EDGE HafenCity | HENN

A multi-faceted new urban neighborhood for living, working, and leisure is evolving in the western part of Hamburg’s HafenCity on former industrial port sites. The recently completed EDGE HafenCity project is another important cornerstone of the Elbbrücken neighborhood. This energy-efficient office building actively fosters interaction and collaboration by bringing its users together while also being open to visitors and locals.

The new build comprises two parts: a square-shaped seven-story structure and a tower rising to a total height of almost 60 meters in the southwest corner. The building’s square grid allows for flexible use of the individual office units.

Two-story arcades and an eight-meter-wide, clear-span overhang mark the building’s
main entrance on Amerigo-Vespucci-Platz. A central, publicly accessible atrium creates the communicating heart of the new building. An open staircase spirals around the central air space, interconnecting all floors. Terraced levels are located around the staircase on each floor.
The new build thus replicates the design of the surrounding square using stairs and terraces in the interiors.

The building has been designed like a small town, including areas for meetings and exchange, shared lunch and coffee breaks, and personal relaxation. The ground floor accommodates restaurant and conference facilities, while the upper floors house rentable office spaces with zones for collaborative and focused work. They are designed as communal areas accessible to all tenants, while a lushly planted roof terrace encircles the building to provide space for recreational purposes.
Abundant daylight floods the interiors through the atrium and large windows. In concert with plants, natural materials, and networked digital technologies, it creates a comfortable atmosphere for work and social interaction.

EDGE HafenCity connects with its social environment through its open and multifaceted design, and the façade’s red color scheme blends visually
into the urban fabric of eastern HafenCity. All roof surfaces of the building are designed as retention roofs and most of them are densely planted. The
tower roof is equipped with photovoltaic panels to supply power.

EDGE HafenCity is an office building that fosters collaboration and creativity through its innovative work environment. It will become an active part of the social fabric of the new Elbbrücken neighborhood.

Competition: 2017
Construction start: 2019
Completion: 2025
Scope of work: LP1 to LP4 HOAI, Object planning
Typology: New build
Client: EDGE Technologies
Address: Amerigo-Vespucci-Platz 1 20457 Hamburg Germany
Ground floor area: 25 600 m²
Dimensions:
Tower: 18 x 35 m x 60 m (l x w x h) 8.40 m (cantilever)
Cube:60 x 60 x 26.5 m (l x w x h)
Floors: 7 or 16 above ground, 1 below ground
Workstations: 1,500

Program
Office and co-working
Conference area
Communication and activity
areas (Homestead and
Playground)
Gastronomy
Roof terraces
Sustainability certificate
HafenCity Platinum eco-label,
WELL Platinum
Project controlling
sh+, Hamburg (LP 2-4)

Architecture: HENN
Project team
Partner in charge:Daniel Festag
Project director:Silke Beckmann

Design Principal:
Martin Henn
Marta Arce Gonzalez,
Giovanni Betti, Dirk Breuer,
Nemanja Crnobrnja, Oliver
Franke, Denise Gellinger,
Ralph Hempel, Oliver
Koch, Peter Lee, Emiliano
Lupo, Georg Pichler, Klaus
Ransmayr, Anatolii Romanov,
Michael Sadomskyj

General planner
Bauwens Construction
Interior Design
Studio Frick
Consultants
Atelier Loidl (outdoor facilities planning), Wetzel & von Seht (structural engineering),
ZWP Ingenieur-AG (Building services), Müller-BBM (building physics), hhpberlin (fire protection), KFE – Kucharzak Fassaden Engineering (façade), atmosgrad° (sustainability),
Buro Happold (WELL certification).