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Ensemble at the Old Port Authority: residential tower, hotel & pavilion

Hamburg, Hamburg

Information about the reference project

Type of building:

Living

Products:

Sliding doors, Doors, Façades, Ventilation, Windows

Series:

FWS 60, ADS 75 HD.HI, ASS 70 FD, VentoAir, AWS 75.SI+

Location:

Hamburg, Hamburg

Completion:

2015

Architects:

Bolles + Wilson GmbH & Co. KG

Specialist company:

IBF Ingenieurbuero Franke,Markgraf GmbH & Co.KG,WINTER beratende Ingenieure

Picture credits:

© Fotografie Dorfmüller | Klier

Project description

Project description

In 2006, the concept for the freestanding tower clinched the win in the competition for the “old harbour office” area. Conceived as a campanile, its slender design was essential. Its floor plan is approx. 13 x 16 m and tapers as it rises to a height of 56 metres. Duplex apartments make the building efficient, each of them containing 2 floors with a glazed living room on the upper level and the bedrooms below with individual windows. As a result, there are 10 apartments in the tower; at the top of the building is a threestorey triplex apartment with a glazed living room on the top level. On the ground floor, a shopping area ensures that the piazza next to the historic building of the harbour office is always bustling with people. Large floorto-ceiling windows (AWS 75.SI, FWS 60, VentoAir) on three sides of the living space enable clear views of the incoming cruise ships, the harbour and the Elbphilharmonie concert hall. The façade panels made from anodised aluminium are a contemporary response to the Speicherstadt, which is dom - inated by clinker brick buildings. The various shades of red take on opulent, colourful nuances in direct sunlight, while on cloudy days they have a warm and more serious colouring reminiscent of Paul Klee. This is a building that changes its character according to the incidence of light, while at the same time a new landmark on the Hamburg skyline.


Source: City profile magazine, issue Hamburg

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