View from the south into the courtyard
Klemens Ortmeyer, Hamburg
Detailed view of the facade at the Überseeboulevard
Klemens Ortmeyer, Hamburg
Northeastern front of the building at Überseeboulevard
Klemens Ortmeyer, Hamburg
Southeastern front of the building
Klemens Ortmeyer, Hamburg
View from the north into the courtyard
Klemens Ortmeyer, Hamburg
Stairs leading to the courtyard at dusk
Klemens Ortmeyer, Hamburg
View onto the west facade
Axel Neubauer, npstv, Hamburg
Site plan of the ÜberseeQuartier (so-called overseas quarter)
construction project: construction of a residential and commercial building with 89 residential units and commercial areas on the ground floor; privately financed construction of rental housing
location: Singapurstraße / Überseeboulevard, 20547 Hamburg-HafenCity
building contractor: Überseequartier Beteiligungs GmbH, Hamburg
project management: ALBA – BauProjektManagement GmbH, Hamburg branch
statics: DBN Planungsgruppe Dröge Baade Nagaraj, Salzgitter
building services: Ingenieurgesellschaft Ridder – Meyn – Nuckel, Norderstedt
construction supervision: Höhler + Partner, Hamburg
fire prevention: hhp, Berlin
structural physics: ITA – Ingenieurgesellschaft – Wiesbaden
construction / material: reinforced concrete solid construction, facing brick shell, ETICS (external thermal insulation composite systems) inside the courtyard, wood-aluminium windows, aluminium post-and-beam construction on the ground floor
completed: 09/2010
Two structures are built around a courtyard thus forming a perimeter wall. The court is situated 2 metres above the exterior ground-level and thus becomes a protected, semi-public kind of dwelling mound. Three openings link the court with the public space: A cleft at the west side divides the building so that the courtyard can be accessed from the street level via a spacious perron. Above the base area a 4-storey opening unfolds towards the boulevard. With its urban balcony right above the boulevard it allows for a view of the city and links the building to the urban area. On the north side facing an office building this feature reoccurs, this time ranging over 3 storeys. The roof-edges of the block with their dynamic design are ascending towards the northwest and in the southeast towards the square in front of the old port authority building. The facades display the different ground plans of the flats ranging from maisonette and town house flats to single-floor apartments. Deeply carved out loggias and bays create a structural building. The compact construction displays a clear, objective architectural statement, the materiality changes in a traditional manner: While the rough brick facade at the outside walls of the complex facing the street corresponds with the near by warehouse district, the walls facing towards the courtyard are surfaced with a finer, lighter plaster.