summer 2012, lend the quarter support from private sources and the City of Hamburg. The architectural competition for the building was won by NEIGHBORHOOD Huke-Schubert Berge Architekten (Ham- PROFILE burg); however finance has to be secured before construction can begin. Its size is  Area: 9 ha also being reconsidered. Long completed, Total GFA: 200,000 sqm on the other hand, is the first residential  Jobs and commercial uses building to be awarded the gold Ecolabel, Jobs: approx. 3,700 NIDUS Loft on Shanghaiallee (49). Uses: office, retail, catering, Elbtorquartier has very good public services, hotel, academia transport connections. Messberg U1  Homes subway station is to the north, outside 370 HafenCity, while to the south the new  Special institutions U4 subway line began regular services in Elbe Arcades, HafenCity University August 2013 to HafenCity University sta- International Maritime tion, which has won awards for its light- Museum Hamburg ing concept. Ecumenical Forum In the interests of road safety, following designxport hamburg final completion of Shanghaiallee by fall  Development timeframe 2016, cycle traffic will be channeled along 2007 to 2018 special cycle lanes beside the roadway and also dovetailed into the surrounding cycle path network. Ancillary spaces will be adapted to urban demands.

HafenCity University (eastern entrance shown), a young and vibrant center for teaching and research Shanghaiallee is gradually turning into a stylish business and residential street. By fall 2016 upgrading open since April 2014 at the heart of HafenCity works on cycle lanes, delivery zones, disabled parking slots, broad sidewalks and a triple row of newly planted trees should be finished. The center of the photo shows the Musicians’ House, the Ecumenical Forum and a joint building venture 36 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 37

AM LOHSEPARK

Central Green Urban District Replaces Industrial Pioneers An historic industrial and railroad site makes way for a family-oriented residential neighborhood clustered around Lohsepark, HafenCity’s largest green space

In the center of HafenCity an appealing new family-oriented residential neighborhood is growing up around Lohsepark

al, publicly subsidized, building venture as the planted interior courtyard intend- cial fund for port and city assets, offers and privately owned), as well as student ed as an area for relaxation and social around 9,000 sqm GFA for a mix of uses. accommodation and a hotel. On the encounter. The building joint venture’s In addition not only are more residential 5,000 sqm northern plot (70), the build- northern building complex should be units planned to round off the block con- ing complex being developed by Bau- completed in 2016, while construction of taining the Prototyp automobile muse- genossenschaft Bergedorf-Bille eG, KOS the southern section is under way. Com- um, but a variety of uses (74-76) are also Wulff Immobilien GmbH and Otto Wulff pletion is planned for 2017. planned to the east of the park. Possible is Projektentwicklung GmbH, there is a mix The adjoining site to the south is being a highly diversified use with office space, of offices, health services and commercial developed by a consortium of ECE, Har- residences and a cultural element. space as well as social services, kindergar- monia Immobilien GmbH and the Ham- Since July 2015, a small portion of the tens and 159 housing units, some of which burg student union into a mix of uses area to the north has been dedicated as a are publicly subsidized. These include the consisting of a hotel, publicly subsidized new location for the highly popular tem- first inclusive household community in student accommodation (125 apart- porary HafenCity soccer pitch. A group HafenCity in which 19 people with dis- ments) and privately financed homes (45 of enthusiasts rolled up their sleeves and abilities and ten students live under one high-quality units), accounting for a total got to work – with support from Hafen- roof in seven shared apartments. On the 21,000 sqm GFA. The residential parts are City Hamburg GmbH, the St. Katha- ground floor on Shanghaiallee, Germa- designed by KSP Jürgen Engel Architek- rinen parish and Spielhaus HafenCity ny’s youngest three-star chef Kevin Feh- ten (Brunswick); the hotel element was e.V., – and laid out an artificial turf field ling runs his top restaurant “the Table”. conceived by Kister Scheithauer Gross with additional areas for locals’ activi- Almost next door are the facilities of pme Architekten und Stadtplaner (Cologne). ties. 2016/2017 will see the architectural Familienservice GmbH. Construction begins in mid-2016. competition for a new educational cen- At the same time construction of the The former customs office site (66), one ter with gymnasium and comprehensive residential building on the southern plot of the few not owned by Hamburg’s spe- schools. An attractive urban area is taking shape in central HafenCity with Lohsepark at its center and Shanghaiallee as its western boundary. All its buildings adjoin the (71) next door is going well. The ensem- green park to the east and west ble, designed by architects Dinse Feest Zurl (Hamburg), Springer (Berlin) and m Lohsepark is an attractive urban non-profit DO School. This beautifully FAMILY HOMES Siebrecht Münzesheimer/BOF (Ham- A space emerging in central HafenCity – renovated architectural gem was once ON THE PARK burg), is being built by a joint building at its heart its green core, Lohsepark. the corporate headquarters of Harburger venture consortium consisting of 70 par- Since all of the buildings adjoin the green Gummi-Kamm-Compagnie, a pioneer of The residential theme is taking on ties (Dock 71) and managed by Stattbau space to the west and east, this contin- Hamburg industrialization. The look of increasingly concrete form here at Hamburg and Conplan GmbH, with Beh- 73 ues Hamburg’s town planning tradition this quarter will be dominated by closed Lohsepark. At the end of 2015, the first of rendt Wohneigentum GmbH and build- 65 74 of planting large parks amid residential blocks of five to seven story buildings three buildings, each comprising around ing cooperative Hamburger Wohnen. It is 66 67 made up of privately owned apartments, 75 and working neighborhoods. Develop- grouped around the park. Since June 2014, 20,000 gross floor area (GFA), on the 69a 69 68 ment of the neighborhood started from it has been directly connected to Brookto- park between Steinschanze in the north, subsidized rental homes, with commer- 70 76 the partially listed red-brick ensemble rhafen in the north by the newly renovat- Überseeallee in the south, and Shang- cial ground-floor uses and a kindergar- between Lohseplatz and Shanghaiallee, ed Ericus bridge – a railroad swing bridge haiallee in the west, was completed. The ten. Special to this project are its roof-top 71 whose residents include the Prototyp pri- built in 1870. three form part of an urban area consist- landscape with terraces, garden houses, 72 77 vate collection of automobiles and the ing of nearly 500 apartments (for rent- glasshouses and viewing points, as well 38 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 39

story urban balcony along Brooktorhafen Structural alteration works will be final- embankment which links the interior ized by fall 2016, but Shanghaiallee, with NEIGHBORHOOD atrium with the surroundings. Planning of its broad sidewalks and comparatively PROFILE this conspicuous newbuild is by Gewers busy traffic volume, already has the char-  Area: 12.5 ha & Pudewill (Berlin). Along with offices acter of an attractive urban street for Total GFA: 215,000 sqm for company executives and others, the business or residents. It was built at an  Jobs and commercial uses seventh story houses a spacious fitness early stage of HafenCity’s development Jobs: approx. 3,000 area for all employees inhouse. An under- as a flood-secure axis running through Uses: office, services, ground garage over two levels also pro- the center from the Speicherstadt in the hotel, catering, retail vides parking for numerous bicycles; the north to HafenCity University on Über-  Homes area also provides showers and changing seeallee in the south. The big-city boule- 730 rooms for coworkers. A charging station vard feel is generated by the completed  Special institutions for e-bikes has also been installed. Anoth- NIDUS, Ecumenical Forum and Musicians’ denk.mal Hanover Railroad er special feature is the exterior elevator, House buildings on the other side in Elbt- Station, Prototyp automobile which can carry up to 20 people from the orquartier, as well as the Prototyp auto- museum, two secondary ground floor direct to the house jetty on mobile museum and the first large resi- schools and kindergartens Large parts of Lohsepark are already accessible, but the park will be fully opened to all residents and visitors from July 2016. Photo shows the baseball court, Brooktorhafen dock. dential block to be ready on Lohsepark.  Development timeframe already open, with HCU in the background As more companies move in, Brooktorha- Over the coming months and years, 2012 to 2020 fen is developing into an attractive place as additional buildings are developed, HAFEN CITY’S ing thicket of herbage, shrubs, reeds and Saabrücken), comprising around 6,100 to work, peppered with businesses of dif- more shops and other public amenities LARGEST PARK rushes. At the same time, trees are gradu- GFA, will offer around 700 sqm of space fering sizes, benefiting from their vicinity will open in ground floors, adding to the ally being planted in the central section of at ground floor level for exhibitions and to such corporate neighbors as Gebr.Heine- area’s urban character. Based on the principles of the urban the park so that as soon as the last of the events. The core element will be a perma- mann, Spiegel publishing or DNV German- development Masterplan, Lohsepark, earthworks are completed and the grass nent exhibition about the fate of deport- ischer Lloyd in surrounding quarters. whose open space concept was designed areas have grown, the official opening ees from north Germany and Hamburg, by Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten AG can take place in July 2016. based on the temporary exhibit con- “denk.mal Hannoverscher Bahnhof”: a seam (foreground) marks the course of the historic rail tracks to the relics of the former platform. A documentation center (Zurich), is the largest contiguous park in ceived by Dr Linda Apel, entitled “Sent (background right) is to be built on the opposite, western side of the park HafenCity in the tradition of Hamburg’s PARK CENTERED ON to their Deaths”. This has been shown existing Volkspark. Covering 4.4 ha, it will MEMORIAL in reduced form in the Hanover Railroad incorporate a variety of urban, social and Station InfoPavilion since September ecological functions. The area in Lohsepark now approaching 2013. The exhibition will be reworked and Framed by an unobstructed visual axis completion was once the site of parts of revised and subsequently run by the man- from Ericusspitze to Baakenhafen, the Hanover Railroad Station. Between 1940 agement of Neuengamme Concentration 80 m-wide park stretches 600 m in length and 1945 at least 7,692 people – Jews, Camp. The “seam” will be opened to the like a wide green ribbon from waterside to Sinti and Roma – were deported from public in July 2016; the central memorial waterside. Its generous sweeps of grass here. In Lohsepark, a place of remem- will be completed in spring 2017. crisscrossed by a loose network of paths, brance of this dark chapter of Hamburg seating and play areas are interspersed history is being created, a memorial BUSINESSES COMPLETE with more than 530 trees, provide relax- “denk.mal Hannoverscher Bahnhof”, THE URBAN PICTURE ing surroundings. made up of three elements. In addition Construction of Lohsepark is proceed- to the central place of remembrance, the Another ingredient in the vitality of ing quickly. While the park has looked listed remains of Platform 2 connecting Lohsepark’s mix of green space and res- pretty green in the north and south since with the park to the east, this includes the idential areas – as throughout Hafen- 2013, large parts of the central area were so-called “seam” that traces the route of City – will be the influence of business on opened to the public to coincide with the the historic rail tracks from the former local life. On the corner of Shanghaiallee/ HSH Nordbank Run in HafenCity in 2015, station forecourt, through the park to the Koreastrasse the Hamburg oil company including play areas for children, a stone platform as well as a documentation cen- Marquard & Bahls is completing its new grotto and a street basketball court. In ter yet to be built, which will have a direct corporate headquarters. Offering around contrast to this urban scene, the park will visual connection to the historic memo- 18,000 sqm GFA, the building (65) will show its softer side at its northern lim- rial on the western side of the park, on be ready to welcome 700 employees to its on the embankment of Ericusgraben Steinschanze street. their workplaces in spring 2016. Retail- canal: an underwater sheet pile wall pro- The new seven-stor y building, to designs ers and catering uses occupy the ground vides the conditions for a gently inclin- by Wandel Lorch Architekten (Frankfurt/ floor. The building has an unusual three- 40 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 41

OBERHAFEN

Oberhafen – the Creative and Cultural Quarter Centrally located, a dynamic cultural and creative neighborhood is developing south of Oberhafen harbor, bringing fresh potential for Hamburg

The neighborhood already houses various creative users and cultural events out of which a permanent creative milieu will develop. A nine-a-side soccer pitch will be laid out on Oberhafen embankment, with light athletics facilities for schools and sports clubs

