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Content

Editorial05
Introduction to Hamburg
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Reference projects
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1Alte Oberpostdirektion

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Belle Harbour113

Berlin Arch

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Berufliche Schule Anckelmannstraße13

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Brügge Haus

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Am Lohsepark office and commercial building15

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China Shipping

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Cinnamon Tower

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Coffee Plaza

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EMPORIO Tower / Scandic – Revitalisation

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Finnlandhaus – Revitalisation

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Gorch-Fock-Schule21

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Hamburg Kunsthalle22

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Hamburg Süd Headquarters

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Hotel in a harbour crane

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KLU – Kühne Logistics University

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Kristall Tower

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LTD 1 Lübeckertordamm

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NEW WORK Harbour

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Sansibar Sylt

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SKAI office building at Sandtorpark

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SPIEGEL ISLAND / Hamburg Heights

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Stadthöfe32

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Watermark Tower

City tours

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Overview map34

Tour 1 – around the showroom36

Tour 2 – in the city centre

37Tour 3 – Revitalisation – extensions38

Schüco Showrooms, Hamburg Showroom, Imprint

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Editorial

On tourwith Schüco.
Hamburg is a city of many faces, which is reflectedin the many different influences and styles of its
architecture. One of the city’s most distinctive
characteristics is its bricks. These stud Hamburg’s
streets from the warehouses in the Speicherstadt
district to the expressionist architecture of theChilehaus office building, which is easily recognisablewith its abstract shapes and avant-garde aesthetic.
But there is also room for modern architecture. Overthe next few years, contemporary, future-oriented
districts and buildings will spring up in the areasurrounding the landmark Elbphilharmonie concert
hall. Hamburg’s industrial harbour may be the thirdlargest in Europe after Rotterdam and Antwerp, but
the city is also one of the greenest in Europe. Almost
one fifth of its area is taken up by meadows, forests,
parks and bodies of water.

Hamburg actively promotes sustainability and has
introduced many measures over the last few years
in efforts to become a sustainable city. In December
2022, the Hamburg senate set new climate goals
which aim to achieve carbon neutrality for living andbusiness by 2045. One of the key focus areas for thecity is resource-conserving growth inwards, whereby
brownfield land and industrial areas will be reclaimed
for citizens, as exemplified by HafenCity.
Schüco also sees sustainability as not just a
trend, but an attitude that needs to be promoted andupheld every day. As a company in the constructionindustry, Schüco is taking responsibility for the longterm and using its products and services to make anactive contribution to a more sustainable world.
We have put together a small selection of great
projects for you in this “Hamburg City Profile”. Get
to know a different side of Hamburg and join us on
this journey of discovery.

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Introduction

Hamburg’s
new holistic
approach

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When the Elbphilharmonie opened its
doors at the beginning of 2017, it had
long been one of the most importantemblems of the Hanseatic city. Not
simply because of its undoubted status
as a unique architectural landmark,but rather because it symbolises a
new kind of holistic approach that has
become more and more establishedin Hamburg on an urban planning andarchitectural level.

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Photo: Andreas Vallbracht

Introduction

In the case of the Elbphilharmonie, this approach
was already clear in the decision of the Hamburg
Parliament to build the mixed-use building complex
at the gateway to HafenCity – instead of themonstrous property development project planned
originally. What’s more, the building designed by thearchitectural practice Herzog & de Meuron, with its
concert hall, chamber music hall, hotel, restaurants
and apartments, is not an ivory tower of high culture.
In particular, the public Plaza – the spacious area at aheight of 37 m between the brick base and animatedglass envelope – is open to everyone in the city.
The first port of call for tourists visiting Hamburg
today is the Plaza’s wrap-around viewing platform.
Nowhere else can you get a better view of thecontainer port, the Elbe and the new HafenCity –one of the largest inner-city urban development
projects in Europe. Covering 157 hectares and basedon the master plan drawn up in 2000, this is wheremore and more new office and residential buildings
as well as public squares, parks and promenades arebeing built; together, they account for almost
a quarter of the total area.
The Baakenpark opened in the eastern partof HafenCity in 2018. It is the result of a land
reclamation scheme within an old harbour basin –the sand deposited here comes from sections of theElbe that had to be dredged for shipping anyway.
The park is full of surprises, mainly due to its
irregular edges, which contrast with the linear quay
walls of Baakenhafen. The latter has gained notoriety
not least on account of its “water houses” – three
62 m tall residential towers, which are to be built
as islands in the harbour basin from next year in linewith plans drawn up by the architectural practices
Buchner Bründler, Barkow Leibinger and KCAP/
K+H. Just a stone’s throw away you will find the
Elbbrücken S-Bahn station designed by schlaichbergermann partner, which was awarded theGerman Steel Construction Engineering Awardin 2020, as well as the construction site of the
245 m tall Elbtower designed by David Chipperfield
Architects.
The extent to which sustainable urban andgreen space planning has become the focus of
the Hanseatic city is also evident in a number ofother urban development projects, such as the2013 International Building Exhibition (IBA). On
the Elbe islands directly south of HafenCity, a totalof 63 construction projects were implemented
under the motto “Leap across the Elbe”, fromthe Energy Bunker and BIQ Algae House to the
Global Neighbourhood – a former 1930s workers’
settlement, which has been modernised, converted
and expanded with new buildings in an exemplarymanner. Other experimental buildings, such as
the Woodie student hall of residence, which won

