An der Alster 1 / J. Mayer H. Architects

Oct 2009

Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Architect on Site: Imhotep, Donachie und Blomeyer
Sturctural Engineers: Lydia Thiesemann, CBP
Building Services: Energiehaus, Sineplan
Light Engineers: Andres – Lichtplanung
Landscape Architects: Breimann & Bruun
Project Year: 2007
Constructed Area: 5,436 sqm
Photographs: fotografieSCHAULIN, Hiepler Brunier, Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubverschluss

The building site is situated at the intersection between the Hamburg’s lively downtown and its urban landscape rich in water and mature trees. It is at the transition from city to nature, and the gateway building to the bustling metropolitan core.

The horizontal striped facade with its floating ‘eyes’ celebrates the view onto this unique context. A public park in front of the building continues the design strategy of the facade into the landscape. The ‘eyes’ in the facade and the platforms in the park form places to meet and contemplate.

The office spaces serve both a generic spatial layout and specific moments related to the ‘eyes’. Large spans provide for various office layout configurations in combination with balconies and climatically tempered outdoor spaces of the ‘eyes’.

The office building ‘An der Alster 1’ links interior and exterior spaces to the public park in front of the building and to the city context of Hamburg, becoming a new anchor at the prestigious Aussenalster waterfront.

: site plan

: plan 01

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: plan 03

: plan 04

: plan 05

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18 comments »

aston79 says:

EXTERNALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A SAD AND OLD 70′S BUILDING. INTERIORS AE MORE INTERESTING..

# October 21, 2009 at 07:08

PB says:

I actually find the opposite-the interior is bland white modernism, the exterior is dynamic (though will be dated by the time it’s built).

# October 22, 2009 at 13:23

2MACoff says:

слышь ПИЗДАТЫЕ у вас здания были в 70-х, покажешь а то не видал чет не хде…!!!
P.S. ПОНРАВИЛОСЬ…

# October 21, 2009 at 08:37

Andrew Geber says:

i think its just great

# October 21, 2009 at 13:45

cad says:

SLEEPER (1973)

# October 21, 2009 at 13:57

anonymous says:

i’m agree with 2MACoff,
just a old look building, it seems like a rebuild of an 70’s building.

# October 21, 2009 at 14:26

mArtin says:

The 70s where cool cult.

# October 21, 2009 at 19:03

Sissie says:

so old-fashioned……………………..

# October 21, 2009 at 19:54

格罗斯源 says:

好样的

# October 21, 2009 at 22:33

Mariana says:

I like it in its “old-fashioned” way :)

# October 21, 2009 at 23:26

robert says:

agree^^^

# October 22, 2009 at 08:11

yulisri says:

for me is just consistent,, interesting

# October 22, 2009 at 07:31

The Hawk says:

I had a look at this earlier in the year. It looked out of place and felt like watching a re-run of startrek, except I had seen it already.
Have a look at the images, they do not lie.

# October 22, 2009 at 09:55

alibata20 says:

it seems that the building has a “cartoony” effect.

probably the effect of the black outlines surrounding each windows and the building itself.

i find it good though, except the interior.

# October 23, 2009 at 00:51

that's what she says:

groovy!
get rid of the interior

# October 23, 2009 at 14:26

Alice says:

first sight of this building is almost like an old fashion. i like this building’s night vision though. it has more color.
In an other word, why people don’t like colors in their design? Most of modern architects like use gray, white and black in their portfolio.

# October 24, 2009 at 11:55