in development. In the same framework, cepts submitted, an interdisciplinary jury of eastern HafenCity is being generat- Oberhafen e.V. and other organizations selected Hanseatic Materialverwaltung. ed by the enterprise Enercity in part of are promoting the careful, sustainable This successful concept sets out to supply Goods Shed 4, the project only recogniz- development of the neighborhood into a equipment and scenery for social, ecologi- able from outside because of its chim- lively location for art, culture and creative cal or creative projects to Hamburg cultur- ney . Heat output from the cogeneration activities. al institutions, state schools, universities, plant concealed behind the brick façade involved citizens and societies. totals 10 MW. Leading edge technology OPPORTUNITIES FOR In September 2013, Hamburg Kreativ crammed into the tiny space includes a CULTURE AND CREATIVE Gesellschaft and HafenCity Hamburg combined heat and power unit, two natu- INDUSTRIES GmbH launched another invitation for ral gas-powered boilers (offset biometh- tenders, this time for new creative users anegas), a heat accumulation plant, and Long warehouses, once mainly used for a range of individual spaces of differ- a substation feeding sustainable energy by logistics businesses, with multi-story ent sizes for exhibition and catering uses into the local power grid. Nearly all of the frontage buildings are the main features totalling 6,000 sqm. The original search heating energy requirements of eastern of Oberhafen neighborhood. Changing for an operator for a gastronomy and HafenCity – 92 percent – can thus be gen- their use will lend them a strong pub- exhibition space will continue in separate erated from renewables, apart from peak lic character. Nevertheless, the creative proceedings. loads. industry’s new production locations will require new usage permits, considerable PLAYING FIELDS NEIGHBORHOOD modernization, as well as flood-protec- ON THE WATERFRONT PROFILE tion. The existing buildings could be sup- plemented in the medium term, through In addition to the focus on creative and  Area 8.9 ha Existing buildings will form the nucleus of a quarter for the creative industries private or cooperative building projects, cultural uses in Oberhafen, unbuilt areas Total GFA: 25,000 sqm (existing) for example, if they serve cultural or cre- in the neighborhood also offer opportuni-  Jobs and commercial uses berhafen nucleus: Though the area ities are developing, and just a stone’s DIALOG-ORIENTED ative purposes and, like the old buildings, ties for sport and leisure activities. Public Jobs: approx. 500 O consisted till recently mostly of ded- throw from Hamburg’s “museum mile”. DEVELOPMENT are sublet at affordable rents. facilities for sports of all kinds, including a Uses: creative and culture icated railroad facilities and most of the To do this, however, the “normal” Hafen- Oberhafenquartier’s mix of old and new small soccer ground, will be developed on businesses, catering storage sheds served logistics companies, City development process has been The various development concepts for should create up to 500 jobs in the long former railroad tracks on the embankment  Special institutions a variety of creative uses have also been turned on its head. Instead of a new the neighborhood are worked out during term in various branches of the cultural/ of Oberhafen basin. The facilities will serve Sports facilities in the east here for at least ten years. Cultural events urban concept, the approach to develop- the course of an intensive dialog process, creative industry, forming the basis for a children and youngsters from inner city Powerhouse in different formats take place regularly. ment here is to find fresh and intensified based on a longer development time- lasting creative scene that could spill over areas and HafenCity in particular and can  Development timeframe From the short-film festival to dance per- uses for existing buildings; a step by step frame of up to ten years. Throughout the later into the Central Wholesale Market also be used by sports clubs. HafenCity’s Development centering on formances, creative co-working spaces to transformation process in cooperation development phase, HafenCity Hamburg site to the east. Small-scale gastronomy gymnasium, secondary and two primary existing buildings places like Halle 424, part of an old ware- with tenants. The sites, which contain GmbH will be working closely with Ham- and exhibition and presentation spaces schools will also be able to use the fields and perhaps additional house at the end of Stockmeyerstrasse mainly one-story goods sheds, are not burg Kreativ Gesellschaft GmbH, with will also serve to reinforce the public func- for light athletics. newbuilds, detailed concept which unites under one roof scenery and sold, but remain the property of the an energetic exchange of ideas with cre- tion of the quarter and aid its integration thru intensive dialog set production, a photographic studio and special fund for city and port (adminis- ative enterprises and people involved in into the rest of HafenCity. POWER PLANT  Completion cool location for jazz and classical music: tered by HafenCity Hamburg GmbH), not the arts and a variety of other interested Because of the complexity of local con- OBERHAFEN Step-by-step implementation the conditions are in place for a lively art least to retain the possibility of shaping parties. A kick-off international sympo- ditions, expressions of interest were invit- and cultural scene to grow, closely linked development in Hamburg’s interests and sium in spring 2011 started the ball rolling, ed for the first time at the beginning of The neighborhood also plays an import- to the rest of HafenCity, Rothenburgsort secure a sound economic basis. still today resulting in numerous other 2012 to find a temporary use concept for ant role in energy supply for eastern and City Süd, where new cultural activ- events and discussions, as well as steps a vacant site. From the 15 proposed con- HafenCity. 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Living, Leisure and Work between Double Waterfronts Baakenhafen, HafenCity’s largest harbor basin, will boast a dense blend of residential and leisure uses, open-air spaces and workplaces

n either side of HafenCity’s longest Rogge square were presented in Novem- LARGE COURTYARDS O harbor basin, the coming years will ber 2015, while major residential proj- WITH WATER VISTAS see a sustainable “urban village” grow up ects adjoining it to the west and east are in the midst of this big city. Around Baak- taking shape. Architects presented their The urban planning competition for the The 1 km peninsula of the future Baakenhafen neighborhood stretches far into the Elbe, forming HafenCity’s largest harbor basin – in its center the infilled enhafen basin a green neighborhood for plans for them in January 2016. The ten- neighborhood was won by APB Architek- artificial promontory for the future Baakenpark residences and leisure will develop, with dering phase for the next six plots (82a/b, ten (Hamburg) in August 2011. The mod- a variety of housing – some of it subsi- 83b, 86, 88a-d, 96a/b, 97) concluded suc- erately staggered height of the planned This urban planning mechanism shields Meanwhile development of the two privately financed apartments going dized – to suit the needs of families, stu- cessfully in December 2015. In the course buildings is a particularly convincing courtyards facing the water from noise. plots at the northwest “entrance” to the up between Versmannstrasse and the dents and retired people, as well as many of 2016 options will be granted for at least feature. They will all be of four to seven Thus even apartments on the street enjoy neighborhood is going well. Building of harbor basin (81a/b). Planning for the work places. Various social organizations 800 units and commercial spaces with stories, in semi-open blocks with a few a noise-protected aspect, since units fac- the Campustower project (80), at the project was by KBNK Architekten and have been involved in developing housing attractive double water aspects toward smaller, open variations. On the Elbe side, ing the north only are not possible, but all junction of Versmannstrasse/Grandes- PFP Architekten (both of Hamburg). An concepts. Baakenhafen basin and the Elbe – also the buildings in the southern sub-section apartments have a southern aspect. werderstrasse, directly opposite Hafen option to plan for the site on the east The topographical center will be further plots 96a/b, 97 and 99 bordering will have spacious inner courtyards open- City University, begins in early summer side of Gerda Gmelin square (83a) was Baakenpark, an artificial promontory Elbbrücken neighborhood. This means ing out toward the Elbe, but forming an FIRST START TO 2016. It consists of a 15-story office tow- granted to P&B Sportsdome Manage- extending over 1.6 ha, surrounded by that, with the exception of three build- incisive perimeter to the city. CONSTRUCTION er and a building in a quiet situation by ment GmbH in June 2015 for an out of the water, which will fulfill a wide range ing sites, all plots in the quarter will be The rhythmic arrangement of the plots the water, in which one third subsidized ordinary sports use. After the successful of functions: first as a green space and accounted for by summer 2016. At the to the north between the port and Vers- An important step toward develop- homes and additional private apart- completion of the architectural compe- recreational area, but also as a connect- same time, construction work will begin mannstrasse where the buildings have ment of the neighborhood was the open- ments are planned. With total floor area tition in spring 2016, construction work ing element between the northern and on the northwestern entry to the neigh- diverse uses also guarantees real pro- ing of the award-winning Baakenhafen of 22,000 sqm gross floor area (GFA), will probably begin in 2017. southern sections of the quarter. Step by borhood and on the central construction tection against noise emissions from bridge in August 2013. This 170 m link is designs are by Delugan Meissl Associated step, development progresses. Construc- sections around Lola Rogge square. The Versmannstrasse and the railroad line. much more than a local bridge. It opened Architects (Vienna) and sop architekten URBAN VILLAGE tion on the first site in the northwest whole neighborhood, apart from a few They form a closed block frontage on the the way for infrastructural develop- (Düsseldorf) and realization by GARBE began in early summer 2015 and archi- individual projects in the northeast, will street side, with the buildings opening ment of eastern HafenCity and, during Immobilien-Projekte GmbH. Building In the southern part of the neighbor- tectural designs for the area around Lola probably be completed by 2021. out toward Baakenhafen harbor basin. reconstruction of Versmannstrasse and begins in 2016. hood, an “urban village center” around work on extending the U4 subway, also Next door, construction began in early Lola Rogge Platz will grow up, including channels traffic to and from the south summer 2015. DS-Bauconcept is building an attractive market square with all func- of Hamburg. The central segment of the a 220-room family hotel here for Jufa- tions essential to eastern HafenCity. After bridge can be lifted using the power of Gruppe with special facilities for chil- the first option was granted at the end the tide, so that Hamburg’s larger histor- dren and teenagers, while Justus Grosse of 2014 to GWG AG (Stuttgart) and Rich- ic ships can continue to reach Baakenha- Projektentwicklung GmbH is develop- ard Ditting GmbH & Co. KG, architectural fen harbor. ing around 150 publicly subsidized and plans for building the center (91, 92a/b,

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93) were presented in November 2015. A merer-Genossenschaft, Altonaer Spar- u. Baakenhafen neighborhood. The winning total 436 apartments with views of the Bauverein, Hamburger Wohnen, Bauver- design cleverly blends multiple leisure Elbe and Baakenhafen basin will be built ein der Elbgemeinden, FLUWOG-NORD- uses with the special maritime atmo- to plans by Lorenzen (Hamburg), Max MARK and HANSA Baugenossenschaft), sphere of Baakenhafen quarter. At Baak- Dudler (Berlin), KPW (Hamburg), Meck various social welfare agencies, as well as enhafen’s heart is the 1.6 ha Baakenpark (Munich), Schenk + Waiblinger (Ham- four joint building ventures. The latter are peninsula which will offer a playground, burg), as well as 6a Architects (London). the family joint building venture Tor zur play and community building, trees and The projects include multigenerational Welt, whose eight-story hybrid wooden grassy expanses for recreational activi- homes for families, students, retirees building will be the first large building ties and relaxing from fall 2017. With the and people with disabilities. Around 70 made of wood in an inner city; the Arche successful conclusion of landfill works, percent will be subsidized residential Nora building joint venture, which groups extensive landscaping of the open spaces Distribution of uses construction with 14 percent of rentals women of different generations; the ten- began in summer 2015. A footbridge to Residential (privately owned homes, below market price. As well as a super- ants’ building joint venture Gemeinsam the north to a design by Hamburg archi- some rentals below market price) market, ground floors will accommo- älter werden, and Kammerkombinat, a tects Gerkan, Marg und Partner (gmp) Subsidized residential date smaller shops, a health and beauty building joint venture made up of people and Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineer- Office supermarket and places to eat and drink. active in the arts and culture. Homes for ing of Stuttgart, which will be inserted in Special use/leisure Directly adjoining it (building site 94a- families and older people are also the tar- fall 2016, will aid the spatial integration of Retail/catering c), a school and family center including get groups for whom designs were con- the two land areas. School/daycare/community facilities a primary school and kindergarten will ceived by the Hamburg firms Schaltraum, Once Versmannstrasse is opened to open by 2018. A public underground car LRW, LA’KET, bof, Huke-Schubert Berge, traffic again from 2018, a 30 m-wide park under Lola Rogge square will add Berlin architects KADEN + LAGER and flo- Elbe promenade leading along the river to the small convenience shopping cen- rian krieger of Darmstadt. Social and ther- to Entenwerder island and integrating Baakenhafen as a role model for social mix: a wide range of diverse residential concepts is being built, to exacting integrative and social standards ter’s attractions, also catering for parents apeutic projects are also to be integrated. the Elbe cycle route, will be developed bringing and collecting school and kin- Construction of the much talked-about gradually. itz-Kowalski from Graz. With their rather around 1.3 km long and will take about slots on the street. In 2016, tenders speci- dergarten pupils. Stadt für Alle will start in 2017. fragile outlines, the residential towers, a two minutes. The subway line will run fying a proportion of e-cars will be invited Immediately adjacent, the major res- HOUSES IN WATER modern interpretation of living on water, underneath the then raised Versmann- for a car-sharing system; the chosen oper- idential housing projects to the west GREEN ISLAND merge seamlessly into maritime Baaken- strasse as far as Baakenwerder Strasse ator will be announced in 2017. and east (89,90a and 95), are assuming IN HARBOR BASIN A clue to the overall upmarket character hafen’s architectural vernacular . and then resurfaces toward Elbbrücken contours. Here an unusually varied and to be expected in Baakenhafen is in the at about the level of the bridges. NEIGHBORHOOD socially mixed range of subsidized homes At the end of April 2012 Atelier Loidl architecture of the six HafenCity Water- PERFECT PROFILE is being realized by six building cooper- (Berlin) was announced winner of the houses, designed by Japanese Pritzker TRANSPORT LINKS SUSTAINABLE atives (Allgemeine Deutsche Schiffszim- international open space competition for prizewinner Shigeru Ban and Szyszkow- MOBILITY  Area: 24 ha In terms of transport, Baakenhafen Overall GFA: 395,000 sqm neighborhood will have excellent con- To ensure that forward-looking trans-  Jobs and commercial uses nections. Construction of access infra- port infrastructure will influence the very Jobs: around 4,500 (including structure and renovation of the historic densely built area of eastern HafenCity, Baakenhöft) docks began back in 2011. By 2017, the not only will Baakenhafen and Elbbrücken Uses: office, leisure facilities, central road artery, Versmannstrasse, will have a good range of subway and bus ser- hotel, retail, catering, services have been raised to more than 8 m above vices but they will also be a kind of labora-  Homes sea level; flood-protected and geared to tory for low-pollution mobility. Building approx. 2,000 future traffic demands. At the same time developers will provide a reduced ratio of  Special institutions as the road works, the U4 subway line is 0.4 parking slots per residence, which will 1.6 ha artificially in-filled being extended from HafenCity Univer- save on the cost of a second underground area for play and recreational sity station to Elbbrücken station. Work garage level and means apartments can facilities in Baakenhafen harbor, is going on apace: the tracks and subway be offered more cheaply. Developers are primary school, childcare and rapid transit stations at Elbbrücken also obliged to see that at least 30 percent  Development time span will be completed at the end of 2018. At of parking spaces are fitted with recharg- 2012 to 2021 (apart from that point the U4 line will also connect ing infrastructure for e-vehicles and to individual project in northeast) eastern neighborhoods of HafenCity to participate in developing car-sharing con- the Hamburg subway network, allowing cepts serving areas beyond the neighbor- transfers to and from the rapid transit hood, so that all households have access S-Bahn. The stretch between HafenCity to vehicles without having to own one – The topographical core of the neighborhood is the 1.6 ha artificial Baakenpark peninsula, which will be finally landscaped in 2016/17 University and Elbbrücken stations will be and do not need to use public parking 46 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | QUARTERS 47