the German Timber Construction Award in 2019,
have sprung up around these construction projects
over time. Designed by the architectural practice
Sauerbruch Hutton, the building consists of 371
prefabricated timber modules, which were stacked
on top of each other up to a height of six storeys ona reinforced concrete base.
The largest urban development area beyond
Hamburg’s countless waterways is the new
Mitte Altona district not far from Altona railway
station – the first construction phase including 1600
apartments has already been completed. Due to theplanned closure of the station in a few years’ time,by the mid-2030s a further 3000 apartments, green
spaces, schools, shops, restaurants as well as areas
for offices and small businesses will be built on theformer railway tracks and the neighbouring premisesof the Holsten Brewery. The master plan based onan urban design by the architect André Poitiers
envisages a district in which the focus is on inclusion
and building communities in particular – an entire
construction site has been reserved for building
cooperatives.
Intensive participation and information initiatives
that involve the population of Hamburg in theconstruction process at an early stage and continue
to exist even after completion of the projects arecharacteristic of all the urban developments. In
HafenCity, for example, there is the Netzwerk
HafenCity association, which champions a“sustainable, liveable, vibrant, community-oriented
and social city district”. There is also the “Imagine
the City” cultural programme launched in 2017,
which operates at the interface between culture
and urban planning and organises artistic events toprovide unusual perspectives on HafenCity and its
structures. The common denominator of all these
activities and participation is their holistic approach.
Considering sustainability in all of its facets means
not simply focusing on sustainable building
materials, but creating a liveable environment thatpeople can identify with. This is how functioning
communities where the buildings will also standthe test of time are created. The chances are highthat Hamburg’s new districts will be a success inthis respect.

Roland Pawlitschkoarchitecture journalist, Munich

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Reference projects

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The Alte Oberpostdirektion, the old post officebuilding in Hamburg, was given listed building
status by the Hanseatic City of Hamburg in
1997 and is a grand building in the Renaissance Revival style. Behind the 100 metrelong façade along Gorch-Fock-Wall, which
separates the building from the Wallanlagenparks opposite, there used to be a depot
where the post office parked and loaded its
vehicles for many decades. The plan was torevitalise the central structure in a similar styleto the renovation work that had already been
carried out. An arched glass structure wastherefore added to the roof on the wing of thebuilding along Gorch-Fock-Wall to continue
the arched design implemented in the first
construction phase. Along Dammtorwall at
the rear, the response of the architects wasto add five extra floors. At the heart of thebuilding is the imposing Semper Hall, which
originally served as a connecting structure.
It also underwent extensive refurbishment andalthough the historic steel structure has beenpreserved, a new hipped roof has been added.
The galleried internal passage is flanked by
offices, meeting rooms and lounges on two
floors. Customers and users can now also
access the building via the newly createdentrances in the centre of the two building
structures, which complement the entrance
via the main building on the eastern side.
The Alte Oberpostdirektion is now officiallycalled the Work Life Center.

Project data
Project:
Alte Oberpostdirektion
Stephansplatz / Gorch-Fock-Wall /Dammtorwall, 20354 Hamburg
Client:DWI Grundbesitz GmbH
Architects:
LH Architekten (design)
GRS Reimer Architekten (implementation)
Schüco systems:
FW 50+.SI, special unitised construction,building management system
Certification:
LEED GoldCITYprofile Hamburg schueco.com

Photo: Dorfmüller Klier

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Belle Harbour
Combining the highest levels of user comfort
with resource-saving construction methods,
a slender residential tower that is instantly
recognisable is being developed for the Belle
Harbour residential project. The verticality
and height of the building is emphasised by
the different shapes of the building volume
with vertical recesses for balconies and anelevated, solid crown containing a roof garden
and communal terrace. The roof is the heartof the building and its extended community
with a total of 17 apartments for families
with children. The situation in HafenCity
is unique, since the awarding of contracts
to building co­operatives whose concepts
deliver more than the norm is encouraged.
At Belle Harbour, the focus is on people withor without a visual impairment who are able
to interact with each other in an inclusive
extended community. But there is anotherreason why the Belle Harbour project is
so unique. Approximately 500 aluminium
profiles from the installation for the 2023
Hamburg Summer of Architecture will beturned into profiles for around 160 windows
for the building. In this way, the clients arealso taking their responsibility for climatefriendly construction seriously and setting an
example. Implementing the requirements ofthe HafenCity Hamburg Ecolabel is alreadysetting standards here by taking into accountthe recyclability and environmental impact
of materials.

Project data

Renderings: bloomimages

Project:
Belle Harbour
Baakenallee, 20457 Hamburg
Client:Belle Harbour Hamburg GbR
Architects:
WFA Winking Froh Architekten GmbH
St. Annenufer 5, 20457 Hamburg
Schüco systems:
AD UP 90, AWS 120 CC.SI, AWS 90.SI+,
VentoFrame, VentoAir
Certification:
HafenCity Ecolabel pending

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Berlin ArchThe Berlin Arch office building at Hamburg’s
Anckelmannsplatz appears to float above thewater: approximately 140 metres long, thebuilding spans across the end of a kilometrelong flood basin and thereby generates
valuable land for development within the city.
Parabolic steel arches resting on both banks
soar to a height of around 36 metres above
the canal. All of the floors are suspended fromthe strong steel arches; only the four verticalaccess cores are designed as self-supporting
structures. Their loads are supported by thebasement floors, which provide the necessaryload-bearing capacity for the mixed water
retention basin located underneath the first
basement level. The building is conceived
as a “building within a building” with a solid
inner core with space for more than 1200
workplaces within its 32,000 square metres
and a glass envelope in the form of a special
unitised and point-fixed glass construction,
which encloses the comb-like structure.
The unusual design is not only visually
impressive, but also saves energy. The bufferzone between the envelope and core allows
the offices to be ventilated naturally andreduces the heating costs. A thermoactive
ceiling system keeps the temperature inside
the offices comfortable. At the same time,the exposed solid concrete surfaces preventthe building from overheating in the summer.
Inside the building, six covered winter gardens
help employees to relax.

