Project: House on Sandtor quay, Hamburg

This office building is located on a new and - from an urbanistic point of view - important axis, called Großer Grasbrook connecting the harbour estate with the City Centre. It is the last or respectively the first building block on the polder at the Sandtorkai where 8 new buildings line up as architectonic gems.

Two large flights of stairs and a spacious entrance make up the prestigious access for the public to the polder and the building. The entrance secured against flood water also gives the fire brigade access to all 8 buildings.

High quality architectural concrete for a prestigious building

The polder becomes the theme of the building and the vertical starting point on two sides, the North and East façades. The South and West façades open up to the Sandtor inner harbour and the docks scenery. Thus, the new building presents itself like a stone back plane in front of the warehouse estate and glass clear in front of the water. The selected materials back up the solid character of these North and East façades: large, 12 cm thick, precast concrete cladding panels coloured by penetrating red dye. The glass façade appears to be slightly displaced by the wind compared to the horizontal floor ceilings.

Picture gallery: Glass façade and precast concrete cladding panels

Project profile

Address:	Am Sandtorkai 54 20457 Hamburg
Use:	Office building with restaurant
Completion:	May 2005
Architect:	Jan Störmer Partner GbR Michaelisbrücke 1 20459 Hamburg

Building method

Floor levels:	9
Construction:	Reinforced concrete, precast concrete cladding panels
Façade:	North and east façades: coloured architectural concrete panels
South and west façades:	Double-wall panels

Overview: Selected projects with architectural concrete from Hering