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A Metropolitan Business and Residential Neighborhood with a View HafenCity’s sensational eastern threshold, on the waterside and close to lush Entenwerder island, will also make a very attractive residential neighborhood

lbbrücken neighborhood, named for pated. First prize went to Hosoya Schaefer accommodate public amenities (shops, View across Baakenhafen to the future center of E Hamburg’s main River Elbe bridging Architects of Zurich whose design clearly restaurants and cafés, social services, Elbbrücken neighborhood, to the winning urban point, will be HafenCity’s second urban defined the eastern entry to HafenCity cultural institutions, etc.). At the eastern planning concept by Hosoya Schaefer Architects center after Überseequarter. Spectacular and provides a robust foundation for fur- point of the quarter, right next to the Elb- (Zurich) high-rises, water surfaces on three sides ther development. brücken bridges a group of tower blocks, and a large central plaza will character- rising to as much as 200 m, is planned, ize this very densely built business and PROMINENT forming a new entrance to the inner city. residential location. Around 58 percent CORPORATE BASE Up to 40 or even 50 stories per tower of the area is planned for office use and would be possible, without impinging some 15 percent for restaurants, bars and Close to the city and excellently inte- on Hamburg’s classical skyline. Uses that special uses – a potential 13,000 jobs. This grated into the public transport system, will come into consideration are offices, still leaves 27 percent of land allocation Elbbrücken neighborhood will be a dense- hotels, retail and possibly residential. It for residential – depending on their size, ly built business location, an address for is likely that the skyscrapers will be built there will be around 1,000 apartments. major companies as well as smaller, grow- in the last phase of Elbbrücken develop- The urban planning competition for the ing businesses. With its proximity to the ment, rounding off the urban planning quarter was concluded in September Elbe embankment, to Baakenhafen and process for the neighborhood. Around the head of Baakenhafen harbor SUBWAY AND necting roads, quay areas and site prepa- 2015. In agreement with the Hamburg to Billhafen, as well as to verdant Enten- Versmannstrasse comes first: most of and Amerigo Vespucci square, a densely RAPID TRANSIT ration started long ago. Work has been urban development and housing min- werder island, Elbbrücken neighborhood the building along this arterial route will built residential quarter will thus devel- STATION going on to completely renew and widen istry, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH had also has great potential as a residen- be of six to seven-story block structures op that will feature a variety of upmarket the bridge in Zweibrückenstrasse since launched an urban planning realization tial area – provided solutions are found for office use. The built structure to the public amenities as ground-floor uses, Since June 2013, work has been in full 2014; the sharp northern bend on Zwei- competition in which seven internation- to reduce noise emissions. As is usual east in front of the Freihafen bridge cross- such as restaurants and bars and retail swing on extending the U4 subway line brückenstrasse will be reduced and the ally renowned architectural firms partici- throughout HafenCity, ground floors will ing the Elbe and the railroad tracks on the on the square and promenade. There is toward Elbbrücken, and construction of road will be joined directly to Baakenwer- other hand will be 14-story stand-alone also an option to build one waterhouse in the Elbbrücken station is also now under derstrasse. The upgrading work running towers. A broad spectrum of properties the harbor (as in Baakenhafen next door). way, with completion planned for the end until summer 2016 will not only provide for businesses and great accessibility Visitors and residents will experience an of 2018. The convincing winning design much broader passage along the whole offer ideal conditions for dynamic urban even stronger feeling of closeness to the by the Hamburg architects Gerkan, Marg of Zweibrückenstrasse and improve cycle and business growth. Retailing, cater- water here than is usual even in Hafen und Partner (gmp), was presented in paths and sidewalks, the road will be ing as well as office and hotel uses will City. An attractive urban space will take April 2013. The load-bearing steel exteri- much better protected against flooding. dominate increasingly toward the east of shape, drawing atmosphere from the or structure has an interior glass façade the quarter. This intelligent structure is connection to water, the central design opening up visual sightlines and simul- NEIGHBORHOOD designed to create noise-protected areas element, and imparting it subtly through taneously integrating the context of the PROFILE that, despite heavy traffic crossing the the various surrounding levels of height. Elbe bridges. At the same time, Deutsche bridges and traversing Versmannstrasse, The result of the urban planning real- Bahn AG is building a new station for Elb-  Area 21.4 ha will be attractive places to live. ization competition will be fed into the brücken. The station is supposed to open Total GFA: 560,000 sqm planning of functions and will serve up eastern HafenCity as well as parts of  Jobs and commercial uses LIVING BY THE WATER as the basis for decisions on granting Rothenburgsort, a suburb to the north- Jobs: approx. 13,000 options even before the zoning plan, so west, offering improved connections Uses: corporate, offices, In order to position residential buildings that tenders can be invited and exclusive with the Hamburg public transport net- services, hotel, retail, catering to minimize noise, the eastern end of option periods agreed. There will also be work. As well as the access buildings, the  Homes Baakenhafen harbor basin will be partly a competition in 2016 for the area’s open S-Bahn/rapid transit construction project approx. 1,000 filled in. New buildings can then be erect- spaces. also takes in a 70 m long and 5 m wide  Development timeframe ed in a double row, with higher commer- glazed pedestrian bridge between the 2016 to 2025 cial buildings on the outside acting as a stations. Although urban development The eastern edge of HafenCity will become an appealing business and residential location. The shield for the residential blocks on the of the neighborhood will get under way infrastructure, including Elbbrücken station, is cureently being put in place inward side toward the water. in 2016, planning and construction of con- 48 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 49

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SUSTAINABILITY

A City for the 21st Century HafenCity is setting leading-edge standards for the future through sustainable urban development. Intensive re-use of old docks and industrial areas is enlarging Hamburg City’s area by 40 percent

he principle behind the development emit around 50 percent less CO2 than of this old industrial area and also signi- The first neighborhoods – densely built and mixed us, with a high proportion of public space – were built during the past few years on what was once port and T of HafenCity is in itself an import- comparable urban locations. HafenCity ficantly reducing the area of surface sea- industrial land ant criterion for sustainability in urban is therefore playing an important part in ling of soil. Intensive use is also being development since, instead of expanding Hamburg’s contribution to the national made of the ground as a resource street and the Alster, including road sur- the S-Bahn/rapid transit and the virtual cars have also been able to refill with cli- Hamburg into land on its periphery, dis- climate target to reduce CO2 emissions through high building density: floor spa- rounds), while 38 percent is available for completion of HafenCity construction, mate-friendly hydrogen at the large pub- used inner-city areas of the port are being by 40 percent by 2020 (compared with ce indexes (FSI) range from 3.7 to 5.6 publicly accessible open spaces, inclu- around 35,000 people a day are expected lic gas station opposite the Spiegel pub- regenerated. In addition to recycling of the 1990 base level). according to neighborhood, which is in ding the 3.1 km riverfront on the River to be using the U4. There is also a dense lishing house. Since May 2015 even cruise land, therefore, HafenCity represents a line with density in other mature Euro- Elbe. Thus HafenCity creates a high den- network of bus stops and the first ferry ships can be supplied with low-pollution densification of the inner city which also EFFICIENT LAND USE pean urban centers. In HafenCity, densi- sity of uses with a high proportion of pier is in service near the Elbphilharmo- liquid natural gas (LNG) while in port at embraces many other primarily ecologi- ty of uses is correspondingly high, with public spaces and low proportion of road nie (two more – HafenCity University and the cruise terminal via an LNG hybrid cal, as well as economic and social aspects HafenCity is developing on 157 ha of 110 residents and 354 local employees infrastructure. Elbbrücken – are to follow). barge. of sustainability. This is being initiated former port and industrial sites in a cen- per hectare (land surface). at a wide range of levels, for example tral location. In contaminated areas such New standards are also being set in CITY OF SHORT, MODEL OF SUSTAINABLE LOW-EMISSION THERMAL in building projects, in supply of heat- as the site of the old gasworks (now terms of distribution of space. Road ATTRACTIVE ROUTES MOBILITY ENERGY ing energy and in the area of mobility. southern Überseequartier), the soil was areas take up only 24 percent of land Through its innovative energy and heat- removed in an elaborate process, consi- area (compared with around 40 percent HafenCity is also characterized by a Ground-breaking transport infra- Supply of HafenCity’s heating power ing supply system alone, HafenCity will derably enhancing the ecological value in Hamburg City between Willy Brandt fine-grained horizontal and vertical mix structure will also characterize eastern is also sustainable. Thus, all buildings of a variety of urban uses. As homes, HafenCity, a highly densified urban area. in western HafenCity are connected workplaces, cultural and leisure facilities Am Baakenhafen and Elbbrücken quar- to district heating networks driven by and commerce are closely clustered, dis- ters will not only be served by an attrac- combined heat and power generation tances between them are comparatively tive public transportation service of buses operated by Vattenfall. When combined, short. Reinforced by a fine-meshed net- and subways, the entire zone will func- for instance, with solar and geothermal work of cycling and footpaths, 70 percent tion as a kind of research lab for low-pol- plants, this produces an efficient blend of of which run across promenades, jet- lution mobility. Building developers here energy with CO2 emissions of 175g/kWh. ties and squares and around 30 percent have to fulfill a catalog of sustainable To compare: “classical” new heat supply right on the waterfront, taking in private criteria. For instance, they must commit meeting environmental standards for spaces also, it is frequently possible to to a reduced number of parking slots per individual buildings produces average do without a car within HafenCity. Just apartment of 0.4, but are expected to CO2 emissions of 240g/kWh. 13 km of road compare with almost 35 km equip 30 percent of spaces in all under- But even the good performance of the of walking routes. Cyclists enjoy a total ground garages with charging equipment western HafenCity district heating net- 23 km – in which users of the successful for electric vehicles and to get involved work will be well outstripped in eastern Hamburg StadtRad cycle rental system in developing car-sharing systems over- HafenCity. A decentralized, modular local (with six stations in HafenCity already) lapping HafenCity’s borders, with a high heating supply network makes it possible Site distribution in HafenCity also participate. proportion of electric vehicles. These are to cut CO2 emissions to just 89 g/kWh. Water area*: 29.6 ha But it is already easy to reach HafenCity supposed to include e-bikes, Pedelecs and Thanks to its decentralized structure, the Pontoons on the water 1.4 ha – 5% without a car in any case. Cyclists and other electrically powered micro vehicles. supply system operated by Enercity can Land area*: 109.6 ha pedestrians can cover the obstacle-free Models will thus be developed in con- grow in parallel with the city district. The Traffic area 25.2 ha – 23% route from the city center in just a few junction with builders which guarantee first building block in the network is the Built-up area 34.9 ha – 32% Public open spaces 27.7 ha – 25% minutes. At the same time the public reliable and user-friendly mobility supply Oberhafen “powerhouse”. Only its chim- (squares, parks, promenades, paths) transport service is also good. The new which will also increase the attractions of ney is visible from outside. Part of an old Private areas, public access 14.5 ha – 13% U4 subway line, in service since the end each individual property, as well as the goods shed can supply thermal energy to Private areas, no public access 7.3 ha – 7% of 2012, is a central element here. The trip neighborhood as a whole. the whole of eastern HafenCity. Hidden Oberhafen Quarter 8.9 ha from Jungfernstieg to Überseequartier HafenCity as a whole is part of the Ham- behind the red-brick walls, the combined

*not including Oberhafen Quarter, rail tracks, subway takes four minutes – and to HafenCity burg electromobility model region and heat and power generating plant pro- University six minutes. At the latest with already has two public recharging points duces a total thermal output of 10 MW.

The proportion of squares, promenades and parks is particularly high in HafenCity. Land use is effective through dense development, construction of buildings on the opening of the third subway station at (including Hamburg’s first rapid charging This smallest of spaces is fitted out with elevated foundations, and integrated parking Elbbrücken in 2018, the intersection with station). Since February 2012, buses and state of the art technology: including a 52 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 53

SUSTAINABILITY

parked in the underground garages inside • sustainable management of public building plinths, which are flood-protect- goods (e.g. using advanced sanitary ed. Above-ground parking slots are not equipment to cut water consumption); allowed in buildings. Stationary vehicles efficient use of publicly accessible therefore consume little public space (see areas and family friendliness in hotel p.64 ff). The only exceptions are Kaispei- and retail buildings cher A, an existing building that is part of • use of ecofriendly construction mate- the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall, and the rials free of halogen, volatile solvents converted Heinemann warehouse. or biocides. Use of certified tropical wood is recognized THE HAFENCITY • special consideration of health and ECOLABEL IN GOLD well-being such as comfortable room AND SILVER temperature, non-allergenic fixtures and fittings, reverberation and sound HafenCity Hamburg GmbH unveiled insulation, glare protection and air cir- Germany’s first certification system for culation in air-conditioned spaces sustainable building in 2007. The gold • sustainable building facility opera- Ecolabel for extraordinary attainment is tions, including low maintenance or use designed to motivate developers to han- of durable materials and barrier-free dle resources responsibly. The system mobility throughout. evaluates the ecological, economic and social sustainability of a projected build- The HafenCity Ecolabel has proven HafenCity’s fine-grained horizontal and vertical mix of a variety of urban uses means homes, workplaces, ing. Initially the Ecolabel applied only to a huge success. So far 30 projects have cultural and leisure facilities and commerce are often closely clustered residential, office and special construc- been certified or pre-certified, of which tion. But since 2010 retail or hotel uses 29 attained the “gold” level, including combined heat and power generating regulations also limit emissions from the and multi-uses are also being certified. Katharinenschule primary school, the plant, two natural gas-fired furnaces, a working port south of the Elbe to their Buildings that meet at least three of HafenCity University building, the Elbe heat accumulation plant and an electric current level. five categories of special or outstanding Arcades on Magdeburger Hafen as well transformer substation to feed the ener- Another important aspect of sustain- attainment are certified. The developer as the Musicians’ House and Ecumen- gy into the local power network. ability is to cater for long-term flood submits the application, presenting ical Forum on Shanghaiallee. The first Outstanding among the distinguishing protection requirements. Because of planning documentation demonstrating confirmed certified holder was Unilever features of the heating concept in eastern its position in the tidal part of the Riv- the special or outstanding sustainability headquarters on Strandkai. HafenCity is that it uses a significant pro- er Elbe, HafenCity is subject to con- of its building. After positive examina- Since then, the highest grade of Hafen portion of renewable energy – peak loads siderable risks of flooding in cases of tion by an independent auditor, the proj- City sustainability certification has also are the only exception. extreme storm surges. HafenCity was ect receives preliminary certification. gone to the Spiegel publishing group therefore built on compacted artificial This gives builders and developers the building, Centurion Commercial Center, LIFE BY THE WATER foundations – “Warften” – raising it to opportunity to convince potential buy- as well as the NIDUS Loft (the first resi- The Osaka 9 InfoPavilion on Störtebeker Ufer presents an overview of HafenCity sustainability concepts 8–9 m over sea level above the former ers or tenants of the sustainability of dential building). A loose-knit building structure close to level of the port and not, as is usual for their desired property in the early mar- Meanwhile, tendering invitations now SUSTAINABLE BRIDGE OSAKA 9 – expanses of water also has a positive envi- low-lying areas, surrounded by dikes or keting phase. The final certificate is increasingly call for compliance with the BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY PAVILION ronmental impact. This results in a reduc- provided with flood defense barriers. To awarded after the project is completed, gold criteria. In Am Lohsepark neighbor- tion of summer heat island effects in the protect it against high water therefore, when implementation of Category 1 hood all buildings on sites belonging to Sustainable construction in HafenCity is An overview of the HafenCity sus- city and thus leads to lower ventilation a new formation has taken shape, with energy standards can be documented. Hamburg special fund for city and port not confined to buildings. Baakenhafen tainability concept can be seen in the and air-conditioning requirements – and the artificial “Warft” that forms a flexi- are to be built to gold standard. These bridge has also set standards in many “Osaka 9” Sustainability Pavilion on the more comfortable conditions at home ble boundary between water and land: Certification breaks down criteria are also regular for the eastern ways. As one of just five pilot projects embankment promenade on Magde- and in the office. However, the waterside lower-lying areas such as promenades into five categories: neighborhoods of Baakenhafen and Elb- throughout Germany, it was planned and burger Hafen harbor basin. Core topics in situation and corresponding proxim- and parts of squares are designed to pro- brücken. To ensure that the very tough realized in line with specific sustainability the exhibition are sustainable ground use ity to the port requires – as is the case vide expansion surfaces and are flooded • reduction of primary energy consump- standards for the Ecolabel keep pace with aspects and rated “very good” according and mixed use city structure, energy and with traffic noise in eastern HafenCity – during severe storm surges – in such cases tion well beyond statutory require- current developments, requirements are to the criteria to assess “Sustainability of time-saving mobility structures, as well high levels of protection. Positioning of HafenCity is robbed of some of its public ments for running a building (for resi- revised regularly, taking into consider- road bridges in the life cycle” developed as ecological power supply and sustain- buildings, orientation of living space and space for an hour or two, but at higher lev- dential buildings the passive house ation, for instance, amendments to the by the German Federal Institute for Roads. able buildings. The Info Pavilion is also the special window surrounds help to mini- els it continues to function as a “normal” standard applies) Energy Saving Directive. starting point for tours and is a popular mize the effects of noise. Port planning city. Another side effect is that cars can be location for events right by the water. 54 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 55

CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS

cultural development. Since then theater performances have followed, such Curtain Up: HafenCity as a Stage for Art and Culture as Thalia Theater’s specially conceived HafenCity has been discovered by the art and cultural community, which is finding a widespread following. Institutions with summer programs, delighting the public international appeal are emerging in conspicuous sites in its temporary theater tent every year. But also Art and Culture in HafenCity, in successful cooperation with three cultural greats in the Hamburg culture scene (Kampnagel, the Hamburg Kunstverein and the Deichtorhallen), has initiated Many new settings for art and culture have emerged in HafenCity – if the weather is right, in the open air several art projects since 2011, driving too. Design of open spaces always had this in mind forward the debate on the opportunities for social coexistence in the new SUMMER IN air tango and swing, evening readings urban public sphere emerging in Hafen- HAFENCITY in a maritime atmosphere, or popular City. The HafenCity cultural coordination children’s building sites. The same goes circle also brings together many parties HafenCity has become a popular and for the Körber foundation’s series of top- and activities. This panel of experts, set often permanent venue for events of level discussions open to the public in the up in May 2005 by the Hamburg Culture almost every size, from pop-up street KörberForum. Ministry, holds regular meetings with performances through to major events. Other widely varying events attract- HafenCity Hamburg GmbH representa- From the Long Night of the Museums, ing an increasingly mixed public range tives to promote the arts and culture in Hamburg Architecture Summer, to the from the former East German refrigera- the new city district. In developing con- Harbour Front literary festival, the Elb- tor ship MS Stubnitz, a music venue fea- cepts, it takes on a share of responsibility jazz festival – the list of events is a long turing everything from Pakistani jazz to for development of the range of cultural one. The squares and promenades of hardcore electro music, now anchored in activities in HafenCity. HafenCity frequently serve as open air Baakenhafen, to the relaxed Club 20457 stages, auditoria or dance floors. Popu- on Osakaallee or after-work sessions in lar magnets for visitors are Summer in summer at the Sunset Lounge in front of HafenCity, an annual event with open- the Unilever building.

Whether for a jazz concert, theater performance or as a platform for readings, HafenCity is a popular location for events and well established as a venue

Cultural and artistic uses play a crucial inspirational role in the HafenCity development process

p until 2003, HafenCity was a big basins, quay walls, cranes and a few ware- CULTURE SCENE U blank spot on Hamburg’s cultural houses were restored. At the same time, WITH NUMEROUS map. Its status as a free-port and the from the very start, the needs of art and ACTORS Port Development Act prohibited any culture were taken into special account type of usage that was unrelated to port in the design of squares and promenades Over time, special cooperative and activities. Art and culture therefore only throughout HafenCity. Thus, in addition organizational structures relating to subsequently gradually found their place to major cultural institutions such as the HafenCity have emerged time and here. However, cultural and artistic uses Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall and the again. In addition to initiatives such are a very important driving force in the International Maritime Museum Ham- as Musical LandArt was a cooperation new district’s development. The decision burg, many new settings with history are between the Hamburg Arts Foundati- to maintain structures typical of a port taking shape for art and culture – and, on on, Körber Foundation and HafenCity wherever possible was therefore a cul- the southern embankment of Oberhafen, Hamburg GmbH to launch an artists’ tural signpost in itself, providing a back- a permanent arts and creative quarter is competition in 2004/2005, which was drop for culture in HafenCity: the harbor developing. an important landmark in the district’s 56 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 57

CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS

FRESH IMPULSE FOR THE film festival, dance performances, cre- Design, which arrived in 2013, the Ham- CREATIVE ECONOMY ative co-working spaces, Gängerviertel burg design network designxport, another e.V. (in temporary premises), or locations heavyweight design presence, opened in Oberhafen, with its creative and cultur- like Halle 424, an old storage shed com- HafenCity in July 2014. Gradually Magde- al scene, is increasingly generating inspi- bining a modern gallery with a cool jazz burger Hafen is turning into an exciting ration (see p. 40ff). It has been used for and classical music location. Oberhafen forum for ideas and a public showcase for all kinds of creative uses for ten years or is also excellently linked to the rest of the local, regional and international cre- more and is a venue for large and small HafenCity as well as newly developed ative sector, with nearby Hongkongstrasse cultural events on a regular basis. But it is cultural activities in Rothenburgsort increasingly establishing itself as an only since the majority of space has been and City Süd, not to mention the nearby address for small agencies and start-ups. freed up for artistic and cultural uses that Museum Mile. An important pioneering role in Oberhafen has finally blossomed, becom- Not to be outdone, Elbtorquartier is also HafenCity was played, of course, by the ing the nucleus of a creative and cultural putting itself on the creative and cultur- annual “Hamburger Jedermann” theatri- neighborhood accommodating the short al map. Following in the footsteps of iF cal production by Michael Batz. It was a permanent feature of Hamburg’s cultural calendar long before HafenCity was in a position to become a place for the arts, staged every summer since the 1990s against the spectacular backdrop of the Speicherstadt.

MUSEUM BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT

The International Maritime Museum Impressive architecture, unique situation: the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall rises like a giant wave above the building of the former Kaispeicher A warehouse. Hamburg lent HafenCity a special luster The concert hall is a spectacular landmark for Hamburg and HafenCity and a great venue for music – a major visitor attraction when it opened its doors back in the summer of 2008 in the old Kaispeicher B, a converting it into a museum but leaving ELBPHILHARMONIE Elbe and the rest of the city. It is also both warehouse dating from 1879 (architects: its characteristic architecture intact. The CONCERT HALL the interface between the original and Wilhelm Emil Meerwein, Bernhard Hans- ten floors, or “decks”, of the museum, new parts of the building, and between sen); it is actually the oldest warehouse in covering 11,500 sqm, house an exhibition It is hard to overlook HafenCity’s inter- the public open space and the other uses. HafenCity and the Speicherstadt. based on the Peter Tamm private mari- national landmark, the Elbphilharmonie The warehouse shell will be used for car From the summer of 2005, architect time collection. Kaispeicher B and the Concert Hall. Swiss star architects Herzog parking, as well as backstage areas and Mirjana Markovic extensively renovated adjacent Heinemann-Speicher building & de Meuron’s spectacular concert venue space for all-round musical education. the listed warehouse at Elbtorquartier, also accommodate the Institute of Ship- has been erected atop mighty Kaispeicher The new glass superstructure will contain ping and Marine History and a library, A, a cocoa warehouse built between 1963 two auditoria holding audiences of 2,150 including an archive. and 1966 to plans by architect Werner and 550 respectively. The unveiling of the With a crowded program of events and It was at around the same time that Kallmorgen. Its cubic shape and façades first designs by architects Herzog & de exhibits, the whole of HafenCity func- the Prototyp automobile museum also remain intact beneath a unique archi- Meuron in 2003 caused an international tions as a cultural magnet for residents, moved into HafenCity. The permanent tectonic hybrid housing concert halls, a sensation. The commitment of Hamburg local employees and many visitors exhibition in the listed former premises hotel with 250 rooms, 45 apartments and citizens was also unequalled: more than of the Harburger Gummi-Kamm-Com- a garage offering parking for around 500 7,500 have supported its construction pagnie, on Shanghaiallee, is also based cars. so far. However, the city’s contribution on the private collection of the muse- The former warehouse building is will be considerable due to the dramat- um founder. It includes rare automobile crowned by an undulating, curved glass ically increased cost of the building to icons, including the legendary Porsche structure, up to 110 m high, blending ele- EUR 789 million. The Elbphilharmonie is 64, as well as original cars of Sebastian ments of historic port architecture and to be opened on January 11, 2017, although Vettel and Michael Schumacher. contemporary building design, port tradi- the public plaza will be accessible from In the immediate vicinity of the historic tion and the district’s new identity. Sand- November 2016. Speicherstadt other creative and cultur- wiched between the original building and al uses have also opened, with several the new wave-crested crown, a public museums here describing the past of this plaza at a height of 37 m offers fantastic listed ensemble. views of the harbor, HafenCity, the River 58 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 59

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

quarter management, for which principles were worked out in 2016. An appropriate Living in the Center: HafenCity as a Place body (trust or association) is to be set up, to be financed by small contributions from of Neighborly Coexistence all owners and users (which also includes owners of buildings). The revenue will be Western HafenCity has become an urban place, home to about 2,500 people. Despite their very different used to run the community houses and to backgrounds and lifestyles, neighborly networking is already advanced financially support other neighborhood functions. HafenCity Hamburg GmbH actively nur- The sheer variety of concepts, price levels and architecture convinces many people to live in HafenCity tures residents’ identification with the new district, supporting initiatives and two more kindergartens in Baakenhafen taken the chance to reorient their lives regularly seeking dialog with residents, and Am Lohsepark are at an advanced after their children have moved out and whether through direct contact or through stage. Complementing Katharinenschule have pinpointed HafenCity as the place to regular information and discussion events, school, another primary school will be live. In the desire to open a new (residen- for example. It sees it as a responsibility established in eastern HafenCity, and in tial) chapter in their lives, they have chosen not only to establish a diverse mix of uses central Lohsepark there will be a second- a place to live which offers cultural events, and social milieus, but to ensure that even ary school comprising gymnasium and a socially alive environment and proximity where friction arises, equilibrium is main- comprehensive departments. The prima- to neighbors including young, career-driv- tained. Proactive impulses include pro- ry in Baakenhafen should open in 2018. en couples and single people. Residents moting social neighborliness and offering In combination with a kindergarten and are also particularly attracted to HafenCity advice during the process. Thus the first other facilities, it will develop into an edu- by its emotionally positive waterfront sit- playground was developed in conjunc- cation and family center. The secondary uation, individual home types, and good tion with resident parents, while school school at Lohsepark should be open for transport infrastructure. pupils contributed ideas to the planning of pupils in 2019. Special importance attach- At 46.6 percent, the quota of one-person Grasbrookpark and Lohsepark. In a future es to the three planned play-cum-com- households is lower than the Hamburg workshop, a students’ committee at Kath- munity houses in Grasbrookpark, Loh- average of 54.3 percent and significantly arinenschule primary tried to pinpoint the Grasbrookpark, completed in August 2013, is a verdant play park with lots of play and recreational facilities for children as well as adults separk and Baakenhafen. Competitive below the average in inner-city districts, actual needs of children and adolescents tenders for concepts for the projects, as where it is often already more than 60 in a public urban place. Pre-school and pri- he variety of housing in HafenCity is same time a modified concept bidding FAMILY FRIENDLY well as the planned KinderKulturHaus percent. mary school children in grades 1 to 3 also T already quite exceptional. It includes procedure was introduced in HafenCity, HOUSING children’s arts center on Strandkai, will attended a participation camp in 2015 for a smaller scale mix of apartments to in which 70 percent of a bid accounts for take place in 2016, so that construction ENCOURAGING Baakenhafen, giving them a say in the rent or to buy in different price brackets, the concept and 30 percent for the offer The profile of residents is thus in line can begin in 2017. INITIATIVE AND design of open spaces in HafenCity. although the spectrum ranges from pub- price for the plot. This will enhance the with a definite trend: the proportion of Families are also attracted by the short DIALOG The Netzwerk HafenCity association licly subsidized rental housing through to diversity of the range of housing offered households with children registered in distances, well connected routes and has been a force in sharing responsibility the luxury segment and also takes in the even more, making way for rentals in the HafenCity continues to grow. It is cur- public open spaces of HafenCity. Squares, Whether for families, sports cracks or the for HafenCity’s development since 2009, special requirements of groups such as subsidized sector of EUR 6.20/sqm (hous- rently 16.9 percent which means that parks and promenades offer a great vari- culture-inclined, a stimulating social com- involving itself in finding cooperative solu- musicians, designers, seniors as well as ing subsidy scheme 1) and EUR 8.30/sqm HafenCity has long overtaken other pop- ety of recreation and play possibilities. munity has already developed in western tions to everyday issues for all HafenCity the physically disabled or chronically sick. (second tier subsidy) in the lower price ular inner-city districts such as Eimsbüttel For instance, apart from playgrounds and HafenCity. Many residents are active in the residents. In addition, it initiates events Building cooperatives and joint building segment. (12.6 percent), Winterhude (12.4) or Neu- fitness apparatus outdoors, there are also community, for instance organizing the and festivities, increasingly also in coop- ventures have played a special role in The wide spectrum of living concepts, stadt (11.3). two basketball courts and a temporary digital residents’ forum hafencity-leben. eration with surrounding districts, thus the development of living in HafenCity, price levels and architectural styles This family orientation will increase soccer kickabout area. But Oberhafen will de, for instance, or the HafenCity-Zeitung, making a real contribution to neighborly catering for a mid-price segment of the available attracts many people to live in markedly in coming years compared with also have a nine-a-side pitch which will run by locals (www.hafencity-news.de). coexistence – in HafenCity and beyond. In newbuild market and often acting as an HafenCity. Nevertheless sometimes more mature residential areas of the also be available to clubs and schools, to In addition there are regular local get-to- May 2013 a business community of inter- important catalyst in forming a neighbor- households are prepared to spend more inner city, thanks to the influence of sub- be laid out from 2017. gethers, special occasions such as a flea est (IGG) came into existence under the ly culture. In addition, because of sharp ris- on housing direct costs in favor of lower sidized housing construction in Hafen market or neighborhood parties. While aegis of the network. It aims to bring all es in the cost of rental and owned homes mobility costs, a better work-life balance City. To continue to meet the needs of FAMILIES, RETIREES AND Störtebeker SV sports club offers a wide business operators in HafenCity into an in Hamburg’s inner districts, 20 percent and more time. With their workplaces, the many children and teenagers, social YOUNG COUPLES range of sports, Spielhaus HafenCity e.V. efficient network to promote communi- of residential building plots in HafenCity daily requirements, schools and leisure infrastructure is being continuously looks after the interests of HafenCity’s cation between them which will further have been put out to tender for subsi- facilities on the doorstep, family and expanded. So far three kindergartens In addition to young families, another youngest residents. Self-organization by strengthen the location. dized housing since 2010 – the proportion work can be more easily combined than with around 300 places are open, with very prevalent group found in HafenCity residents, business people and proprietors has risen to one third since 2011. At the elsewhere. another under construction. Planning for is of couples aged over 50. Often they have will soon receive support from a special 60 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 61

