AXA Office Building, Binnenalster
Hamburg, Germany 2024
Client: AXA Investment Managers Competition, second and third prize
The redevelopment of the building complex at Hamburg’s Binnenalster focuses on key issues affecting the city center’s vitality. Hamburg’s urban landscape combines 18th- and 19th-century street patterns with modernist buildings from the 1960s and 70s. These modernist offices provide the larger, flexible spaces that contemporary tenants demand, but they now require extensive renovation. The project seeks to maintain the city center’s appeal for both work and living while responding to climate challenges. Its design is guided by four main principles: enhancing the quality and usability of urban spaces within the complex, dividing the ensemble into distinct building volumes, and improving the open areas between them to create a more inviting and functional environment.
Existing building
Credits
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Date
2024
Client
AXA Investment Managers Deutschland GmbH
Heritage
Listed setting
Area
18,000m2
Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Peter St John
Project team
Catija Christensson, Eva Janush, Rachel Caul, Steffi Wedde
Visualisations
Filippo Bolognese Images
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