Project:
Berlin Arch
Anckelmannsplatz 1, 20537 Hamburg
Client:DWI Grundbesitz, Hamburg
Architects:
Architekten Bothe Richter Teherani,
Hamburg
Schüco systems:
Special unitised construction,
point-fixed glass construction

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Berufliche Schule Anckelmannstraße
On a triangular plot covering approx.
19,000 m², the architects have arranged threebuildings in such a clever way in the areathat an almost entirely enclosed development has been created, pierced by views andaccess points into the centre. From an urban
development perspective, the three buildings
redefine an unsettled, unstructured situationand provide the urban school, which has aunique purpose, with a clear, ground-breaking
architectural appearance. Despite their open
design, the sections of the building form anurban unit that is compactly sealed off fromthe surrounding streets and enhances the
district. Outdoor spaces are created between
the buildings, which underline the individual
use of the three separate schools and enable
them to be accessed in different ways. In
terms of the quality of the space and concentration of different functions and uses, a sortof town square is reminiscent of a centralpiazza with small, compact areas where
people want to spend time. It is accessed via
a flight of stairs. The brick façades give thebuildings a common line. The buildings havea robust appearance externally, but a morerefined and organic appearance facing thepiazza: the two-storey foyers have a large,
jagged glass façade facing the plaza andthe spandrel windows of the classrooms overlooking the town square are recessed. All of
the other façades are structured horizontally.
Each school is further differentiated by theindividual details on their external façades.

Project data

Photos: Urs Kluyver

Project:
Berufliche Schule Anckelmannstraße
Anckelmannstraße 10, 20537 Hamburg
Client:HEOS Berufsschulen
GmbH & Co. KG Hamburg
Architects:
Architectural competition: Prof. Carsten
Lorenzen, Kopenhagen/Berlin / Architects
Work phases 2 – 5: APB ARCHITEKTEN BDA,
Hamburg
Schüco systems:
FW 50+.SI, AWS

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Brügge Haus
The historic office building was built in 1906
as “Brügge Haus” according to the plansof the Hamburg architect Franz Bach. The
building structure was badly damaged during
the Second World War; aside from the loadbearing structure, only the entrance hall andsections of the original building’s façade havebeen preserved. The aim of the revitalisation
included creating units within the building –parts of which are listed – that can be used
flexibly and meet current requirements for amodern office and administration building.
The architects added floor-to-ceiling glazing
with balconies in front to the offices facing
the courtyard. This creates an interior that isflooded with light that meets today’s requirements for a contemporary working environment. The fourth floor, which was not subject
to listed building status or based on either thedesign or structure of the historic façade, wasdismantled and reconstructed faithful to thehistorical style of the building. Another storey
was added on top of this, which deliberately
sets itself apart from the historical design witha contemporary mullion/transom façade. Aftercompletion of the work, the building now has
a painstakingly renovated Art Nouveau façade
facing the street. The windows reconstructedusing the Janisol Arte 2.0 steel profile systemfrom Schüco Jansen Steel Systems make adecisive contribution to the building’s au­then­­tic appearance.

Project:
Brügge Haus
Raboisen 5, 20095 Hamburg
Client:Brügge Immobilien GmbH
Architects:
GRS Reimer Architekten GmbH
Sibirien 4a, 25335 Elmshorn
Schüco systems:
Janisol Arte 2.0

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Am Lohsepark office and commercial building
The Am Lohsepark office and commercial
building solves a complex problem: from anurban development perspective, although it
creates a single unit with the existing adjacentbuildings, it also has its own, aestheticallypleasing character that does justice to its privileged location. The L-shaped building forms a
block with the listed clinker brick ensemble ofthe present PROTOTYP car museum. To blend
in with the other developments, the building
structure appears to be divided into two partsand has roof terraces which are set back fromthe neighbouring properties. On the groundfloor, the entrance area is characterised by arecess in the building, which opens up wide
to the urban space. The upper floors are to be
used as office spaces, while the ground floor
will house restaurants. There is a deliberatetransition from a portrait façade front withvertical windows facing Lohsepark to ahorizontal appearance facing Steinschanzefeaturing landscape window openings withan industrial look. The design of the façadeon the upper floors is characterised by red
clinker bricks, while traditional green glazed
clinker bricks have been used in the basearea. Recycled green glass shards have been
burned onto the clinker bricks, creating asurface that changes according to the time of
day and the weather. The curved eaves of themain and tiered building structures are char­acteristic features of the design. This breaks
up the rigidity and solidity of the large stone
façade and makes it come alive, so to speak.

Project data
Photos: WANDEL LORCH GÖTZE WACH

Project:
Am Lohsepark office and commercial
building
Am Lohsepark, 20457 Hamburg
Architects:
Wandel Lorch Götze Wach
Kaiserstraße 39, 60329 Frankfurt
Schüco systems:
FWS 60 CV, AWS 75 PD.SI
Certification:
HafenCity Platinum Ecolabel pending

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China Shipping
Due to its unique location in HafenCity, polder
systems are required to provide protection
against flooding. The separation of the twopolder systems creates a square that simultaneously provides access to the water-side
promenade by means of a spacious outdoor
stairway. The eight-storey office buildingon Sandtorkai with a usable area of around3500 square metres has been developed on
one of these polder areas for China Shipping.
Inspired by stacked transport containers, thesouth side of the glass complex facing thewater soars to a height of up to ten metresabove the polder. A load-bearing access coreconnects the two polder-level storeys withthe eight upper floors. The main entrance islocated on the ground floor – the upper polder
storey – which is accessed from the street
at virtually ground level. The garage withentrance and exit ramps is also located on
this floor. The offices facing the inner core
are approx. 440 square metres in size. There
are toilet/kitchen and sanitary facilities tothe front and side of the core. The recessed
storeys create spacious terraces on the sixthand eighth floors. The Schüco FW 50.HI
mullion/transom façade continues the idea ofshipping containers. The technology centre islocated on the roof.