PUBLIC OPEN SPACES

The City of Plazas, Parks and Promenades HafenCity’s exciting, new urban spaces on and beside the water enrich Hamburg. Squares, promenades and parks are no mere urban development tools but distinctive elements of the cityscape in their own right

City of short distances: 70 percent of the dense network of pedestrian and cycle routes in HafenCity lead across promenades, jetties and squares. Some 30 percent are routed along the waterside. Already in use, Buenos Aires quay (photo) links Magdeburger Hafen and Baakenhafen. In the background, the ECE/ Strabag building site

SPACIOUS GREEN SPACES ing play and recreational facilities for ON FOOT FROM AND PLAY AREAS young and old in nearby Grasbrookpark. THE INNER ALSTER The park, at the interface with Strand- TO MAGDEBURGER In the northwest, Sandtorpark, cover- kai neighborhood, was inaugurated HAFEN ing around 6,000 sqm, with its mounds, in summer 2013. With a play ship as its trees and a grassy play area designed for a centerpiece, the popularity of this leafy The vitality of the area around Mag- variety of uses, is the urban planning ele- play park as a meeting place spreads well deburger Hafen is increasingly melding ment unifying the materials and ground beyond HafenCity limits. HafenCity and the existing city center surface design used for the Magellan Ter- Central HafenCity with Überseequar- together. The Inner Alster is only 900 m races with those around the open space tier and the surroundings of Magdebur- away and thus just a few minutes’ walk surrounding the park. The green area, ger Hafen was designed by the renowned from Magdeburger Hafen, interconnect- opened in April 2011, is also intensively Catalan landscape architect Beth Galí ed by the central Domplatz axis. Inside used by neighboring Katharinen school: and her firm BB + GG Arquitectes (Bar- HafenCity, this links Überseequartier, The public open spaces by the water are well established meeting places for visitors and workers and act as venues for many events. Here is the promenade by its pupils were also involved in design- celona). Elbtorquartier and Brooktorquartier, Grasbrookhafen harbor basin

he significance of urban open space MEDITERRANEAN From the terraces, the gaze sweeps T for HafenCity is clear from just a few AIRINESS WITH AUSTERE across to the Traditional Ship Harbor in key figures: 25 percent of its land area – PORT INFLUENCES Sandtorhafen, opened in 2008; 5,800 as much as 28 ha – will be public open sqm of floating pontoons rise and fall space. All of this, whether parks or prom- Architectural firm EMBT Arquitectes with the tide, providing permanent moor- enades, is on the waterside, and 10.5 km Associats designed most of the largely ings for up to 30 historic watercraft. The of shoreline will be made. Water surfaces completed urban spaces in the western Marco Polo Terraces (7,800 sqm), opened in harbor basins and the River Elbe are all section of HafenCity, an elaborate and in 2007, break down into smaller ele- “islands of fresh air”, opening up views. In esthetic interplay between water and ments - grass islands, wooden decks and addition to the public open spaces, which land; severe forms typical of a port con- trees. They appear more sheltered, green are closely interlocked and well connect- trast with airier Mediterranean influ- and soft. Promenades along the quays ed to one another, publicly accessible pri- ences. Two large terraced squares were link these varied urban spaces. vate open spaces account for a further 13 created at the heads of the Sandtorhafen South of the Marco Polo Terraces, a stroll percent. A mere seven percent of all open and Grasbrookhafen harbor basins. The leads to the Elbterrassen steps, where space is inaccessible to the public. Open Magellan Terraces (5,600 sqm), com- cruise ship fans congregate, after pass- space therefore accounts for 45 percent pleted in 2005, are stepped down to ing through Grosser Grasbrook and the of all of HafenCity – with 31 percent built the water on several levels resembling publicly accessible mall in Unilever House. and 24 percent devoted to traffic. an amphitheater. With its rather hard Vasco da Gama plaza, also adjoining a surfaces and unusual architecture, this promenade, is a popular local meeting plaza has an urban character with multi- place with outside eating areas and space ple functions. for basketball. Squares, promenades and parks are not just urban planning devices in HafenCity, but individual elements putting their stamp on the cityscape 62 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 63

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which are connected, for instance via On the eastern side of Magdeburger On the long sides of the park, terraces Busanbrücke bridge, opened at the Hafen, the promenade has led along the open out to the street, providing an unob- end of 2010. Along Osakaallee, an new Elbe Arcades on two levels since fall structed transition between the green embankment promenade up to 12 m wide 2013 – by the water and at the flood-pro- area and its urban surroundings, inter- borders the western side of Magdeburger tected warft level. It continues along the linking built structures and open space. Hafen. harbor basin down to the new HafenCity Although the park has looked quite green Ramps, steps and clumps of green University building. This now links the since 2013, many areas in the central sec- shrubs lead from road level onto the his- square in front of Kaispeicher B with the tion were first opened to the public on toric quay level. The difference in eleva- open spaces at HCU since, as of August the occasion of the HSH Nordbank Run tion integrates the site for the Osaka 9 2014, the pier has continued south- in HafenCity in 2015. This included play sustainability pavilion; the ecological wards under Magdeburger Brücke bridge areas for children, a stone grotto, as well aspects of HafenCity have been exhibited through to Lohsepark, Baakenhafen basin as a streetball pitch. By summer 2016, the here since 2011. and the Elbe, offering a through route whole park will be ready to be handed At the head of Magdeburger Hafen without crossing any roads. over to the public. is the most important entrance to cen- One fundamental part of the park, yet City of promenades and bridges: a through route leads from Dar es Salaam square under Magdeburger Brücke bridge to Lohsepark, Baakenhafen and the Elbe tral HafenCity, Dar es Salaam square, an LOHSEPARK IN to be created in and around it, will be without crossing a single road attractive place that faces south to the THE CENTER the three-part denk.mal Hanover Rail- harbor basin, with sweeping views to the road Station, a memorial to the history THE LEAFY LAST URBAN excellent connections to the subway and Elbe. The León-Brücke bridge links the The winning open space concept by Vogt of deportation in Hamburg. This will be EAST OF HAFENCITY PLANNING DESIGN rapid transit station at Elbbrücken. The square with Brooktorpromenade, opened Landschaftsarchitekten AG (Zurich) cre- made up of a central place of remem- COMPETITION competition to design open space for this 2010 and leading alongside the DNV Ger- ates the basic framework for Lohsepark, brance based on the relics of Platform 2 Beside the Elbe the park joins up with area will be launched in 2016. manischer Lloyd building ensemble to the largest contiguous park in HafenCity. of the former station: a seam slashing a 30 m-wide promenade, leading along Further to the east, Elbbrücken neigh- In addition to public open spaces, many Ericusspitze and the Spiegel building. A Covering 4.4 ha, the centrally sited park through the park from the former station the river to Entenwerder, and passing borhood is shifting more sharply into private areas in HafenCity are also acces- special design feature here is the 30 m will incorporate wide-ranging urban, forecourt along the course of the historic through the new neighborhoods of Am development focus. In fall 2015, the last sible to all residents, local employees and stone “sofa”. WES & Partner Landschafts- social and ecological functions. Gener- rail tracks to the platform, and an exhibi- Baakenhafen and Elbbrücken. The open urban planning competition for Hafen visitors. Public and private land is close- architekten (Hamburg) were responsible ous sweeps of grass broken up by loosely tion center, to be built on the western side spaces in Baakenhafen, in which the focus City came to a successful conclusion, tying ly interlocked; many spaces in private for most of the design of this open space. winding pathways, seating areas and play of the park on Steinschanze street with a is on homes for families with children up the final loose ends of urban planning ownership are subject to general rights The Ericuspromenade, the continuation opportunities will attract residents both direct visual relationship to the historic and a multitude of integrated sport and for the whole of HafenCity. The winning of way or, as in Überseequartier, compa- of Brooktorpromenade, ready since fall young and old, as well as visitors from memorial. recreational uses, were planned by Ate- design by Hosoya Schaefer Architects rable rights to public thoroughfares. This 2011, is an invitation to change levels. other places and people working locally. lier Loidl (Berlin). One of the convincing (Zurich) cleverly mediates between the ensures, for instance, that private areas aspects of their concept was the design public and spatial framework. A clearly between buildings remain passable to Western HafenCity’s urban spaces make much of the interaction of water and land. They combine the severe forms typical of the port with lighter, more Mediter- of 1.6 ha Baakenpark, an artificial prom- defined neighborhood will develop, with pedestrians and sometimes cyclists – and ranean influences. In the backgorund, Sandtorhafen and the Elbe ontory in the center of the harbor basin. In a diverse range of public spaces, a high- that they have a dense network of paths 2016/17 it will be given its exciting topog- rise dominating the core of the quarter at and well-connected leisure areas at their raphy: different levels, including a 14.8 m the head of Baakenhafen basin, as well as disposal. “mountain” Himmelsberg; tree planting; lawns and a spacious play landscape on Many new routes and places close to the water are particularly attractive to walkers and cyclists, in many the theme of flotsam and jetsam. A foot- places with views of the maritime port surroundings – as here, a residential street at Grosser Grasbrook bridge designed by gmp (Hamburg) and Knippers Helbig (Stuttgart) will link the peninsula to the northern embankment and should be finished in 2016. The opening of Baakenpark itself will be in fall 2017. Development of the eastern quarters began with a flourish in June 2013, when Baakenhafen bridge, the winner of many awards, was lifted into place. The bridge, designed by the London firm of Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Berlin’s Ingenieurbüro Happold, gives cyclists plenty of space on both sides of the carriageway on their way to and from southern Baakenhafen. 64 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 65

INFRASTRUCTURE

A new Infrastructure as the Basis for Urban Development Proximity to water, ground conditions and flood risks present particular challenges

afenCity is characterized by infra- orate protection measures are required: H structural features specific to the site: HafenCity hugs the Elbe for more than the area is a low-lying island in the River 3.1 km and has a total waterfront of over Elbe, indented by several harbor basins. 10.5 km, including the harbor basins. The prerequisites for its urban use are In the past, the HafenCity area was laid therefore new internal and external con- out as an industrial and port district. The nections and cross-links as well as effec- extension of the modern port facilities Transport development tive flood protection. that began in 1862 gave this area the typ- in HafenCity A particular challenge is the east-west ical appearance which largely remains Subway

orientation of the historic warehouses in today, with harbor basins and docks con- Rapid transit the Speicherstadt, forming a barrier stituting HafenCity’s character. Bus line between HafenCity and the City like the In many places, Am Sandtorkai/Dal- Optional bus line waterways extending east-west in paral- mannkai, for instance, the historic quay lel and broad Willy Brandt street. These structure could be partially conserved Ferry factors meant, for instance, that efficient and carefully restored. New quay walls Jetty for launches (for information only) public transport connections could only were built in sections where the old sub- work well underground via subway. stance was too damaged or previously did Furthermore, the HafenCity site is situ- not exist. HafenCity is served by a complex and efficient transport ated outside Hamburg’s dike line on system. Public transport services play the main role. The central FLOOD PROTECTION are built at a minimum of 7.5 m or 8.3 m links will be formed via the bridges Gross- low-lying land not protected from flood- transport artery is the new U4 subway line connecting with HAS PRIORITY above sea level, protected against floods. marktbrücke and Freihafenbrücke, both of ing at 4–5.5 m above sea level. Because of the rapid transit service at Elbbrücken (S-Bahn) station, com- New bridges are built in flood-protected which connect with flood-protected Vers- its location in the Elbe, separate and elab- plemented by a dense network of bus services Protection against flooding was a -cru form, or old ones upgraded and lifted. One mannstrasse. cial precondition for the development of exception to the rule of raising road levels HafenCity. Surrounding it with a dike was is the street running between HafenCity NEW ROADS AND BRIDGES

