HafenCity Facts Status: September 2011 and Figures HafenCity covers an area off 157 hectares, making it one of thee most prominent inner-city waterfront development projects in the world. Based on a neww concept for urban living, it will increase the size of Hamburg City by 400 percent (Hamburg has a population of approx. 1.78 million, the Hamburg Metropolitan Region 4.3 million). Between the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district and the River Elbe a new city with a cosmopolitan mix of homes, service businesses, culture, leisure, tourism andd commerce is emerging. Structures typical off a port will be retained. The development is being managed by HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, a 100- per cent subsidiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The time-frame is alreadyy rated as the model project for international waterfront development. for development of the entire area extendss to circa 2025. HafenCity 1. Key data Total area: 157 hectares (ha) Land area: 126 ha Expansion of Hamburg City by y 40 % Gross floor area (GFA): new building circa 2.32 millionn m² 6,000 homes and more than 45,000 jobs will be created 10.5 km of new waterfront withh promenades and squares Around 26 ha public parks, squares and promenades s Currently 47 projects are completed; another 37 under construction or planned Over 1 million m² GFA already confirmed through sales of land or r exclusive options with planning obligations Previous to sale, approx. 99 % of sites suitable for construction are publicly owned ( Stadt und Hafen special fundd under public law represented by HafenCity Hamburg GmbH) Investment volume: private investment approx. 8 billion; public investment: circa 2.4 billion, primarily financed out of sales of land in HafenCity (circa 1.5 billion) General basis for planning: o Masterplan 2000 o Masterplan revision r eastern HafenCity 2010 2. Development Management and HafenCity Hamburg GmbH Major urban development projects call for strong interaction and coalescence between conception and realization. In particular, the considerable intricacy involved in securing and closely coordinating public investment (circa EUR 2,4 billion) with w securingg private investment 1
(total: around EUR 8 billion) results in very complex responsibilities and demands strong management. In 1997 a port and location development company (GHS) was set up to manage the development of HafenCity since 2004 it has been known as HafenCity Hamburg GmbH. It is responsible for administration of the special city and port fund under public law: sales of land and areas of HafenCity almost completely owned by the City of Hamburg finance the lion s share of public investment, notably roads, bridges, squares, parks, quays and promenades. In addition to this financing responsibility, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH also clears and prepares sites, plans and builds infrastructure and public spaces, acquires and contracts real estate developers and larger users, and is responsible for public relations and communication. HafenCity Hamburg GmbH is a 100 percent subsidiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. It is developing HafenCity at Hamburg s behest. Public supervision, cooperation, and the division of responsibilities are demanding: the supervisory board of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH consists of members of the city senate. Hamburg is a municipality and one of the 16 federal states of Germany. Sales and options (with an obligation to plan) on land purchases have to be approved by the Land Commission; zoning plans are subject to consultation and approval from the Commission of Urban Development (made up largely of parliamentary and local government representatives), zoning plans are processed by the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment and permits issued by it. Competition juries for urban planning and open space competitions as well as competitions for buildings are constituted, in addition to representatives of private developers and independent architects, by the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment (chief planning officer), the district council, HafenCity Hamburg GmbH and several politicians (from Mitte district or the city parliament). By concentrating non-official functions in a dedicated development company of its own, Hamburg can ensure the efficiency and quality of the urban development project, yet through intensive division of labor and control also retain a high degree of public accountability. 