Project:
China Shipping
Am Sandtorkai 60, 20457 Hamburg
Client:HafenCity Immobilie Sandtorkai 60
GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Architects:
BRT Architekten
Bothe Richter Teherani BDA
Schüco systems:
Royal S 70 BS*, FW 50.HI

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Cinnamon Tower
In 2006, the concept for the freestanding
tower clinched the win in the competition
for the “old harbour office” area. Conceived
as a campanile, its slender design wasessential. Its floor plan is approx. 13 x 16 m
and tapers as it rises to a height of 56 metres.
Duplex apartments make the building efficient, each of them containing 2 floors witha glazed living room on the upper level andthe bedrooms below with individual windows.
As a result, there are 10 apartments in thetower; at the top of the building is a threestorey triplex apartment with a glazed livingroom on the top level. On the ground floor,a shopping area ensures that the piazza next
to the historic building of the harbour office
is always bustling with people. Large floorto-ceiling windows (AWS 75.SI, FWS 60,
VentoAir) on three sides of the living spaceenable clear views of the incoming cruise
ships, the harbour and the Elbphilharmonie
concert hall. The façade panels made fromanodised aluminium are a contemporary
response to the Speicherstadt, which is dom­
inated by clinker brick buildings. The various
shades of red take on opulent, colourful
nuances in direct sunlight, while on cloudy
days they have a warm and more serious
colouring reminiscent of Paul Klee. This is abuilding that changes its character according
to the incidence of light, while at the sametime a new landmark on the Hamburg skyline.

Project data

Photos: Dorfmüller Klier

Project:
Cinnamon Tower
Osakaallee 10, 20457 Hamburg
Client:Groß & Partner
Architects:
BOLLES+WILSON Architekten
Hafenweg 16, 48155 Münster
Schüco systems:
AWS 75.SI, 75 HD.SI, ASS 70 FD,
FWS 60, VentoAir

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Coffee Plaza
The port city of Hamburg can look back on
a long tradition as a transshipment point forcoffee and is still an important European port
for importing coffee today. Not far from theformer coffee exchange, the Richard Meier &Partners team have designed a new building
ensemble called International Coffee Plaza.
Situated on a podium above Sandtorpark, anoval tower separates the park from the plaza.
With a gross area of 15,4000 square metreson 12 floors, the building houses eleven upper
floors of flexible office space and an additional
penthouse level, referred to as a “sculpturalroofscape” with conference rooms andbreathtaking views. Framing the plaza, two
additional buildings complete the ensemble.
For the tower, the technical systems havebeen designed in a way that minimises energy
consumption while simultaneously creatinga working environment with natural ventilationand daylight. The façades are designed asa special unitised construction with floor-toceiling glazing in the office zones. Verticalglass louvre blades in front of the windows
provide sun shading. The east side has a twinwall façade. Here, sun shading is provided
by electrically-operated external blind installations positioned between the façade levels.
Vertical glass louvre blades that rotate withthe sun have been installed on the south andwest façades, which provide shade and minimise heat gain.

Project:
Coffee Plaza
Am Sandtorpark 4, 20457 Hamburg
Client:Neumann Kaffee Gruppe
Architects:
Richard Meier & Partners
Architects LLP, New York (design)
PSP ARCHITEKTEN (implementation)
Schüco systems:
Special unitised construction

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EMPORIO Tower / Scandic – Revitalisation

Photo: Andreas Vallbracht

The EMPORIO Tower has become an integral
part of Hamburg’s city skyline. Its floor plantypology, consisting of three building wings
radiating out from a triangular service core,is an exemplary expression of flexibility andreversibility. Built between 1961 and 1964
by the architects Helmut Hentrich and Hubert
Petschnigg as Hamburg’s first high-risebuilding for the Unilever Group, the building
was given listed status by the Hanseatic Cityof Hamburg in 2001.After Unilever moved to
HafenCity, a complete refurbishment of thebuilding was commissioned. Preserving thelisted building while simultaneously modernising it in terms of its energy efficiency,
building physics, organisation and technology
should give the building a new lease of life.
For the new EMPORIO Tower, the building
was completely gutted and the technical systems on the roof dismantled. The tower hasreceived a makeover with the addition of two
extra floors, taking the building to 24 storeys
or 98 metres. For the faithful reconstructionof the new façade, 2700 façade units were
replaced. To improve the energy efficiency, theupper floors now have a twin-wall façade witha box window solution. The thermal insulation
values are better than the requirements of theGerman Energy Saving Ordinance in terms ofa low-energy building. The listed sections of
the building with historical architectural value,such as the ground floor façade, the foyer
and the event hall in the basement, have been
extensively renovated.

Project data
Project:
EMPORIO Tower / Scandic
Valentinskamp 70, 20355 Hamburg
Client:Union Investment Real Estate, Hamburg
Architects:
HPP Architekten GmbH
Zollhof 26, 40221 Düsseldorf
Schüco systems:
Special unitised construction
Certification:
LEED Platinum

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Finnlandhaus – Revitalisation

Project data
Project:
Finnlandhaus
Esplanade 41, 20354 Hamburg
Client:Dieter Becken
Architects:
HPP Architekten GmbH
Zollhof 26, 40221 Düsseldorf
Schüco systems:
AWS special constructions
Certification:
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Photo: Hagen StierThe listed Finnlandhaus on the Esplanade wasbuilt in 1966 for the Finnish Consulate Generaland the airline Finnair according to plans by
Helmut Hentrich and Hubert Petschnigg, who
are also responsible for its revitalisation. Dueto its innovative suspended construction,
Finnlandhaus already attracted considerable
attention when it was built. This method of
construction was solely due to the restrictive
building lines, which did not permit an office
tower with the planned dimensions to bebuilt on the site. The individual storeys were
therefore inserted one after the other from
top to bottom along the load-bearing core.
As a result, they are freely suspended above
the ground floor, which is set back on thebuilding line and designed as a shallow pavilion with a steel structure and floor-to-ceilingglazing, offering a generous amount of space
without any supporting columns. While thetwelve upper floors are used as office space,
the ground floor serves as a foyer and retailspace. During the renovation, the tower was
stripped back to its shell and brought up
to today’s standards in terms of its energy
efficiency, building services and construction.
No changes were made to the historical loadbearing system. Taking into account current
technical and energy requirements, the façade
has also been restored to its original condition in 1966. The external appearance of thebuilding as a “modern classic” has been given
a new lease of life and will continue to be an
example of bygone times in the future.