The concept of elevated foundations and flood protection in HafenCity Flood protection ruled out, since it would have had to be in and the historic Speicherstadt. Elevation (showing the example of Dallmannkai and Kaiserkai) in HafenCity: 8.30 m msl place around the whole 127 ha land area of of the whole width of Am Sandtorkai/ An additional challenge is the ground Highest flood level in Hamburg 1976: the new district before realization of the Brooktorkai would have been extremely itself in the new city district. HafenCity’s 6.45 m msl first buildings. A rapid start to develop- difficult and would have made no sense location on the Elbe marshes is subject to Promenade: 4.50 m msl ment would not have been possible; and, due to the proximity of the Speicherstadt. the alluvial influence of the Elbe, which Tidal range: as well as generating huge upfront costs, In the rare and brief occurrence of a storm means that the upper layers of soil are mean high water: (MHW): 2.10 m msl the urban spatial relationship to water so surge in combination with high water, made up mostly of clay and glacial sed- mean low water: (MLW): -1.50 m msl characteristic of HafenCity would have new flood-safe access routes to HafenCity iment. As so-called cohesive layers, been prevented. have been created. The Kibbelstegbrücke they are highly water absorbent, which Instead, the new buildings and roads bridges are one example: under normal means they cannot bear heavy weight. are built on plinths or “Warfts” which are conditions they function as an attractive Sand, which is load bearing, begins fur- formed at a height of 8–9 m above sea lev- route for pedestrians and cyclists; in flood ther down. This is why all buildings in el, thus protecting against flooding. Their conditions they provide safe access for fire HafenCity are built on piles. These are interiors also offer space for flood-protect- and rescue services. usually driven around 20 m deep into ed underground garages. Promenades and The second flood-secure traf fic axis to the the earth, which transfers the weight to many squares, on the other hand, remain dike-bound city center is via Oberbaum- the loadbearing sand layers. In Strand- at the area’s previous level of 4.5–5.5 m brücke bridge and Brooktorkai, Shang- kai neighborhood a departure from pile above sea level, which maintains the close haiallee and Überseeallee roads. These foundations is taking place for the first All buildings and roads in HafenCity are built on warfts – compacted foundations. This creates a whole new city topography, as shown here for relationship to water and creates high routes are also open to private vehicles in time: basements are actually being exca- Dallmannkai/Kaiserkai quality, usable public spaces. All roads case of flooding. Additional flood-secure vated down to the level of loadbearing 66 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | ESSENTIALS 67

INFRASTRUCTURE

sand. Thus, at a level of around 6 m below THROUGH THE CITY BY burg architects and engineers associa- sea-level, a new building will be con- CAR OR ON FOOT tion (AIV). The 170 m-long Baakenhafen structed for the first time in HafenCity on bridge, opened in August 2013, marked shallow foundations. Four road bridges currently connect another important milestone in the rap- For road building, preloading is used to HafenCity with the city center. Am Sand- id development of eastern HafenCity in raise the level temporarily to 10 m: the torkai/Brooktorkai, a street running which work on the infrastructural basis weight of heaped up sand presses any east-west, serves as western HafenCity’s also continues apace. water out of the cohesive layers of ground central access road link northwards. From Since summer 2013 a two-lane traffic below, creating a stable foundation suit- it, traffic fans out along to the south; pri- diversion has been in place during work able for road building. When this process marily via Shanghaiallee and Osakaallee. in parallel on the neighborhood’s most is finished, the sand preload is removed Then it continues across Kornhausbrücke crucial traffic connections: the new Vers- Cycle route concept down to the future level of the road, so bridge along an extension of the so-called mannstrasse and the extension of the U4 Cycle paths parallel to street that piping and conduit can be laid and “Domplatz axis” thruway. On a boulevard subway to Elbbrücken. The temporary Cycle lane roads built. running from Überseeboulevard across diversion takes traffic across Baakenha- Shared cycle and footpath Roads in HafenCity are planned in at Kornhausbrücke and Domplatz, Jungfern- fen bridge along the Elbe embankment Other cycling options an early stage but the realization of stieg is just ten minutes’ walk away. to the Elbe bridges, Elbbrücken. In 2017 plazas/promenades road surfacing, pavements, cycle lanes, the southern carriageway of new Vers- Elbe Cycle Route Mixed traffic on road tree-planting or parking bays only takes NEW BRIDGES OVER mannstrasse will be ready for use. Then Bicycle rental point place gradually and in close coordina- BAAKENHAFEN traffic can be redirected and the Elbe tion with construction firms. Because embankment newly landscaped as a Areas shown outside HafenCity for information only road surfaces would be largely destroyed The first bridge over Baakenhafen har- leafy promenade. A number of cycling during structural engineering, almost all bor links the northern part of the neigh- and footpaths will also be laid out and a carriageways are given a temporary sur- borhood of Baakenhafen with its south- pedestrians’ and cyclists’ bridge over the HafenCity is crisscrossed by a dense network of cycle paths and lanes. The integration of cycle routes with the city-center network gets better and better face. After completion of the surrounding ern part. Much admired for its range of new Baakenpark peninsula will connect buildings, the final surface is then laid and functions, the bridge has been showered the north and south of eastern HafenCity differences in height, a mass of measures borhoods with their approximately 3,000 Baakenhafen. The first ferry pier has also finished, together with ancillary surfaces, with praise and prizes – including the title from 2016. make open spaces virtually barrier-free. homes and some 20,000 jobs. been installed near the Elbphilharmonie. cycle paths/strips and tree planting. “Structure of the Year” from the Ham- The most important walking and driving Two more are to follow: at HafenCity Uni- ENVIRONMENTALLY routes are equipped with wheelchair-ac- SUBWAY, FERRIES versity and the Elbbrücken. In addition FRIENDLY TRANSPORT cessible ramps; acoustic signals can be AND BUSES there are various jetties for port barges, operated at traffic lights, and the surfaces for instance in Magdeburger Hafen and HafenCity’s central situation and good of promenades have been made with an In the course of construction of the U4 in Baakenhafen harbor basins. accessibility are increasingly an invitation eye to walking and rolling quality, using subway extension, work on a new above- Planning and realization of these com- to leave the car behind – particularly as cut (and therefore smooth) cobblestones. ground subway station at Elbbrücken, plex infrastructural measures – except on HafenCity, with its short distances, is ide- An essential requirement for sustain- designed by the Hamburg office of Ger- private land- is the responsibility of the al for cycling and walking with its branch- able development in HafenCity, with its kan, Marg und Partner (gmp), began in developer, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, ing, unusually dense network of paths. dense mix of uses and high number of April 2015. At the same time Deutsche owned by the City of Hamburg. Financing The majority of cycling and footpaths are visitors, is also an efficient public trans- Bahn AG is building a new Elbbrücken is covered exclusively by sales of land in isolated from motorized traffic, running port system. The start of U4 subway ser- rapid transit (S-Bahn) station. This will the planning zone. However, finance for along promenades, piers and squares, vices – the line was not foreseen in the serve eastern HafenCity as well as parts the new U4 subway line is an exception. often along the waterside. Cycle lanes are original Masterplan – to Überseequartier of Rothenburgsort, a suburb to the north- It is being planned and realized by Ham- standard on streets with heavier traffic. station in December 2012, therefore, rep- west, and ensure better connections to burger Hochbahn AG, and financed out People with limited mobility or sight resented a major new link in the public the Hamburg public transportation sys- of budgetary funds of the Free and Han- can move about HafenCity easily. Despite transport chain. Since then regular ser- tem. As well as the entrance building, seatic City of Hamburg as well as federal vices have connected HafenCity directly the Elbbrücken station construction proj- subsidies. The cost of the extension of to Jungfernstieg and the central station. ect also inclues a glassed-in footbridge the subway, however, will be carried by In August 2013, services to the HafenCity between the stations. Hamburg’s special fund under public law Flood-safe HafenCity such as here in Marco Polo University station followed. Two months There is also a dense network of bus holding “city and port” assets, while the Terraces/Dalmannkai: buildings and roads are built earlier the ground-breaking ceremony for stops in HafenCity: the MetroBus 6 serves cost of external access to HafenCity, the on compacted foundations (warfts), forming a new the extension of the U4 through to the the Auf dem Sande stop in the Speicher- planned reconstruction of Deichtorplatz, height of 8–9 m above sea level which protects Elbe bridges took place. The last 1.3 km stadt; the new 111 line, skirting the port as well as bridges to be built between them even against extreme storm surges, while section runs from HafenCity University and known as “Hamburg’s cheapest city HafenCity and other city neighborhoods, promenades and squares may still flood in extreme station to the new station at Elbbrücken. tour”, initially runs from Fischereihafen, is also financed out of Hamburg’s budget. cases (below) From 2018 it will link the eastern neigh- the fishing port, through HafenCity to 68 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | DATA AND FACTS 69

DATA AND FACTS 70 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | DATA AND FACTS 71

HafenCity: Out of a Port a City Emerges Overall area: 157 ha of former port and industrial sites

Expansion of Hamburg’s city area by 40%

10.5 km new waterside promenades (including Elbe embankment)

3.1 km riverfront along the Elbe

Distance from center of HafenCity to City Hall: 800 m

Density of uses for offices, residential, retail, education, culture and recreation

Building density: 3.7 to 5.6 floor space index (FSI)

Average density of residents: 110/ha (land area)

Average density of employees: 354/ha (land area)

Newbuild gross floor area (GFA) above ground: 2.32 million sqm

More than 45,000 jobs of which 35,000 office

6,000 to 7,000 homes (of which approx. 1,500 to 2,000 subsidized) for approx. 14,000 residents 72 HAFENCITY PROJECTS | DATA AND FACTS 73

Data and Facts Total investment volume Distribution of land and Distribution of land areas in HafenCity* Distribution of building space HafenCity water surface uses c. EUR 10.9bn (provisional estimate at current prices) Overall area: 157 hectares Total area: 127 hectares Total: 2.32 million sqm GFA

Private Public Water surface Traffic areas 26.3 ha Public open Offices Academia, Primarily from “Special Fund for City of which, 1 hectare spaces 28.1 ha 1,100,000 education, culture, c. and Port”; approx. EUR 1.5bn from sales 30 floating pontoons public squares, parks, sqm GFA leisure and hotel EUR of plots (“Special Fund for City and Port”) hectares 25% promenades 310,000 sqm GFA 2.4bn 24% 48% 13% Not borne by the special fund are new Private open subway construction (except cost of the 9% Retail, gastronomy, 13% spaces 13.8 ha extension to the Elbbrücken) and public services publicly accessible c. EUR 8.5bn buildings such as university, schools 127 hectares 31% 215,000 sqm GFA and Elbphilharmonie, or provision of 7% 30% external access roads for HafenCity Private open Residential (e.g. reconstruction of Deichtorplatz Land Area Building area 33.9 ha spaces 7.8 ha 700,000 sqm GFA and Domplatz axis) or the costs of the not publicly International Maritime Museum accessible (EUR 30 million) * less Oberhafen neighborhood and DB tracks

Completion of Sandtorpark/Grasbrook Opening of Grasbrook- neighborhood park and Elbe Arcades in Magdeburger Hafen Completion of northern Key stages of development Überseequartier as well Construction of U4 Construction starts in HafenCity as Brooktorkai/Ericus subway extension to Inauguration of in Baakenhafen neighborhood Elbbrücken begins Elbphilharmonie Completion of Opening of International neighborhood Concert Hall Masterplan approved construction Am Maritime Museum Hamburg Further building of Construction of Final urban planning by Hamburg Senate on basis of Sandtorkai and Traditional Ship Harbor southern Übersee- Am Lohsepark Opening: Baakenpark competition for international competition quartier delayed neighborhood begins First occupants HafenCity, with Speicher- HafenCity ends Construction Opening of Kesselhaus move into stadt, becomes individual Construction of Completion of (Elbbrücken starts of southern information center HafenCity city district Elbtorquartier begins Baakenhafen bridge neighborhood) Überseequartier 2015 2017

2003 2009 2016 till 2025

City parliament decides Construction of Completion of first Introduction of HafenCity Completion of first Revision of U4 subway opens Opening of Opening of Projected to realize HafenCity buildings begins building (SAP, now Ecolabel for sustainable neighborhood Masterplan for HafenCity University Lohsepark completion of Construction of central (SAP, now KLU) building (Sandtorkai/Dal- eastern HafenCity HafenCity Lohsepark and Decision on the Kühne Logistics mannkai) (apart from a Construction of Construction of northern Grasbrookpark begins architectural competition University KLU) few buildings) first neighborhood Überseequartier begins Completion of for western Strandkai (Sandtorkai/ first building Construction of Southern Überseequartier Dalmannkai) on Strandkai Elbphilharmonie begins has new investor (Unilever and Marco-Polo-Tower) Grindelallee Schlüterstraße Schäferkampsallee Bundesstraße 38 Am Diebsteich Birkenau Stenvort Weidenallee Waidmannstraße Bornstraße Uferstraße Diebsteichtunnel Heimweg Magdalenenstraße Lerchenfeld Richardstraße Marthastraße Erlenkamp Grindelhof Papenhuder Straße Monikastraße Eimsbütteler Straße Eppendorfer Weg Beim Schlump Rotherbaum Sandkrug Schwanenwik Eilbeker Weg Eilbek Schleswiger Straße Binderstraße Immenhof Plöner Stieg Isebekstraße Kloksweg Allende-Platz Paulinenallee Bellealliancestraße Eilenau Hagenau Memellandallee Fettstraße Wandsbeker Chaussee Peterskampweg Vereinsstraße Schäferstraße Immenhof Uferstraße Alte Rabenstraße Blumenau Leunastraße Langenfelder Straße Roßberg Agathenstraße Mundsburger Damm Waterloohain Laufgraben Auenstieg Lunapark Lindenallee Hirschgraben Mennonitenstraße Von-Melle-Park Ruckteschellweg Gravensteiner Straße Kieler Straße Bundesstraße Johnsallee Ritterstraße Lunapark Schröderstiftweg Kerstensweg Evastraße Ruhrstraße Isebekstieg Rothenbaumchaussee Hartwicusstraße Papendamm Kleiner Schäferkamp Hartwicusstraße Amália-Rodrigues-Weg Margaretenstraße Schröderstiftstraße Rentzelstraße Heinrichstraße Von-Melle-Park Wartenau Badestraße Alsenplatz Lindenallee Reinfeldstraße Papenstraße Feldbrunnenstraße Armgartstraße Bei der Friedenskirche Schlüterstraße Uhlandstraße Amandastraße Durchschnitt Armgartstraße Lenaustraße Lessingstraße Dänenweg Fontenay Kaltenkirchener Straße Fröbelstraße Papenhuder Straße Alsenstraße Grindelweg

Augustenburger Straße Heimhuder Straße Düppelstraße Düppelstraße Fontenay Conventstraße