3. Development of HafenCity 1997: Announcement of the HafenCity project 2000: Adoption of the Masterplan by Senate From 2000: Start of infrastructure measures; clearing of sites and relocation of businesses From 2003: Intensive construction of buildings begins (Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai neighborhood) 2007: Start of construction in the central Überseequartier area 2007: Start of construction of the U4 subway line 2009: Overall completion of the first neighborhood, Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai 2010: revised Masterplan for eastern HafenCity presented and discussed publicly 2011 approx. 1,700 residents and 8,400 jobs, circa 300 companies; completion of quarters Am Sandtorpark/Grassbrook and Brooktorkai / Ericus Service of the new subway U4 (2012) 2
4. Land use in HafenCity district Total (above-ground) development planned: approx. 695,000 m 2 GFA for residential use approx. 210,000 m² GFA for commercial and public amenity areas in ground floors (i.e. retail, catering, exhibition space and services) approx. 1,130,000 m² office space approx. 311,000 m² GFA education, academia, culture, leisure, hotels and other 5. Transport connections Existing: efficient road network connected to the city center and federal freeways; Two subway stations on northern edge (U1: Messberg, U3: Baumwall); high-performance bus services, some with hydrogen-powered vehicles Under construction: the new U4 subway line with two stops within HafenCity; start of construction August 2007, completion fall 2012. In the east the U4 will be extended at least to the Elbe bridges (Elbbrücken station), initially underground, then above ground 6. HafenCity as a sustainable city Brownfield development : use of former port and industrial areas following any necessary decontamination and restoration; development of residential, leisure, office and business areas compatible with neighboring port activity; parking is virtually all underground in flood-proof building basements thus saving on ground surfaces Sustainable city structure: fine-grained mix of uses; compact, short routes; dense yet open urban structure (many possible routes); closely connected to the existing City; already easily accessed via Metrobus, bicycle and on foot; significant percentage of foot and cycle paths follow waterfront; U4 subway connection from fall 2012 Sustainable thermal energy supply: central heating supply geared to meet 175 g/kwh CO ² benchmark in western HafenCity (district heating, solar energy, fuel cells) and an 89 g/kwh benchmark (from 2011) for eastern HafenCity achieved via a local district heating network with bio-methane fuel cells, wood combustion and heat pumps Sustainable buildings: Promotion of climate and energy-compatible ecological construction since 2007 through Germany s first certification system for sustainable construction. Criteria upgraded and expanded 2010 to include mixed-use buildings, hotels and commercial uses. Goal: at least 50% of buildings in central and eastern HafenCity must fulfill standards required for Gold HafenCity Ecolabel, but much higher success rate expected. In future residential buildings only acceptable at the gold standard Already preliminarily certified to gold standard: SPIEGEL headquarters building (Brooktorkai/Ericus, Henning Larsen Architects Copenhagen), Katharinenschule primary with child-care center and apartment building (Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook, Spengler & Wiescholek, Hamburg), DC Commercial business/office building (Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook, Baumschlager & Eberle Architekten, Lochau (A)), HafenCity 3
University (Elbtorquartier, Code Unique, Dresden), Unilever (Strandkai, Behnisch Architekten), Building containing Greepeace HQ, apartments and designport (Elbtorquartier, Bob Gysin & Partner, Zurich), NIDUS joint building venture building (spine architects) Preliminary certification at gold level is expected for: Musikerhaus (Elbtorquartier, Bürgerstadt AG, Berlin), HafenCity Ecumenical Forum (Elbtorquartier, Wandel, Höfer, Loch + Hirsch, Saarbrücken), Residential building 43 (Elbtorquartier), Residential buildings 70 and 71 (Am Lohsepark), Residential buildings 34/15 and 34/16 (Überseequartier), Residential building 33 (Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook), Residential buildings 55, 56, and 57 (Strandkai) Thanks to its sustainable infrastructure and building stock, HafenCity will make a big contribution to meeting climate protection targets in Hamburg both medium and long term. Hamburg s selection as European Green Capital 2011 can also be attributed to systematic sustainable development in HafenCity. 