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Gorch-Fock-SchuleThe school extension enhances the historicbuilding designed by Fritz Schumacher in1931 with a new auditorium and also takes
advantage of the difference in elevation on
the grounds to redesign the sports facilities.
The old brick school building, a local landmark and representative of its time, has anairy, playful new counterpart of almost exactly
the same dimensions. This creates an excitingtransition to the elevated sports field, whichhelps to ensure that the spacious sports andplay area can become an integral part ofeveryday school life and the school ensemble
by incorporating it into the space. As a result,the assembly hall is not only in a prime central
location in relation to the existing building,but the new and future heart of the GorchFock-Schule. It connects the old and newschool buildings together, without calling into
question the dominance and grandeur of theold building. Following the suggestions of
the school leadership, the implementation ofprogressive teaching concepts was taken into
account at the planning stage: two classrooms
and group rooms each form a functional unit
where the requirement for spatial separation
has been sacrificed in favour of creating flex­
ible spaces that can be connected together as
needed with visual transparency and different
interior designs.

Project data

Photos: Jörg Hempe

Project:
Gorch-Fock-Schule, extension
Karstenstraße 22, 22587 Hamburg
Client:Behörde für Stadtentwicklung
und Umwelt, Hamburg
Architects:
BRT Architekten
Bothe Richter Teherani, Hamburg
Schüco systems:
FWS 50, AWS 010901441,
TipTronic fitting, Schüco SHEVS

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Hamburg Kunsthalle
The central idea behind the transformationof the Hamburg Kunsthalle was to reorganise the previous entrances into one main
entrance, allowing access from the “centreof the ensemble” in future. The renovation
concentrated on the original structure, whichdates back to 1869, and the extension (shelllimestone construction), which was started in
1912. In addition, the original main entrance
located on the west side of the initial building
with views of the Inner and Outer Alster was
restored and large sections were strippedback to the original 1869 room design, characterised by arcades. In contrast to the Galleryof Contemporary Art, the new main entrance
features a staircase, which incorporates theentire width of the 7-bay arcade and leads tothe historical main and adjoining vestibules.
The foyer spaces have been fitted out withticket offices, information points, a bookshop
and group rooms, while a polychromatic
finish integrates them into the historic overall
concept of the original building. The Olympia
Hall has been merged with the current Hallof Master Drawings, as designed in 1887,
and refurbished as a reception and assemblyroom. On the north side of the original
build­ing, a new four-storey extension has
been constructed as the main office for the
management team, curators and restorers.
In the new Kunsthalle, fabricated systems
from Schüco include the Jansen Viss steel
façades and the AWS 120 CC.SI composite
windows.

Project:
Hamburg Kunsthalle – Renovation
Glockengießerwall 5, 20095 Hamburg
Client:ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG
Architects:
LH Architekten
Landwehr Henke + Partner mbB
Willy-Brandt-Straße 51, 20457 Hamburg
Schüco systems:
VISS, AWS 120 CC.SI

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Photos: Dorfmüller Klier

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Hamburg Süd Headquarters
On behalf of the long-standing transport andshipping company Hamburg Süd, the existing
listed building designed by Professor Cäsar
Pinnau in the 1960s has been extensively
refurbished and extended with a newseven-storey office building and a two-storey
underground car park with around 120
parking spaces. This task required new floor
plan and detailed solutions to comply withmodern building and safety regulations. The
headquarters of the long-standing shipping
company Hamburg Süd was one of the firsthigh-rise buildings in Germany to feature
a glass curtain wall and can be seen as an
homage to the world-renowned Seagram
Building in New York designed by the architect
Mies van der Rohe. Although the high-risebuilding constructed in 1964 has listed status,
the existing façade has been completely
removed and replaced with a new one. The
tower has been stripped back to its loadbearing structure and structurally reinforced.
Since the new twin-wall façade extended thewidth of the high-rise building, another storey
has been added on top of the tower. This not
only restored the old proportions, but also
created valuable additional office space. The
façade design is modelled on the proportionsof the original façade in order to preserve
the elegant aesthetics of the original building
designed by Cäsar Pinnau.

Project data

Photos: Marcus Bredt

Project:
Hamburg Süd Headquarters –Revitalisation
Willy-Brandt-Straße 59 – 65, 20457 Hamburg
Client:Hamburg SüdamerikanischeDampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG
Architects:
KSP ENGEL
Hanauer Landstraße 287 – 289,
60314 Frankfurt am Main
Schüco systems:
USC 65

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Hotel in a harbour crane
Originally used as a floating crane for liftingand moving particularly heavy objects in the
Hamburg harbour, the “Greif” (Griffin) floating
crane was decommissioned in 2009 andawaited the scrapheap. Today the industrial
monument, docked at the historic Sandtorkai,
hosts Hamburg’s smallest hotel. You can now
spend the night in the cabin where the cranedriver used to sit, while the former engine
room beneath you offers a cosy salon granting
access to a bathroom and outdoor terrace.
The bedroom in the former crane driver’s
cabin is glazed on virtually all sides. The large
panes of glass were hoisted through theopen roof using a crane, as the outer struts
prevented them from being inserted fromthe side. The reflective sun shading glazing
allows guests to enjoy the view while preventing people from being able to see in, thus
ensuring their complete privacy. The external
staircase leads to the living area containing
a breakfast area behind the window front.
The aim for all involved was to retain the
harbour crane’s characteristic appearance.
The outer envelope was therefore designedby drawing inspiration from its setting witha traditional trapezoidal sheet covering.
With its narrow face width of just 25 mm,
the Janisol Arte 2.0 steel profile system was
the right choice for the faithful renovation of
the glazing, allowing the extraordinary hotel
to provide its guests with a one-of-a-kindview of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall.