Augustenburger Straße Missundestraße Grindelallee Kiebitzstraße Hasselbrookstraße Nagelsallee Amandastraße Fontenay-Allee Kuhmühle Langenfelder Straße Schlüterstraße Bundesweg Hohenfelder Straße Plöner Straße Kaltenkirchener Straße Altonaer Straße Schanzenstraße Güntherstraße Arnisstraße Güntherstraße Leverkusenstraße Sternschanze An der VerbindungsbahnBundesstraße Bessemerweg Moorweidenstraße Arnkielstraße Altonaer Straße Moorweidenstraße Moorweidenstraße Buchtstraße Freiligrathstraße Kiebitzhof Düppelstraße Gefionstraße Alsterufer Schwanenwik Koldingstraße Oelkersallee Schützenstraße Tiergartenstraße Neubertstraße Oeverseestraße Klein Fontenay Güntherstraße Marienthaler Straße Stresemannstraße Graumannsweg Riesserstraße Duschweg Bartelsstraße Hohenfelder Allee Leverkusenstieg Ifflandstraße Alsenstraße Rossausweg Stresemannstraße Landwehr Edmund-Siemers-Allee Tesdorpfstraße Schottweg

Altona-Nord Düppelstraße Mühlendamm Griesstraße Susannenstraße Barcastraße Ackermannstraße Freiligrathstraße Kühnehöfe Holtenaustraße Schulterblatt Reismühle Sommerhuder Straße Lagerstraße Lagerstraße Schwanenwik Sechslingspforte

Bartelsstraße Ritterstraße Alsenstraße Susannenstraße Salingtwiete Stresemannstraße Sievekingsallee Lippmannstraße Sievekingsallee Sankt Petersburger Straße Ekhofstraße Richardallee Stahltwiete Max-Brauer-Allee Sternstraße Sievekingsallee Sievekingsallee

Harkortstraße Salingtwiete Alsterufer Elisenstraße Kampstraße Neue Rabenstraße Kohlentwiete Eifflerstraße Juliusstraße Mittelweg Palmerstraße Marseiller Straße Angerstraße An der Alster Wandsbeker Stieg

Kühnehöfe Holstenplatz Warburgstraße Harkortstraße Bei der Johanniskirche Lippmannstraße Sechslingspforte Jordanstraße Lübecker Straße Alfredstraße Schröderstraße Landwehrdamm Sievekingdamm Bahrenfelder Steindamm Alsterterrasse Landwe Salingtwiete Wolfshagen Karolinenstraße Marseiller Straße Moorende Gerichtstraße Suttnerstraße Grabenstraße Lange Reihe Koppel Eggerstedtstraße Ludwigstraße hr Sievekingdamm Mistralstraße Lohmühlenstraße Jordanstraße

Burgstraße Lerchenstraße Hinrichsenstraße Saling Thomasstraße Vorwerkstraße Lohmühlenstraße Bozenhardweg Schützenstraße Alsterglacis Hohenfelde Zeiseweg Dohrnweg Angerstraße Palmerstraße Walther-Kunze-Straße Bei den Kirchhöfen Lange Reihe Baubürgerweg Koppel

Schanzenstraße Eggerstedtstraße Glashüttenstraße Alsterglacis Bülaustraße Vereinsweg Holstenstraße Dammtordamm Knorrestraße Augustenpassage Stoeckhardtstraße

Meridianstraße An der Alster Auf den Blöcken Beckstraße Jungiusstraße Kennedybrücke Carl-Petersen-Straße Bahrenfelder Straße Laeiszstraße

Marktstraße Alsterufer Schmilinskystraße Grabenstraße Esplanade Lange Reihe Gaußstraße Bei der Schilleroper An der Alster Philipstraße Wallstraße Harkortstieg Gorch-Fock-Wall Gurlittstraße Mumsenstraße

Wohlersallee Zeiseweg Bethesdastraße Meridianstraße Holstenstraße

Goldbachstraße Bodenstedtstraße ÖlmühleMarktweg Holstenglacis Esplanade Bürgerweide Turnerstraße Lübeckertordamm Wallstraße Lerchenstieg Dammtorwall Elise-Averdieck-Straße Stephansplatz Danziger Straße Burgstraße Hohe Landwehr

Helenenstraße An der Alster Dorfgang Marktstraße Alfredstraße Große Theaterstraße Fehlandtstraße Holzdamm Alexanderstraße Ohlendorffstraße Neuer Kamp 6 Greifswalder Straße Bürgerweide Scheplerstraße Stiftstraße Malzweg Sankt Pauli Glashüttenstraße Norderreihe Thadenstraße Neuer Kamp Soester Straße Revaler Straße Hirtenstraße Haubachstraße Schnellstraße Norderreihe Feldstraße Kleine Theaterstraße Lange Reihe Sievekingdamm Caffamacherreihe Steindamm Lombardsbrücke Völckersstraße Sievekingplatz Burggarten Lerchenstraße Ferdinandstor Wismarer Straße Löfflerstraße Hospitalstraße Welckerstraße Hans-Sachs-Straße Sievekingplatz Sievekingplatz Gorch-Fock-Wall Barnerstraße Goetheallee Borselstraße Spadenteich Krugtwiete Borgfelder Stieg

Zimmerpforte Ebelingplatz Budapester Straße Jungestraße Heiligen-Geist-Feld Colonnaden Berliner Tor Holstenglacis Hammer Landstraße Hammer Landstraße Gerichtstraße Bernstorffstraße Von-Graffen-Straße Nernstweg Löfflerstraße Walltortunnel Kirchenweg Schmidt-Rottluff-Weg GÄNSEMARKT Borgesch Karl-Wolff-Straße Valentinskamp Kalkhof Lindenstraße Stiftstraße Bei der Osterkirche Steinheim- Rostocker Straße GänsemarktBüschstraße platz Saßstraße Bleicherstraße Baumeisterstraße Julius-Leber-Straße Julius-Leber-Straße Max-Brauer-Allee Gilbertstraße Bei der Hauptfeuerwache Bürgerweide Barnerstraße Klaus-Groth-Straße Brekelbaums Park Bahrenfelder Straße Brandsende Minenstraße Brennerstraße Beltgens Garten Friedensallee Goetheallee Jungfernstieg An der KunsthalleKunsthalle Borgfelde Chemnitzstraße Otzenstraße Speckstraße Ernst-Merck-Straße Alexanderstraße Winklers Platz Winklers Platz Stralsunder Straße Robert-Nhil-Straße

Grootsruhe Präsident-Krahn-Straße Kolbergstraße Zeißstraße Glockengießerwall Hammer Baum Pröbenweg

Grevenweg Paulinenstraße Böckmannstraße Friedensallee Bei der Osterkirche Immermannstraße Borgfelder Straße Poolstraße

Virchowstraße ABC-Straße Neue ABC-Straße Binnenalster 4 7 Oben Borgfelde Beim Gesundbrunnen Scheplerstraße Gilbertstraße Ernst-Merck-StraßeHAUPTBHF Behringstraße Goetheallee Govertsweg Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße 6

Bremer Reihe Hammer Baum Abbestraße Warnholtzstraße Holstenstraße Fuhlentwiete NORD Am Sood Esmarchstraße Holstenwall Bürgerweide Gerritstraße Brigittenstraße Poststraße Ausschläger Weg Hohenesch Pilatuspool Ferdinand-Beit-Straße Luisenweg Stuhlmannstraße Bernstorffstraße Gertrudenstraße Zeißtwiete Große Rainstraße Anckelmannstraße LornsenplatzLornsenstraße Jungfernstieg Kirchenallee Pulverteich Willebrandstraße Schumacherstraße Beim Strohhause Hahnenkamp Raboisen Dimpfelweg 74 HAFENCITYPaul-Roosen-Straße PROJECTS Ballindamm Beim Strohhause HammerWeg Kleine Rainstraße Annenstraße Kurze Mühren Steindamm Eiffestraße Erdmannstraße Kreuzweg Thedestraße Kurze Straße Hohe Bleichen Rosenstraße Am Born Eiffestraße Eiffestraße Heiligen-Geist-Feld Hauptbahnhof Adenauerallee Sankt Georg Bahrenfelder Straße Billrothstraße Alstertor Gertrudenkirchhof Piependreiherweg Große Rainstraße Goethestraße Wohlwillstraße Steintorweg Beim Berliner Tor Eiffestraße Hein-Hoyer-Straße Eiffestraße Scheel-Plessen-Straße Amelungstraße Gerberstraße Große Bleichen JUNGFERNSTIEG Ferdinandstraße Adenauerallee Enckeplatz Lange Mühren Adenauerallee Eiffestraße Hospitalstraße Clemens-Schultz-Straße Schomburgstraße Holstenstraße Breiter Gang Lilienstraße Norderhof Wikingerweg Heiligen-Geist-Feld Jan-Valkenburg-Straße Hammerbrookstraße Nöltingstraße Axel- Steintorwall Bergiusstraße Springer- Raboisen Steintordamm Glacischaussee Bleichenbrücke Spitalerstraße HAUPTBHF Lamp'lweg Große Freiheit Rademachergang Kornträgergang Platz Hermannstraße Heiligen-Geist-Feld Große Bergstraße Neanderstr. SÜD Carl-Legien-Platz Nordkanalstraße Brockesstraße Stadthausbrücke Reesendamm Barkhof Ottenser Hauptstraße Lahrmannstraße 6 Besenbinderhof Kleine Freiheit Gerh.-Hauptm.- Normannenweg Peterstraße Europa Passage Lange Große Bergstraße Alstertor Platz Mühren Kleine Bergstraße Simon-von-Utrecht-Straße Markusstraße Thielbek Street Directory Alsterarkaden Reesendamm Mönckebergstraße Kurt-Schumacher-Allee Plan

Paul-Nevermann-Platz Bergstraße Mottenburger Straße Am Felde Altonaer Poststraße MÖNCKEBERG- Hamburger Berg Kl. Rosenstraße Paul-Nevermann-Platz Hospitalstraße Peterstraße Adolphsbrücke Rendsburger Straße STRAßE Norderstraße Spaldingstraße Wendenstraße Erzbergerstraße Grevenweg Kreuslerstraße Unzerstraße Louise-Schroeder-Straße Rathaus- Lawaetzweg Wexstraße 6 Jakobikirchhof

Virchowstraße Kleine Marienstraße Hütten markt Altonaer Poststraße Jessenstraße HafenCity I.-Ehre- Nordkanalstraße Beetsweg Cimbernweg Platz Luisenweg Bei der Reitbahn Millerntorplatz Großneu- Altmannbrücke Besenbinderhof Schillerstraße markt Alter Steinweg Neuer Wall

City-Hof-Passage Bugdahnstraße Seilerstraße Kleine Seilerstraße U3 RATHAUS Steinstraße Jessenstraße Nobistor Rathaus Münzstraße Kleine Brunnenstraße Mottenburger Twiete Funkstraße Eschelsweg Neuer Steinweg Talstraße Jessenstraße STREETS BRIDGES Michaelispassage Rathausstr. Speersort Wandalenweg Klausstraße Platz der Republik Holstenstraße Eulenstraße Ehrenbergstraße Blücherstraße Wendenstraße Museumstraße Winterstraße Ehrenbergstraße Nobistor Reeperbahn ST. PAULI Adolphs- Am Pflug Am Dalmannkai [D3] Baakenhafenbrücke [E5] platz Schauenburgerstraße Domstraße Burchardstraße Schultzweg

AltstädterSpringeltwiete Str. Behnstraße Große Sorbenstraße Mörkenstraße Reeperbahn Alter Wall Kattrepel Nordkanalstraße Keplerstraße Lobuschstraße Reeperbahn 111 Reeperbahn Ludwig-Erhard-Straße Johannisstraße Curienstraße Gotenstraße Beim Trichter Kastanienallee Domplatz Speersort Bahrenfelder Straße Düsternstraße Burchard- Hühnerposten Albertstraße Lessers Passage Helgoländer Allee 6 Börsenbrücke Am Grasbrookpark [D3] Busanbrücke [D4] Klosterwall Graskeller Wendenstraße Elmenhorststraße 6 Platz Schillerstraße Am Elbpark Westerstraße Rosenallee Arnoldstraße Braunschweiger Straße Mönkedamm Dornbusch Johanniswall Königstraße Alter Schopenstehl Norderstraße Am Hannoverschen Bahnhof [D5] Ericusbrücke [C4] Zeughausmarkt Ludwig-Erhard-Straße Burchardstraße Querstraße REEPERBAHN DomstraßeFischmarkt Taubenstraße Neß Schmarjestraße Kleiner Burstah Grevenweg Süderstraße Boninstraße Altona-Altstadt Brandstwiete Hutmacherhof Teilfeld Gerstäckerstraße Kleine Reichenstraße Frankenstraße Biernatzkistraße Große Brunnenstraße Kastanienallee Pepermölenbek Am Kaiserkai [D2] Freihafenelbbrücke [F7] Großer Burstah Am Felde U1 Friedrichstraße Admiralitätstraße RÖDINGSMARKT Depenau Königstraße Finkenstraße Herrenweide Deichtor- Arnoldstraße Gerhardstraße Am Lohsepark [D4] Kibbelstegbrücke [C3] Pumpen STEINSTRAßE U3 Brodschrangen Arnemannstraße Dosestraße Pulverturms- Trostbürcke U1 platz Heidenkampsweg Trommelstraße SilbersackstraßeFriedrichstraße Herbertstraße Görttwiete Amsinckstraße Gademannstraße Hexenberg Hopfenstraße brücke Wölberstieg Neue Burg Sonninstraße Neumayerstraße Wincklerstraße MEßBERG Woltmanstraße Karl-Theodor-Straße Museumstraße Am Sandtorkai [D2–3] León-Brücke [C4] Willy-Brandt-StraßeHopfenmarkt Willy-Brandt-Straße Prahlstraße Böhmkenstraße Zirkusweg Ottenser Marktplatz Davidstraße Rothesoodstraße Deichtortunnel

Königstraße Hoheschulstraße Balduinstraße Holländische Reihe Antonistraße Erichstraße Högerdamm Kreuzbrook Platz der Republik Anberg Herrengraben Willy-Brandt-Straße Am Sandtorpark [D3] SeewartenstraßeMagdeburger Brücke [D4] Amsinckstraße Klopstockplatz Hamburger Hochstraße Högerdamm