7. Land use current status a. Residential use On July 1, 2011, 1,271 residential units had been completed, of which a large number in Überseequartier are currently being moved into Price structure for residential construction, based on Dalmannkai neighborhood with approx. 45% rented apartments: Open rental market: 12 to 18 /m² Housing cooperative rental market: 9,50 to 13.5 /m² Privately-owned apartments: From approx. 2,850 m² (joint building ventures) through 3,500-4,500 m² (developer-managed projects) to 6,000-8,000 m² (luxury projects); in isolated cases, e.g. penthouses, over 10,000 m² b. Office and service business use In addition to larger companies such as Unilever, SAP, China Shipping, Kühne + Nagel, Wölbern Bank, NYK, Germanischer Lloyd, the Neumann Group, and SPIEGEL Group, approx. 300 small and medium sized companies present. Sectors: services (including financial and IT services as well as numerous innovative service providers), logistics, media, commerce, management consulting, construction; current number of employees: approx. 8,400 c. Cultural facilities 4
Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall: approx. 97,300 m 2 GFA. Uses: large auditorium (2,150 seats), small auditorium (550), rehearsal room (100), hotel (approx. 250 rooms) with conference and wellness facilities, residential (approx. 45 apartments), catering, public plaza; design Herzog & de Meuron, probable completion and start of operations 2013 International Maritime Museum Hamburg (opened 2008) Science Center with Science Theater: approx. 23,000 m 2 GFA; design: Rem Koolhaas/OMA (planning stage) Prototyp Automobile Museum (opened 2008) d. Education facilities Primary school with day-care center and sports hall (opened 2009) Secondary school, additional primary school in Am Lohsepark / Baakenhafen neighborhood (planned) HCU HafenCity University (construction starts 2011, completion 2013) Kühne Logistics University (temporary location at Brooktorkai 2010) International School of Management (since winter semester 2010/11) Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (2012) e. Special projects Hamburg-America Center (opened 2009) designport hamburg (completion 2013) Greenpeace German headquarters (completion end 2013) Ecumenical Forum (completion 2012) Musicians center (Musikerhaus, completion 2013) Stadthaushotel (integrative hotel project, completion 2013) Traditional Ship Harbor at Sandtorhafen harbor: 5,400 m² floating pontoon plaza (opened September 2008) Commemorative site at former Hanover railroad station with documentation center (planning stage) f. Other land uses including 10.5 km quayside promenade Public open spaces on the waterfront: Magellan Terraces: 5,600 m 2 (completed June 2005); Marco Polo Terraces: 7,800 m 2 (completed September 2007); Vasco da Gama Plaza: 2,700 m 2 (completed September 2007); Lohsepark (planning stage, building starts 2012) Approx. 26 ha of public parks, squares and promenades 8. Land use in neighborhoods status of development 5
a) Western HafenCity (virtually completed) Am Sandtorkai/Dalmannkai: Total of 261.000 m² GFA, construction 2003-09 Am Sandtorkai: Completed: 37,700 m² GFA, of which housing: 19,200 m² (124 apartments); office space 18,400 m² (approx. 50 businesses) Dalmannkai: Completed: 125,300 m² GFA (+ Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall 222,600 m²), of which, Residential 84,500 m² GFA (+ Elbphilharmonie 97,300 m²) in 622 apartments (+ Elbphilharmonie 667apartments) with various management forms: cooperative housing corporations, joint building ventures, owner-developer joint ventures, residential properties for seniors, developer/investors Office space: 34,300 m² GFA; retail/catering: 6,500 m² GFA Am Sandtorpark/Grasbrook: Total of 119.000 m² GFA, completed until 2014 virtually finished beginning 2011 (apart from one residential building); Katharinenschule primary with day-care center opened August 2009, headquarters of SAP (since 2003) and Kühne + Nagel (since 2006); Hamburg America Center (since 2010), Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (since 2010); building containing Hofquartier and Hafenliebe projects (joint building venture) realized end 2010 By 2011: approx. 97,000 m² GFA realized, of which, residential: 16,900 m² GFA; office space: 68,500 m² GFA; special uses: 6,100 m² GFA (all-day primary school with day-care center); retail/catering: 5,400 m² GFA One residential building (17,000 GFA) put out to tender in fall 2010 can be realized from 2012 Strandkai: Total of 243.000 m² GFA, under development since 2005 Completed: Unilever head office (for German-speaking countries), June 2009; Marco Polo Tower (residential) winter 2009. From 2013/2014 construction of residential buildings with approx. 57,000 m² GFA on western Strandkai (tenders issued start 2011); construction of eastern Strandkai follows from 2014/2015: additional buildings for residential use (55, 56, 57), tender in early 2011 b) Central HafenCity (mostly under construction or in preparation) Brooktorkai/Ericus: Total of 106.000 m² GFA of which, office space: 99.000 m² GFA, residential: 4.200 m² GFA, retail/catering: 2.100 m² GFA; completed in 2011 6
