Glass-clad high-rise by a riverfront promenade; crowds sit on brick steps and stroll along the waterfront under a clear sky.
Campus Tower Hamburg
Germany
  • High-Rise
  • Office
  • Built

The urbanistic context

The office building is divided into three parts, which are determined by the means of contextual parameters: an architrave block, a waler and a head. This partition creates on the one hand a strong identity of the whole ensemble as an urbanistic prelude for the development of the Baakerhafen, on the other hand generates urban qualities inside the building.

Structure

Special functions, such as the Start Up and HCU offices on the first floor, the access to the roof terrace with a connected office and meeting area on the seventh floor as well as a bar with a 360° view between the head of the building and the shed roof are located within the breaks subdividing the building. At the same time, the settling out of the head of the tower creates a sort of beacon effect radiating far beyond the borders of the property, thus guaranteeing a landmark effect from afar.

Two materials shape the outer appearance of the office building. The opaque areas are wainscoted with dark concrete slabs; the translucent zones are designed as extroverted areas, which are concluded through deflector panes. This solution accommodates the requirements of noise protection, while allowing for a sense of openness thanks to the windows.

The external sunscreen is positioned between the deflector panes and the thermic shell and is therefore protected from wind and weather influences. The pattern dividing the façade follows the inner structure of the building; the opaque elements in the area of the pillars and the railing are reduced at the top.

In consequence, this measure creates a self-contained elegance as well as an added value and a better view for the higher levels, while at the same time offering a cost effective solution and an energetically reasonable proportion between the transparent and the opaque materials.

The structure of the façade carries on at the ground floor with large scale windows, which are connected to the opaque front. The 360° bar located on the rooftop enables diversified visual relations to the Hafencity, the Baakenhafen, as well as to Hamburg’s city centre. A filigree elevation is created thanks to the shed roof reduced towards the exterior as well as its mirrored soffit; the activities within the building are visible from the street in the evenings.

Adress
Versmannstraße 6-10
20457 Hamburg

Competition
[1st Prize Office Tower]
(Jury appreciation category Living)

Start of construction
08/2016

Completion
03/2019

Floor area
14.929m² (above ground)

Gross floor area
21154m²(office +Garage)

Site area
3.800m²

Height
60m

Number of levels
Office: 16

Number of basements
2

Bauherr
Garbe Immobilien-
Projekte GmbH

Project manager
Sebastian Brunke

Project team
Gerhard Gölles, Alejandro Carrera, Bogdan Hambsan, Michael Lohman, Petras Vestartas

CONSULTANTS

Execution Planning
Gruppe GME

Structural Engineer
Schüßler Plan

HVACR
ZWP Ingenieur-AG

Facade
Prof. Lange
Ingenieurgesellschaft

Building Phsyics
Assmann Beraten + Planen

Fire Protection
IBP

Elevator Planning
Hundt + Partner

Photographer
Piet Niemann

Tall modern glass office building beside a river, with a bridge over the water, trees in foreground, and construction cranes in the distance.
Site plan of a polygonal building with a triangular inner courtyard, surrounded by trees and bordered by streets.

site plan

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Urban railway yard with tangled curved tracks and overhead lines; a white passenger train on the right and brick buildings in the background.
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ground floor plan

Architectural floor plan of an office building: long corridor with rows of desks, triangular wing with meeting rooms, and circular site elements.

floor plan level 02

Architectural floor plan of a triangular-wing office building with interior offices and a tree-lined exterior boundary.

floor plan level 08

Architectural floor plan: triangular-wing building with interior rooms beside a rectangular block; circular trees line the outer boundary.

floor plan level 15

Exploded axonometric diagram of a mixed-use tower, showing floor-by-floor programs (retail, office, start-ups, apartments) with a color legend.

axonometry program

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facade concept

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Two people stand on a rooftop terrace of a tall, modern glass-office building with a grid of windows.

The pattern dividing the façade follows the inner structure of the building; the opaque elements in the area of the pillars and the railing are reduced at the top. In consequence, this measure creates a self-contained elegance as well as an added value and a better view for the higher levels, while at the same time offering a cost effective solution and an energetically reasonable proportion between the transparent and the opaque materials.
 

 

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