Neue Gröninger Wand- Hammer Deich Kirchenstraße HohlerWeg Alsterfleet rahmsteg Deichtor- Altländer Straße Heinrich-Grone-Stieg Alte Königstraße Lange Straße Bernhard-Nocht-Straße Venusberg Steintwiete Dovenfleet Süderstraße Am Strandkai [E3] Mahatma-Gandhi-Brücke [D1] 6 Zollkanal hallen Struenseestraße Teerhof Högerdamm Borstelmannsweg Schleestraße Admiralitätstraße Kirchentwiete Bernhard-Nocht-Straße Holz- Grimm Oberbaum- Kuhberg Nikolaifleet Davidstraße Reimarusstraße brücke brücke Heinrich-Grone-Stieg Hammer Deich Klopstockterrasse Baakenallee [E5–6] Oberbaumbrücke [C4] Rödingsmarkt Reimerstwiete Wasserstofftankstelle Rothestraße Schaarsteinweg Herrlichkeit Neumühler Kirchenweg Sankt Pauli Hafenstraße Zollstraße Sachsenstraße Amundsenstraße Sankt Pauli Hafenstraße LANDUNGSBRÜCKEN St. -Katharinen- Kornhaus- Ericuspromenade Banksstraße Hammerbrook Rainvilleterrasse Klopstockstraße Eichholz Herrengraben Pinnasberg Mattentwiete kirche brücke Alter Wandrahm Nagelsweg Brackdamm Breite Straße Ditm.-Koel-Str. Katharinenstr. Sachsenkamp Elbchaussee Fischmarkt Baakenwerder Straße [E7] Oberhafenbrücke [C5] Rambachstraße Dienerreihe Bauerknechtstr. Neust. Neuer Weg Schaartor Poggenmühle Komödienstieg Breite Straße Palmaille Sägemühlenstraße Sankt Pauli Hafenstraße Zippelhaus Steinhöft Hammerbrookstraße BrooktorkaiBei [C4] den Sankt-Pauli-LandungsbrückenShanghaibrücke [C4] Banksstraße Sankt Pauli Fischmarkt Hafentor Kajen Schadesweg De-Voß-Straße Fischmarkt Steintwietenhof Stadtdeich 111 Bei St. Annen Katharinen- Katharinen- Oberhafen- Heidenkampsweg Köhlbrandtreppe Johannisbollwerk Karpfangerstraße Cremon Grandeswerder Straße [E5] Deichstraße fleet twiete Neuer Wandrahm brücke Amsinckstraße Anton-Ree-Weg Hullstraße Kannen- Holländisch- brookfleet gießerort Ericusgraben Kajen Hohe Brücke Holländischer Brook Ericus- Olbersweg Großer Grasbrook [D3] SQUARES, PARKS BAUMWALL Bei den Mühren Kibbelstegbrücken brücke Schopenhauerweg Wolfgangsweg Kaistraße Elbberg U3 Elbberg Binnenhafen- Brooks- Brook Brooktorkai Shanghai- Friesenstraße Binnenhafenbr. Zollkanal St. Annenufer brücke Amsinckstraße Carsten-Rehder-Straße 111 Hong-Kong-StraßeAlter Elbtunnel [D4] Amerigo-Vespucci-Platz [E7] Otto-Sill-Br. brücke brücke Brooktorpromenade Stockmeyerstraße Neumühlen Große Elbstraße Sandberg Vorsetzen Baumwall Pickhuben 6 (in Planung) Bullerdeich Große Elbstraße Binnenhafen St. Annen Platz Dar-es-Salaam- Brook OsakaalleePlatz 111 Infopavillon Große Elbstraße Hannoverscher Bhf Grüner Deich Hübenerstraße [D3] Baakenhöft [D4] Kehrwiedersteg León- Brooksfleet Überseeboulevard BaumannsTreppe Kehrwieder Brücke Brooktorhafen Basedowstraße Van-der-Smissen-Straße Niederbaum- A. d. Sande Lohseplatz Banksstraße KoreastraßeShanghaiallee brücke Am Hannoverschen Bahnhof Van-der-Smissen-Straße Kirchenpauerstraße [E7/F7] Baakenpark [E6] Singapurstr. City-Sportboothafen Am Sandtorkai Störtebeker Denkmal Lippeltstraße Überseebrücke Niederhafen Kehrwiederfleet Süderstraße Kobestraße [D4] Dar-Es-Salaam-Platz [C3] Am Sandtorpark Busan- Hongkongstraße 111 brücke KREATIV- UND Ausrüstungskai 111 Am Lohsepark Steinschanze KULTURQUARTIER Bullenhuser Damm Sandtorpark Ökum. OBERHAFEN Kehrwieder- Elb arkaden Koreastraße [C4] Ericusspitze [C4] Am Sandtorkai Forum, spitze Kapelle Großmannstraße Wochenmarkt Lucy-Borchardt-Straße [E7] Gerda-Gmelin-Platz [D6/E6] Magellan- 111 Mahatma-Gandhi-Brücke Tokiostr. Terrassen (seit Juli für Fußgänger Großer Grasbrook Sankt-Pauli-Elbtunnel Elbtorpromenade Yokohamastr. passierbar) Traditionsschiffhafen Lohsepark OsakaalleeBeim Kraftwerk [C3/D3–4] Grasbrookpark [D3] (Eröffnung Gedenkort Sandtorhafen Kaiserkaipromenade Hannoverscher Bhf Billstraße 2016 ) (Eröffnung 2017) Stadtdeich Billstraße Poggenmühle [C4] Gretchen-Wohlwill-Platz [E6] Am Dalmannkai Überseeallee Kobestraße Ausschläger Billdeich Am Kaiserkai Vasco- Magdeburger Brücke Da-Gama- Billstraße Platz der Heizwerk HAFENCITY Großmannstraße San-Francisco-Straße [D3/E3] Liselotte-von-Rantzau-Platz [E6–7] Platz 111 Elbphilharmonie Deutschen San-Francisco-Str. Überseeallee UNIVERSITÄT Auf der Brandshofer Schleuse Einheit Dalmannkaipromenade Marina ÜBERSEEQUARTIER Boule- Magdeburger (in Planung) Bargstedgasse Shanghaiallee [C4/D4] Lohsepark [C4/D4–5] platz U4 Hafen U4 Ausschläger Billdeich Am Elbtunnel Platz Versmannstraße Marco-Polo- am 10. Lohsepark Billhorner Röhrendamm Singapurstraße [D3] Lola-Rogge-Platz [E6] Terrassen Am Grasbrookpark Längengrad Grasbrookhafen Grasbrookpark HafenCity Buenos-Aires-Kai Universität Steinschanze [D4] Magellan-Terrassen [D2–3] ÜBERSEEQUARTIER Gerda- Ausschläger Billdeich Am Strandkai Hübenerstraße Gmelin- Platz STRANDKAI Toller Ort Stockmeyerstraße [C4–5]Am Fährkanal Marco-Polo-Terrassen [D3] Baakenhafenbrücke (im Bau) Parkhaus Unilever (in Planung) Baakenhafen Brandshofer Deich Billhorner Röhrendamm ELB ab 11.00 Uhr und am Überseeplatz Billhorner Deich Wochenende Billhorner Kanalstraße Norderelbstraße Grandeswerderstr. (in Planung) Liselotte- Billstraße Tokiostraße [D3] Platz am 10. Längengrad [D4] E von-Rantzau- Versmannstraße View Point Platz HafenCity (im Bau) Reginenstraße Überseeallee [D3–4] Sandtorpark [D3] Lighthouse Rohrweg für Kreuzfahrtschiffe Lucy-Borchardt-Straße Ellerholzdamm Chicagokai Liegeplätze Schuppen 29 Baakenpark (im Bau) Überseeboulevard [D3] Strandhöft [E2] Billhorner Kanalstraße Nordersand Westerweg Baakenallee Am Vulkanhafen Vancouverstraße [E3] Überseeplatz [E4] Westphalufer Hermann-Blohm-Straße Lola- Rogge- Versmannstraße [D5–6/E6–7] Vasco-da-Gama-Platz [D2] Platz Marckmannstraße Reiherstraße MS Stubnitz (im Bau) A7 Rothenburgsort Köhnestraße Zweibrückenstraße [F7–8] Umfahrung Versmannstraße Amerigo- Hardenstraße Vespucci-Platz Gretchen- (in Planung) PROMENADES Wohlwill- Platz Kirchenpauerstraße Baakenwerder Str. Billhorner Röhrendamm (im Bau)

Brooktorpromenade [C4] Billhorner Mühlenweg

Buenos-Aires-Kai [D4–5] HALTESTELLE ELBBRÜCKEN Elbarkaden [D4] (U4 im Bau) Billhorner Brückenstraße Stresowstraße (in Planung) Werftstraße Zweibrückenstraße Billhorner Brückenstraße Reiherdamm Elbtorpromenade [D4] Lindleystraße HafenCity Area Existing buildings Jetty for launches Stresowstraße Ericuspromenade [C4] Buildings in HafenCity Stadtrad cycle hire Ferry service Vierländer Damm under construction/complete E-mobility Buildings in HafenCity charging point Thiedingreihe Störtebeker Ufer [D4] in planning Stresowstraße 0 100 200 300 400 m Vierländer Damm © HafenCity Hamburg GmbH / lab3 mediendesign Correct December 2015 Ausschläger Allee Billwerder Neuer Deich Freihafen-Elbbrücke Nehlsstraße Vogelreth Vierländer Damm Freihafenstraße

Billhorner Deich 4 Am Holthusenkai 7 Nehlsstraße Asiastraße Schumacherwerder Am Holthusenkai

Rampenstraße Hanseatenstieg

Prager Ufer Neue Elbbrücke Neue Elbbrücke

Stillhorner Damm

Ellerholzdamm Entenwerder

Am Kamerunkai

Worthdamm Am Holthusenkai Prielstraße Entenwerder Australiakai Entenwerder Straße Ausschläger Elbdeich Nehlsstraße

Steinwerder Am Moldauhafen

werder Bucht Tunnelstraße

Am Moldauhafen Am Bahndamm Bill

B75 B75 Australiastraße Einsiedeldeich Tunnelstraße Veddel errwerk

Altenwerder Damm

Passierzettel

Kamerunweg

Nehlsstraße

Veddeler Damm Kaltehofe-Hinterdeich Sachsenbrücke Rampenstraße

Afrikastraße

Köhlbranddeich Kaltehofe-Hinterdeich Altenwerder Damm ReiherdammReiherdamm Slomanstraße Sieldeich

Bremer Kai Meckelburgsweg Ellerholzbrücke Kleiner Grasbrook Am Windhukkai

India Straße

Dessauer Straße Neuhäuser Damm Kaltehofe-Hauptdeich Tollerortweg Buchheisterstraße Am Gleise Indiastraße Veddeler Stieg Peuter Elbdeich Burchardkai Am SaalehafenDrevesweg Ellerholzbrücke Veddeler Damm Kaltehofe-Hauptdeich

Veddeler Brückenstraße

Georgswerder Damm

Oberwerder Damm Roßdamm Klütjenfelder Straße Veddeler Brückenstraße Peutestraße Australiastraße Am Saalehafen Hovestieg

Lübecker Kai Immanuelstieg Waltershofer Damm Altenwerder Damm Altenwerder Wilhelmsburger Straße Veddeler Brückenstraße

Breslauer Straße Veddeler Damm

Roßweg Uffelnsweg

Katenweide

Köhlbranddeich Witternstraße Brandenburger Brücke Brandenburger Straße Veddeler Damm

Zur Schleuse

Am Zollhafen Peuter Elbdeich

Breslauer Straße Roßweg Breslauer Straße

Venloer Weg

Kurt-Eckelmann-Straße SpandauerSpandauer Ufer Ufer

Roßdamm

Roßdamm Am Alten Schlachthof Hovestraße

Breslauer Straße

Roßweg Klütjenfelder Hauptdeich Veddeler Bogen

Rugenberger Damm Harburger Chaussee Packersweide

Warlimontweg An der Hafenbahn

Altenwerder Damm Nippoldstraße

Vulkanstraße Ernst-August-Stieg Ernst-August-Deich Berliner Ufer An der Peutebahn Schlenzigstraße Köhlbrandstraße

Finkenwerder Straße Fährstieg

Köhlbrandbrücke Hafenrandstraße Veddeler Brückenstraße Niedergeorgswerder Deich Rugenberger Damm Ernastraße An der Hafenbahn Georgswerder Bogen

Am Kleinen Kanal Schlinckstraße Köhlbrandstraße Honartsdeich

Achterweide Ilenbuller Honartsdeich

Ellerholzweg

Hakenstraße Ilenbrook Am Travehafen Mokrystraße Köhlbrandbrücke Hövelwetternweg Hans-Sander-Straße Bonneweg

Fährstraße Julius-Ertel-Straße Georg-Wilhelm-Straße A252

Veringstraße

Roeloffsufer A255 Rudolfstraße Breslauer Straße Ilenbrook

Schipperort Stenzelring Vogelhüttendeich B75 Achterweide

Witts-Weide Otterhaken B75 Bauvereinsweg Reiherstiegdeich Industriestraße Müggenburger Hauptdeich Finkenwerder Straße Kleingartenweg Sanitasstraße Fiskalische Straße Müggenburger Straße Hornsand Nippoldstraße Vogelhüttendeich

Veringstraße Georgswerder Ring Heinrich-Gross-Straße Dierksstraße Honartsdeicher Kehre Reiherstieg-Hauptdeich Fährstraße Zeidlerstraße Honartsdeicher Weg

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Fotofrizz: p. 10/11, p. 18, p. 20 top, p. 22, p. 24, p. 28, p. 32, p. 36, p. 40, p. 43 top, p. 46, p. 70/71 Contents Get Lifted: p. 25 top left EDITORIAL 05 Gärtner+Christ: p. 39

HafenCity Hamburg GmbH/Astoc Architects & Planners: p. 14/15 ABOUT HAFENCITY Hosoya Schaefer Architects: Cover bottom right, p. 47 top

Michael Korol: The HafenCity Project 10 Inside flap, p. 12/13 top, p. 25 bottom, p. 27 bottom, p. 33 top, p. 37 bottom, p. 43 bottom, p. 45, p. 47 bottom The Masterplan 14 Moka-Studio: p. 42

Moka-Studio/Unibail-Rodamco: p. 29 all, p. 30 QUARTERS Nico Thies: p. 66 top

Unibail-Rodamco: p. 31 Strandkai 24

Überseequartier 26

Elbtorquartier 32

Am Lohsepark 36

Oberhafen 40

FURTHER INFORMATION Baakenhafen 42

DATA AND FACTS 68

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