An Der Alster 1
AN DER ALSTER 1
J. Mayer H. Architects
ARCHITECTS
J. Mayer H. Architects
PHOTOGRAPHS
fotografieSCHAULIN, Hiepler Brunier, Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubverschluss
AREA
5436 m²
YEAR
2007
LOCATION
Hamburg, Germany
CATEGORY
Office Buildings
Text description provided by architect.
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.
Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubverschluss
Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubverschluss
Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubverschluss
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’.
Dirk Fellenberg & Schraubverschluss
The office spaces serve both a generic spatial layout and specific moments related to 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.