By summer 2011: approx. 51,000 m² GFA; office space, a TV studio and additional public amenities provided by SPIEGEL Group approx. 31,000 m² GFA, in addition to Ericus Contor office building with further 19,000 m² office space, retail / catering: 1,000 m² GFA Brooktorkai: By beginning 2010: approx. 54,000 m² GFA, of which offices: approx. 49,000 m² GFA, residential: approx. 4,200 m² GFA, retail/catering: approx. 1,100 m² GFA Ericus: headquarters of Germanischer Lloyd (moved in March 2010) and SPIEGEL; completion of the quarter 2011 Überseequartier Total of 106.000 m² GFA, completed until 2014/15 Completion of the northern part (107.000 m² GFA) until 2011/12 Completion of the southern part until spring 2014/2015 of which, residential: 47.000 m² GFA, office space: 131.500 m² GFA, retail: 53.000 m² GFA, catering: 12.500 m² GFA, hotel uses: 39.000 m² GFA, cruise terminal: 3.000 m² GFA In addition: Science Center/third party use: approx. 23,000 m² GFA Northern Überseequartier: Total 107,000 m² GFA, of which realized spring 2011: office space: 32,000 m² GFA, residential: approx. 44,000 m², retail/catering: 15,000 m² GFA Completed by fall 2011: residential: approx. 3,000 m², retail/catering: 3,500 m² GFA, office space: 1,000 m² GFA Southern Überseequartier: Construction starts 2011 for realization by 2014/2015: approx. 179,000 m² GFA, of which, office: 98,500 m² GFA, retail/catering: 47,000 m² GFA, hotel: approx. 30,500 m² GFA, cruise terminal: approx. 3,000 m² GFA In addition: Science Center/third party use: approx. 23,000 m² GFA Elbtorquartier: Total of 189.000 m² GFA, completed until 2014/2015 Construction of HafenCity University started end 2010, completion planned for summer semester 2013; construction of Ecumenical Forum began end 2010; construction of NIDUS building joint venture project began 2011, construction of Greenpeace German headquarters, designport hamburg and residential building on Magdeburger Hafen starts by late 2011, musicians building and Stadthaushotel by end 2011/early 2012, central customs office building ready spring 2011 Office space: 86,000 m² GFA, residential: approx. 40,000 m² GFA, retail/catering/services: 11,000 m² GFA, culture: approx. 14,500 m² GFA. Hotel: approx. 4,000 m² GFA, education institutions (a.o.t. HCU): approx. 32,000 m² GFA and special uses: 1,500 m² GFA Open since summer 2008: International Maritime Museum Hamburg Am Lohsepark: total of 203,000 m² GFA, completed until 2019 Since fall 2007: Prototyp automobile museum/cultural and event ensemble, office space, 7
education By 2013, approx. 40,000 m² GFA developed for housing, including joint building ventures, subsidized rental homes, space for public amenities on ground floors, social facilities (approx. 300 housing units) Further sites are available for hotel and office uses (including some housing) in units of 12,000 to 20,000 m² GFA per project. Park to be realized in several stages from 2012 Two investor groups have exclusive option with obligation to build around 300 apartments to include joint building ventures, subsidized rented housing, public amenities in ground floors and social facilities Lohsepark construction begins 2012 c) Eastern HafenCity (in planning) Baakenhafen neighborhood: 383,000 m² GFA, development starts in 2012 Residential and recreational neighborhood with double waterfronts on the Elbe and the largest harbor basin in HafenCity (Baakenhafen) 1.800 housing units (until 2018), tender in 2012 1.5ha artificial island for play and leisure facilities in Baakenhafen harbor Mix of offices, catering and retail; in southern section, continuation of Lohsepark with a broad green promenade on the Elbe on the western point a conspicuous landmark building. Use undecided Oberhafen neighborhood: Building stock approx. 20,000 m² GFA Creative and cultural neighborhood Development based on existing building stock with additional new buildings Detailed concept through intensive dialog process by 2013 In the east: sports fields Elbbrücken neighborhood: 560,000 m² GFA, development until 2025 Metropolitan residential and business center Several towers in the west (approx. 150m high) Central public square: Chicago Square Location for businesses, hotels, retail and catering, with homes in noise-protected areas U4 subway connection (Elbbrücken station) Press contact: HafenCity Hamburg GmbH Susanne Bühler, Head of press and public relations Tel: +49 (0)40 / 37 47 26-14, email: buehler@hafencity.com Press photos at https://presse.hafencity.com www.hafencity.com 8
