City North

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City North, new buildings
Überseering
Underground station ( U1) Sengelmannstrasse
Building of Deutsche Shell AG, today home of ITERGO , the LKA for white-collar crime and other institutions.
Design by Meinhard von Gerkan (1973)
Former headquarters of Deutsche BP AG , owned by Allianz (1971), demolished in early 2015
Former Oberpostdirektion Hamburg (1977), demolished in 2018
Former head office of HEW , today Vattenfall headquarters
design by Arne Jacobsen (1969)

The City North is an office in the city district of Hamburg-Winterhude , District Hamburg-Nord .

history

As early as the mid-1950s, when the distress of the post-war years was alleviated, there was a great need for office space in the course of economic growth in the Federal Republic of Germany . In many cities, the inner city areas had become too small for the large corporations and administrations. This is also the case in Hamburg. In many places, companies had to rent additional space for their employees. Inner-city living space has been converted into office space. It is not uncommon for the groups to have 10 to 15 branches. The breakdown and the difficult communication channels associated with it made work considerably more difficult.

Under these conditions, many large corporations decided to build new administrative buildings. They directed their claim for large building areas to the city. Some corporations have already threatened to move out if they are not given building land. The importance of Hamburg as an important service location was at stake.

The city planners were offered the following options: To make further significant changes to the inner city of Hamburg and to sacrifice old building fabric and living space in favor of the administrations or to allow the new administrations to be distributed across Hamburg. The east-west road (name at that time, today, Ludwig-Erhard-Straße) had already become the first anchor point for a coherent chain of larger office buildings. The city planners have also approved the construction of two large administrations in the city center: the high-rise buildings of Margarine Union AG (Unilever-Haus, now Emporio-Hochhaus ) and the Deutsches Ring . The experiences they had with these two administrations in the city center spoke against further building permits of this size. "The major administration of the then Margarine Union was a significant example of how such an oversized building not only breaks through the grown structures of the inner city, but is in principle hostile to the city and contributes to the desolation of the inner city", says Christian Farenholtz. The Hamburg city planners recognized that the large areas that the corporations claimed for their new administrations could not be integrated into the inner city for communication. Adjacent residential areas such as Harvestehude / Rotherbaum , Uhlenhorst and Palmaille should not develop into pure office areas. 200,000 people already worked in the city center. At this point in time, the traffic in the city center was extremely high. The city planners looked for other options.

Hamburg's chief construction director Werner Hebebrand brought the decisive idea with him from a visit to New York in 1956 - the idea of ​​a second, decentralized business town as a relief center . As there, the companies and their administrations should settle in a “commercial park”. Hebebrand kept the idea top secret until 1959 and only discussed it in a select group.

On August 14, 1959, Hebebrand presented the Hamburg Senate with the new Hamburg construction plan, the outstanding part of which was the construction of the “new business area for office buildings”, which later became City Nord. It had taken two years to draw up the plan, which was to replace the construction plan of July 20, 1950. It was discussed in the administration for over a year and over 500 change requests were taken into account. The new plan convinced the Senate. An immediate decision was made under the chairmanship of Mayor Max Brauer. On December 16, 1960, the citizens of Hamburg made the 1960 construction plan a law.

A plot of land that is optimal in its location has been found north of Winterhude's city park . It belonged to the city and was built on with allotments and makeshift homes. With a size of 117 hectares, the site offered space for 30 to 40 administration buildings and was therefore ideally suited for the construction of a suburban office district. This relieved the inner-city conurbation with 200,000 employees and eased the traffic situation. The inner city with its unique Alster and Elbe situation would be preserved. No high-rise buildings should affect the city skyline. The threats by the companies to move away from Hamburg were thus countered. The starting shot for the construction of the City Nord was given in January 1961.

Urban planning concept

The planning of City Nord at the end of the 1950s was influenced, among other things, by the tenets of the “ Charter of Athens ” (1933) laid down by Le Corbusier . It set standards across Europe for almost 30 years with the guiding principle “light, air, sun” and the four-part functional separation “living, working, recreation, traffic”. City dwellers should be given a more comfortable and better life. In its overall design, City Nord takes up a large number of the principles of modernism and integrates them. In addition, it conveys principles of structuralism due to the open planning method, the image building by the building and the identification of the users with their building. The result was a rethought and perceived urban space, the relaxed city within the city - a modern office city in the country.

