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The Hanseatic Trade Center (HTC) is a major office complex in the HafenCity of
The Hanseatic Trade Center comprises a total floor area of . It is located on the western tip of HafenCity, surrounded by water on three sides. To the north, Binnenhafen separates it from Hamburg's Altstadt (old town), to the south it is facing Sandtorhafen and HafenCity proper. Public transport is available at Kehrwiederspitze
kehrwiederspitze.com Kehrwiederspitze was the only building not sold in 2005. The entire complex lies within the flood-exposed area of the Lower Elbe. Therefore, all five buildings are connected by a network of upper floor boardwalks among each other and to the inner-city.
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, Germany
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. Developed after an urban design competition in the 1980s, and built in five phases during the 1990s, it was the first new construction in the urban renewal
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...
of this part of the Port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg (german: Hamburger Hafen, ) is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, from its mouth on the North Sea.
Known as Germany's "Gateway to the World" (''Tor zur Welt''), it is the country's largest seaport by volume ...
. Parts of the Hanseatic Trade Center along Kehrwiederfleet complement the historic Speicherstadt
The Speicherstadt (, literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is ...
, while its western end at Kehrwiederspitze features two high-rise structures.
Overview
The Hanseatic Trade Center comprises a total floor area of . It is located on the western tip of HafenCity, surrounded by water on three sides. To the north, Binnenhafen separates it from Hamburg's Altstadt (old town), to the south it is facing Sandtorhafen and HafenCity proper. Public transport is available at Baumwall station
Baumwall () is an elevated metro station located at Baumwall embankment in Hamburg's inner-city. It was opened in 1912 and is served by Hamburg U-Bahn line U3. It was renamed Baumwall (Elbphilharmonie) on 2 December 2016.
Location
Baumwall ("t ...
, just across Niederbaumbrücke.
During construction and the first years after, the five buildings were named by order of development phase. When Tishman Speyer Properties
Tishman Speyer Properties is an American company that invests in real estate.
History
The firm was founded in 1978 by Robert Tishman and Jerry Speyer.
In March 1988, the company announced its first project in Europe, the construction of a 70 ...
and Quantum Immobilien AG acquired four of the five buildings in 2005, the buildings were subsequently marketed by names of famous explorers and seafarers:
* Phase I: Vespucci-Haus (1993) by Kohn Pedersen Fox
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in ...
* Phase II: Columbus-Haus (2002) by Nägele, Hofmann & Tiedemann
* Phase III: Humboldt-Haus (1992) by Dieter Heusch
* Phase IV: Amundsen-Haus (1999) by Gerkan, Marg & Partner
* Phase V: Kehrwiederspitze (1997) by Kleffel, Köhnholdt & Gundermannkehrwiederspitze.com Kehrwiederspitze was the only building not sold in 2005. The entire complex lies within the flood-exposed area of the Lower Elbe. Therefore, all five buildings are connected by a network of upper floor boardwalks among each other and to the inner-city.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Hamburg
This is a list of tallest buildings in Hamburg. As in most German cities except Frankfurt, skyscrapers or high-rises in Hamburg are rarely approved or built.
Tallest buildings and structures
The few high-rises in Hamburg are mostly clustered ...
* List of tallest buildings in Germany
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Germany that stand at least tall. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. For those, s ...
* List of world trade centers
A World Trade Center (also World Trade Centre or WTC) is a building or complex of buildings used for the promotion and expansion of trade and licensed to use the "World Trade Center" name by the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA). As of May 2 ...
References
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* * {{structurae, 10001232 Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Office buildings completed in 1997 World Trade Centers Urban planning in Germany Gerkan, Marg and Partners buildings Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings Skyscraper office buildings in Germany