HafenCity Hamburg Public Private entrepreneurship and the urban fabric Prof. Jörn Walter Chief Urban Planner
HafenCity as part of the Inner City Structure Altstadt and Neustadt 400 ha HafenCity 155 ha
HafenCity Structure concept, Masterplan 2000
HafenCity Urban concept 2011
Architecture and urban design Diversity and unity
City and climate change Renewable energy in the HafenCity
City and climate change Unilever builduing, Spiegel building
Urban design and public space Kaiserkai
Urban design and public space Magdeburger Hafen
General aspects on architecture and urban design Urban context
General aspects on architecture and urban design Architectural highlights
Modern heart of harbour s metropolis Hamburg s HafenCity The technological leap into the information age, the globalisation of economy, climate change, the internationalisation of urban society, and population development represent new challenges for cities. They cannot be tackled with strategies of conversation and compensation; they require new ways of thinking and different images of the future about the role and function of the city in a knowledge-based and sustainable service society. And there is still a lot that speaks for the thesis that cities with their multitude, diversity and density of people, jobs and culture, knowledge and information, networks and exchange possibilities possess the decisive potential for innovation and social balance necessary to effectively tackle the global challenges. The particular quality is a new need for integration. While working, household and living conditions become boundaryless in the information age, cities with a close linkage between working and living, culture and leisure have a new chance. The projects HafenCity and Leap across the Elbe in Hamburg represent such a change in spatial thinking and action, a change that acquires its content and becomes an organisational reality through the instruments of founding special urban development agencies, the HafenCity Development Corporation, the International Building Exhibition (IBA Hamburg) and the International Garden Show (igs Hamburg) 2013. As a consequence of the harbour s connection to the Elbe, one of the fixed principles of Hamburg s urban development in the twentieth century has been to concentrate urban development on the outward axis, whereby the higher situated Geest area was reserved for living and the lower Marsch for working. Regardless how beneficial the so-called Federplan from the early twenties last century has been as a spatial model for Hamburg, it cannot be further developed in a sustainable and contemporary manner: neither through the further extension of the settlement axes into the surrounding environs nor through a complete or partial appropriation of the interstitial landscape axis. As an alternative strategy, the development of the river-banks and across the Elbe represent a fundamental paradigm change in Hamburg s urban development: from a focus on the margins to a focus on the centre. This step makes sense geographically and is logical for a future-orientated urban structure of Hamburg. Due to the historic development of the port, it clearly illustrates a concentration of the themes and perspectives but also the problems and potentials for the future development of metropolises. It s about identifying the central urban, environmental and social fields of action and utilising the existing urban planning and landscaping potentials to the benefit of urban, stable, creative, and innovative neighbourhoods and milieus in the city. In this context has to be seen the main urban planning project of Hamburg, the HafenCity. It s a seldom given opportunity to expand a downtown by 40 %. The aim is to raise the value and attraction of the city centre by providing another 6000
