Modern multi-story apartment building with uniform balconies; ground-floor parking for cars; pedestrians with a stroller near the entrance; tree in foreground.
Hachez Quartier
Germany
  • Mixed Use
  • Refurbishment
  • Residential
  • Under Construction

The unique character of the historic Hachez chocolate factory in the heart of Bremen is to be preserved and revitalized through contemporary uses.The transformation of the site into a vibrant urban hub will be achieved through thoughtful architectural additions, new open spaces, and the opening of the neighborhood to the public. Sustainability considerations and the integration of a renewable energy concept will also shape the future character of the neighborhood.

 

Study
01/2025

Start of planning
03/2025

Completion
2030

Gross floor area
approx. 30,000 m²

Site area
9,620 m²

Built area
5,800 m

Height
25 m

Number of levels
6

Project managers
Eva Schrade
Daniela Hensler

Project team
Roland Lipusz
Petr Malasek
Lorenzo Menato

Client
denkmalstadt GmbH,
Bremen

In coorperation with
GME Architekten,
Bremen and KUKUK
Architekten, Bremen

CONSULTANTS 
Structural engeneering
Wittler Ingenieure
GmbH, Bremen

Building services/
Material-handling
Hasa-planning
Ingenieurbüro für 
Gebäudetechnik GmbH, 
Bremen

Building physics
G4W GmbH, Hamburg

Fire protection/
Detailed design
hhpberlin Fire Protection
Engineers GmbH, Hamburg

Open space
Agende Ter.de GmbH,
Karlsruhe

Aerial view of a dense urban neighborhood centered on a U-shaped apartment complex with an inner courtyard, surrounded by brick buildings.

Building Site

Living and working in the chocolate factory.

Modern concrete apartment building with balconies; residents on balconies; family with stroller and child on sidewalk; cars parked beneath the building; sunny day.
Modern mixed-use apartment building with brick facade and stacked balconies, ground-floor storefronts, and pedestrians on a tree-lined street.
Public courtyard with a brown-brick building, a wooden sculpture, and people strolling and sitting among flowering plants.
Urban street elevation of mixed-use buildings: left glass-fronted block, center brick/metal block, right white multi-story block, with trees along the sidewalk.

Elevation Westerstrasse

Front elevation of a modern, multi-story residential building with stepped volumes, glass and brick facade, and trees along the street.

Elevation Suderstrasse

Modern mixed-use buildings line a city street, with a tree on the right.

Elevation Annenstrasse

People walk through a modern apartment courtyard between brick and glass buildings; a couple strolls with a dog on a sunny day.
Urban street featuring a modern gray metal-clad building beside a brick historic facade; a person pushes a stroller, with cars parked along the road.
People walk through a rust-colored courtyard with a spiraling metal staircase and lush garden.
Modern apartment complex with ivy-covered balconies surrounding a grassy courtyard where residents relax and converse.
Corner view of a modern mixed-use building with ground-floor shops; pedestrians and cars on a wet city street.
Courtyard of a modern apartment complex with a wooden play structure; adults and children gather and play on mulch.

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