Project:
Hotel in a harbour crane
Am Sandtorkai 58 – 62, 20457 Hamburg
Client:Floatel GmbH
Schüco systems:
Janisol Arte 2.0

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Photos: Martin Haag

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KLU – Kühne Logistics University

Photo: Thomas Robbin

Challenged with designing a new office andtraining centre in a prominent location within
HafenCity Hamburg, HafenCity’s first build­ing was completed in 2002. The architects
devel­oped a six-storey, cubic building structure on the 5000 square metre site east of
Grasbrookhafen. Located just a stone’s throwfrom the cruise ship terminal, it faces south
towards a waterfront square. The design takes
advantage of the favourable location with anunobstructed view of the Elbe to the west,
without neglecting the functional requirements. Two parallel wings containing offices
flank a slender, glass hall that opens up
towards the water. The wings are connectedon all levels by double-storey bridges, which
can be used flexibly and shorten the distances
between the offices. The focal point of thebuilding is the spacious hall featuring a glass
roof, a wide flight of stairs, as well as quiet
zones and lounge areas. Reflecting the historyof the location, the elegant dark façade witha special unitised construction on the groundfloor and a Schüco FW 50+ mullion/transom
façade on the upper floors resembles stacked
containers. Formerly developed for SAP
as a training and service centre, the staterecognised, private KLU – Kühne Logistics
University and the Medical School Hamburg(MSH) have been using the building since2013. The gold-clad Audimax added later on isregarded as a unique feature of the building.
The headquarters of the logistics company
Kühne + Nagel have been located next door
since 2006.

Project data
Project:
KLU – Kühne Logistics University(formerly the SAP Headquarters)
Großer Grasbrook 15 – 17, 20457 Hamburg
Client:Häussler-Gruppe
Architects:
Spengler Wiescholek ArchitektenElbchaussee 28, 22765 Hamburg
Schüco systems:
Special unitised construction on the ground floor,
FW 50+ twin-wall façade

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Kristall Tower
Since the restructuring of the harbour edgein Hamburg-Altona began in the mid-1980s,
iconic buildings such as the Kristall Tower
have been built along the Elbe. The glass
21-storey residential tower at Holzhafen draws
attention to itself on account of the rhythmic
arrangement of low-rise harbour buildings andvertical cranes between two brick-clad officecomplexes. The landmark stands on a blacknatural stone plinth, above which 37 apartments are located. Perfectly angled towards
the Elbe, the apartments in the towers boast a
270-degree panoramic view. The smooth glass
façade with box windows gives the tower –which splits into two sections on the upper
floors – a crystalline appearance. The sectionsof the building have irregular pentagonal andsquare forms and are connected by a glass
elevator. Inside, high-tech apartments with
open floor plans, high ceilings and glazed corners with panoramic views were created, andthey have been finished to a high standard
by various interior designers. In the prismatic
structures, the 60 – 100 square metre apartments in the base area and the 120 – 360
square metre apartments in the towers havelarge outdoor areas with deep loggias andterraces that are protected from the wind.
The tower has been carefully arranged on theedge of the harbour to open up the view ofthe water from the residential areas behind.

Project:
Kristall Tower
Große Elbstraße 57, 22767 Hamburg
Client:
B&L Gruppe Hamburg
Architects:
ASTOC ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS
Maria-Hilf-Straße 15, 50677 Cologne
In collaboration with Kees Christiaanse,
Rotterdam
Schüco systems:
FWS 60, USC 65, AWS 75.SI, AWS 70.HI,
AWS 105 CC.HI, Schüco AvanTec fitting

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Photos: Ulrich Wozniak

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LTD 1 Lübeckertordamm
The Securvita building is at the front of theunique urban structure on the site of St. Georg
Hospital in Hamburg. Together with the new
25,000 square metre Philips headquarters andthe 12,000 square metre residential building,an urban ensemble with a generous amountof open space has been created. A plaza
between Securvita and Philips Tower as well
as a park-like garden facing the residentialbuilding create an urban character in anotherwise heterogeneous neighbourhood.
From the urban development concept to thecoordination of materials, the principles ofFeng Shui were a key consideration for thedesign of the newbuild. Two boomerangshaped building structures are arranged insuch a way that an open space is createdbetween them, which merges seamlessly into
the surrounding park. Two further building
structures of the same shape are positioned
on top of them, but skewed. This arrangement creates an architectural sculpture withpassages and a bright inner courtyard lit bydirect sunlight, interesting vistas and a richly
varied interplay of light on the façade. At thesame time, it provides all of the offices withunobstructed views. Both the office staff andresidents of the adjacent residential units
benefit from the transitory outdoor space.
Large, rotating glass doors provide protection
against the wind and noise emissions and,if necessary, allow the outdoor spaces to be
used in a variety of different ways.