2 residential units and to generate a new service centre hub that will create some 40.000 workplaces. A key role for the future city fabric plays the small scale mixture of the different innercity uses. In the pursuit of this aim it should not be misjudged, that the required gross area for the single uses varies considerably regarding their scale. Furthermore, various uses are not compatible in the immediate neighbourhood and can be obstructive. Therefore a distinctly differentiated and balanced concept is required, providing a vertical and horizontal mix of uses. This occurs inside buildings, between buildings, within and between precincts. Concerning housing the charm is comprised in a unique mix of residential properties varying in size, location quality and concept, for both rent and purchase, offering the opportunity to meet the most different residential needs. The mixture these days is not naturally, but the result of a bidding and awarding-ofcontract strategy focusing heavily on competition among smaller-size developers in order to obtain a large conceptional and architectural variety. Therefore, the usage concept s quality and not primarily the price that investors were ready to pay were the deciding factor when it came to selling the plots. (Mid-price homes, luxury apartments, lower-cost rental apartments by cooperative building associations, joint building ventures). The wide dispersion of ownership you can get by this tender process is a key for diversity and sustainability of the urban fabric. The degree of diversification has to be defined according to each desired use in the course of the planning process and the development demand. With respect to this and the strong urban planning structure one needs a corresponding architectural concept to avoid the typical monotone character large developments like HafenCity often have. On a more general level its on the one hand a permanent and fruitful architectural discussion, on the other a permanent risk that the architectural dimensions of the project get out of control. Due to the size of the whole area of some 155 hectars the development is to be realised in single precincts, which have the required infrastructure to function as independent units and ensure local identity. Therefore 8 precincts were defined, which obtain an individual character, yet merge to form an overall urban appearance. This reflects the history and character of the city centre of Hamburg and it is a main aim to develop the area as part of the inner city instead of an suburban city in front of it. Also in density, height development and grammar, the urban design is orientated hardly on the typologies of the given city centre. Despite these aims for a sustainable urban structure the masterplan requires resource saving energy supplies from the beginning. Special contracts with suppliers for western and eastern HafenCity were made, following a Europe-wide tender process in 2002 and 2008. With this it was possible to create a mix of district heating and decentralised heat generation plants, using fuel cell and solar energy. To encourage private investors to embrace a responsible environmental attitude, we award an approval for especially sustainable projects: silver for special, gold for extraordinary achievements. Categories are not the reduction of primary energy consumtion only, but also the use of environmentally friendly construction materials,
3 the life cycle and optimal operation of the building, water use, sustainable public facilities etc. The open spaces of HafenCity thus conform to Hamburg s declared aim to incorporate new poetic and emotional qualities in its landscape-architecture: far from popular mascerade, barren goal-orientated rationalism and supercool minimalism. The same should do the architecture, we are looking for. The overarching task facing Hamburg with the HafenCity project is a fundamental reformation of the city s appearance from a perspective that emphasizes the view from the river to the city rather than from the land out over the water. So it is that urban development and architecture are both treading a line between continuity and change, between traditionalism on the one hand and avantgarde on the other. Whilst a strategy that favours casual selections from a list of historical architectures results in functional and artistic stagnancy, so, by the same token, the arbitrary and undifferentiated municipal cityscapes that stretch between the flagship creations of super-modernism are often shockingly ugly. Fascinating chapters for urban development have to be written on the back of both, the past and the future, chapters of the ongoing history of Hamburg. It is the urban context which makes the city special and as such it is up to the city, to come up with a concept, that is flexible structured and which allows scope for a range of different, innovative architectural interpretations while precluding any slip into chaos. Strong concepts of urban development have proven their worth, concepts which have to restrict themselves to a minimum of design structures regarding cubature, height and materials while managing to leave their definite stamp on the design of public spaces and promote a measure of 3-dimensional poetic composition.