Project data

Photos: Schüco International KG

Project:
LTD 1 Lübeckertordamm
Lübeckertordamm 1– 3, 20099 Hamburg
Client:L.T.D. Lübeckertordamm Entwicklungs-GmbH
Architects:
Pysall. Ruge Architekten, Berlin
Schüco systems:
Aluminium systems,
old aluminium special construction
Certification:
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NEW WORK Harbour
The building, which was one of the first in the
Strandkai district, is located directly on the
Norderelbe and forms an ensemble with the
Marco Polo Tower, also designed by BehnischArchitekten. The appearance of the building
is reminiscent of the cruise ships that areanchored nearby. The central element andheart of the design is the generous, lightflooded atrium, which serves as a place where
people can meet and gather. Bridges, ramps
and steps connect central plazas like in a city.
This is where people can meet and talk withothers, and be inspired by a different environment. This encourages lively communicationand promotes the feeling of belonging among
the people working inside the building.
The building follows the principles of holistic,
sustainable architecture. Not only using
technology that conserves resources, butalso avoiding technical solutions wherever
possible. In addition to the Schüco AWS
special construction, the building is clad in
an ETFE foil façade, which allows window
ventilation even in extreme winds. Measures
such as component-activated ceilings meanthat the building has a primary energy con­sumption of under 100 kWh/a m². Whenit opened in September 2009, the buildingreceived the newly introduced Gold Ecolabelof HafenCity Hamburg.

Project:
NEW WORK Harbour(formerly the Unilever Headquarters)
Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg
Client:HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung
Architects:
Behnisch Architekten
Rotebühlstraße 163A, 70197 Stuttgart
Schüco systems:
AWS special construction

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Photos: Ulrich Wozniak

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Sansibar Sylt

Photo: Martin Elsen

The Sansibar restaurant on Sylt is an institution renowned beyond the shores of theisland. Originally started as a kiosk on Sylt’s
Sansibar Beach, the restaurant has enjoyedan excellent reputation for four decades withover 400 seats both indoors and outdoors.
The location between the Rantum dunes
is both an escape from everyday life and amecca for foodies. Large panoramic windows
bring nature and the sunset indoors, whileleaving the cold easterly wind outside.

Project data
Project:
Sansibar Sylt
Hörnumer Straße 80, 25980 Sylt
Client:Sansibar Sylt
Schüco systems:
ADS 75.SI / HD.HI, AWS 75.SI, ASE 80,
chain Integralmaster

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SKAI office building at Sandtorpark

Photo: Thomas Robbin

Through a multitude of dualities, the design
for an office building with commercial spaces
had to create a variety of spatial, functional
and atmospheric links between the historic
Speicherstadt and the new Hafen City Straße.
Surrounded by existing newbuild projects
on Sandtorkai, the design responds to theserequirements with a serene, S-shaped building
structure. The recess in the building picks
up on the rhythm of the individual structures
on Sandtorkai and forms a gateway to
HafenCity with the bank building opposite.
The recess facing the park mirrors the opening
in the opposing school and forms a visual
axis through to the church of St. Katharinen.
The building structure has a generous opening
in this area, linking the lower street to thehigher park. This area is also the main entrance to the building and displays the address.
The building structure, which is both simple
and complex in terms of its design and con­struction, assertively blends in with its historicand new surroundings thanks to an elegant
building envelope. The imposing façade
consisting of dark red aluminium panels anda special Schüco unitised construction meetsthe highest technical and aesthetic requirements. The spacious entrance, the individuallydesigned offices and the many innovative
design and furnishing solutions also contribute to its prestigious character.

Project data
Project:
SKAI office building at Sandtorpark
Am Sandtorkai 50, 20457 Hamburg
Client:
DWI, De Waal Immobilien, Hamburg
Architects:
BLK2 Böge Lindner K2 Architekten PartGmbB
Bäckerbreitergang 75, 20355 Hamburg
Schüco systems:
Special unitised construction

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SPIEGEL ISLAND / Hamburg Heights
With the construction of “Hamburg Heights”,
an ensemble consisting of five buildings,
development of “Spiegel Island” into amodern office and residential district will be
intensified. The 13-storey tower was built
between 1967-69 for Werner Kallmorgen’s
Spiegel publishing house as a counterpart to
the IBM Tower. The glass façade is indented,
so the external appearance is defined by theload-bearing structure, which consists ofcolumns and intermediate floors arranged inpairs. The building was stripped back to its
shell and, aside from the addition of a new
façade with listed status, the interior has also
been redesigned. The original appearance
has been restored and the façade can beventilated naturally with a parallel-opening
window, Schüco FWS 60 CV and a special
window construction. The new ensemble
increases the densification of the site andincorporates three new base constructionsin addition to the two renovated office highrises. With the project “Hamburg Heights3” (Adina Apartment Hotel) the ensemble
is framed to the north, while “Hamburg
Heights 4” (Premier Inn Hotel) and “Hamburg
Heights 5” (residential building with 49 units),
which have since been completed, round off“Spiegel Island” on the southern and easternsides. The result is an urban district that isopen to the public and which incorporates
the high-rise buildings into the city with amodern border.

Project data

Photos: Felix Loechner

Project:
SPIEGEL ISLAND / Hamburg Heights
Neuer Steinweg 26, 20355 Hamburg
Client:SPIEGEL-INSEL Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG c/o
HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung GmbH, Hamburg
Architects:
WFA Winking Froh Architekten GmbH
St. Annenufer 5, 20457 Hamburg
Schüco systems:
FWS 60 CV, special window construction
Certification:
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Stadthöfe
The Stadthöfe district is a new developmentin Hamburg’s city centre. The historic building
ensemble between Neuer Wall and Große
Bleichen, built between 1888 and 1916, wasmost recently the home of the Ministry of
Urban Development and Environment (BSU).
The overall concept developed by David
Chipperfield Architects, Kuehn Malvezzi
Architects and Stephen Williams Associates
envisages a mixed-use concept with spacefor retail stores, restaurants, homes, a hoteland office spaces. The façades of the listedbuildings will be largely preserved and recon­
structed. The appearance of the complex’sinterior will be characterised by a combinationof renovated existing façades and new structures. Occupied by select shops and restaurants, the courtyards connected to each otherby passageways – from Palaishof, Stadthof
and Treppenhof to Bleichenhof – are the newmain attraction for visitors. The architects
have given each of them their own uniquecharacter. There are plans for 50 retail storescovering a total of 100,000 square metres,
30,000 square metres of office space, approx.
100 apartments, several restaurants and one
hotel. In close consultation with the listedbuilding authorities, special profiles have beencustom-made for this construction project.

Project:
Stadthöfe
Stadthausbrücke 4, 20355 Hamburg
Client:Quantum Immobilien AG
Architects:
David Chipperfield Architects,
Kuehn Malvezzi Architects,
Stephen Williams Associates (design)
agn Leusmann (implementation)
Schüco systems:
AWS special construction

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Photos: Felix Krebs

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Watermark Tower
The “Intelligent Quarters” project is part of the
Elbtorquartier in Hamburg’s HafenCity. Three
free-standing buildings form an ensemble:
the “Freeport” residential building serves asa link between the “Shipyard” office building
and the 18-storey “Watermark” office tower.
The three buildings, which have a different
cubature, height and orientation, are connected by the white ceramic material usedin their façades. The variety of panels andunit sizes give each building its own identity.
The interiors are characterised by the highest
standards of building materials in terms ofenvironmental friendliness, a high degree of
flexibility in how the space can be used andplenty of light in the building. The 18-storey
Watermark Tower is the central element of
the ensemble and is clad in a Schüco unitised
façade as a special construction with AWS
75 insert units and white tiles in the opaqueareas. This is where the Schüco Showroom
is located, consisting of a co-working space,showroom, event venue and espresso lounge.

Project data

Photos: Max Walter

Project:
Intelligent Quarters: Watermark, Freeport
and ShipyardÜberseeallee 6/8, 10, 12/14, 20457 Hamburg
Client:ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co KG
and Strabag Real Estate, Hamburg
Architects:
Störmer Murphy and Partners
Michaelisbrücke 1, 20459 Hamburg
Schüco systems:
Unitised twin-wall façade as a special
construction with AWS 75 insert units
Certification:
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All 24 Schüco
projects at a glance:
1

Alte Oberpostdirektion

Belle Harbour2 	Berlin Arch
3 	
Berufliche Schule4 	Anckelmannstraße
5

Brügge Haus

Am Lohsepark office6 	and commercial building 
7China ShippingCinnamon Tower
8 	
Coffee Plaza
9 	
EMPORIO Tower /10 	Scandic – Revitalisation
Finnlandhaus –11 	
Revitalisation
11

1

18

Gorch-Fock-Schule
12 	

10

13

13
5
4

Hamburg Kunsthalle

Hamburg Süd
14 	HeadquartersHotel in a harbour crane
15 	

23

3

Kristall Tower
17 	

22

14

KLU –
16 	
Kühne Logistics
University

LTD 1
18 	
Lübeckertordamm

15

7

NEW WORK Harbour
19 	

21
9
16

6

8

Sansibar Sylt
20 	
SKAI office building21 	
at Sandtorpark

24

19

22

 PIEGEL ISLAND /S
Hamburg Heights

23

Stadthöfe

24

Watermark Tower

2

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TOUR 1around the showroom

2
7

Belle Harbour →China Shipping →8

6

Am Lohsepark office and commercial building →Cinnamon Tower →9

Coffee Plaza → 15 Hotel in a harbour crane →16 KLU – Kühne Logistics University → 19 NEW WORK Harbour →21 SKAI office building at Sandtorpark → 24 Watermark Tower

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11

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13
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TOUR 2in the city centre

1

Alte Oberpostdirektion →5

3Berlin Arch →4

Berufliche Schule Anckelmannstraße →Brügge Haus → 10 EMPORIO Tower / Scandic → 11 Finnlandhaus →13 Hamburg Kunsthalle → 14 Hamburg Süd Headquarters → 17 Kristall Tower →18 LTD 1 Lübeckertordamm → 22 SPIEGEL ISLAND / Hamburg Heights → 23 Stadthöfe

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TOUR 3
Revitalisation – extensions

1

Alte Oberpostdirektion →5

Brügge Haus → 10 EMPORIO Tower / Scandic →11 Finnlandhaus → 12 Gorch-Fock-Schule → 13 Hamburg Kunsthalle →14 Hamburg Süd Headquarters → 15 Hotel in a harbour crane → 20 Sansibar Sylt →22 SPIEGEL ISLAND / Hamburg Heights → 23 Stadthöfe

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Photo: Max Walter

Photos: Lukas Palik

Welcome to the
Hamburg Showroom.

The showroom on the 16th floor of the Watermark Tower in HafenCity
offers a range of possible uses. The combination of showroom, conference
rooms, event space and a lounge area provides the ideal conditions for
consultations or events. Across 376 m2, we not only show the latest
window, door, sliding and façade systems, but also provide space forworkshops, seminars and events. Cast your gaze over the Hanseaticcity and immerse yourself in the creative and inspiring atmosphere of
our showroom.
Please agree a suitable time to visit in advance with the showroom team.
Hamburg Showroom
Watermark Tower | HafenCityÜberseeallee 1020457 Hamburg / Germany+49 40 696388-100
showroom-hamburg@schueco.com
www.schueco.com/showroom/hamburg
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Schlüterstraße 40
10707 Berlin / Germany
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FLOAT Gebäude
Franziusstraße 640219 Düsseldorf / Germany
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Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 660313 Frankfurt am Main / Germany
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Selauer Straße 15506667 Weißenfels / Germany
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