Thanks to a flexible, urban planning framework, the clients were given the opportunity to realize different ideas for their office building and implement a wide range of developments. At that time the automation of office operations was still in its infancy and one could only speculate about the development possibilities.

In the implementation plan "D 100" of 1961, the legal framework for the construction of City Nord was created. Here it was specified which street areas were required, where public green areas had to be laid out and in which areas could be built. From 1958 onwards, a team of three under the direction of Werner Hebebrand worked out the basic urban planning concept for the City Nord: Christian Farenholtz (then building officer), Gerhard Dreier (then employee of the building authorities) and Hans Dieter Luckhardt (freelance architect). The implementation plan "D 100" was passed on June 19, 1961. It defines the floor plan, structure and function for the development of City Nord.

The "D 100" provided guidelines for free development. In 1960, the actual area for commercial use only comprised 41% of the entire planning area. It is divided into 22 plots. In the explanations to the "D 100" it was recommended that the size of the plots should be at least 8000 square meters. In addition, the type and extent of the structural use of the land were determined. The distance between a building and the neighboring property line must be at least half the height of the building. Only 50% of the area was allowed to be sealed or built on. The floor area was initially limited to 1.5. One parking space should be available for every 50 square meters of floor space . A large part of this parking space was then housed on the first floors of the office building and in underground garages . The requirement required that 60% of the required parking spaces were covered. Due to the nearby airport, the height of the houses on the southern edge of the area was set to a maximum of 50 meters, and on the northern edge to only 40 meters.

The planning provided for pedestrians to be guided along targeted and axial paths regardless of the road layout. In the west of City Nord, which was built in the second construction phase, Christian Farenholtz ensured that the footpaths were completely separated from traffic. Traffic should flow freely. Accordingly, the footpaths were relocated to level 1, four to five meters above the street. The entrances to the buildings are also located here on the upper level, on the first floor, so to speak.

City Nord was planned with three office building areas, which divided the construction phase into three sections. The eastern part was built in the first phase, the western part in the second and the northern part in the third. These office buildings were grouped around the central zone in the middle of City Nord. The basic structure was formed by a main access arch - the Überseering - and the City-Nord-Park as a continuation of the Hamburg City Park, located south of City Nord.

The green area was an essential part of the planning . In order to live up to the model of an “office city in the country”, the new owners were obliged to reserve at least 35% of the land for green spaces (later reduced to 25%). An open space concept should be developed for the design of the outside space.

Realization of the City Nord

The purchase negotiations for the first construction phase began in 1960 and were completed in 1964. At the same time, the area had to be cleared. In 1959, the approximately 120-hectare site consisted of 1850 allotment parcels with 1250 inhabited temporary homes and 1700 tenants. Around 4,300 people lived there with a density of 37 square meters per inhabitant.

City Nord was planned as an office city for administrations, especially for large corporations. The builders were obliged to hold architectural competitions via a clause in the purchase contract for the property. The aim was to achieve the best possible quality without too narrow specifications. Accordingly, the establishment of uniform building lines was dispensed with . The architectural freedom of design led to individual stand-alone buildings that also served the companies to present themselves. Owners who later took over properties were no longer bound to hold competitions.

The construction competitions for phase 1 took place from 1962 to 1965. The first competition included the award for the administration building of the Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke (HEW). Construction work on the first office buildings began in mid-1964, and the first three buildings were occupied in 1966. In 1967 the 2nd construction phase and the 1st section of the central area were prepared for development. In addition to the northern office building area, an industrial park was built that houses the utilities such as district cooling , commercial and craft services necessary for the business city . With the completion of the Central Zone in 1974, the implementation of the ambitious overall urban planning concept came to an end.

Striking solitaires

Vattenfall, Überseering 12

One of the most famous buildings in City Nord is the head office of what was then Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke (HEW, now Vattenfall Europe AG), which was built from 1966 onwards according to plans by Arne Jacobsen and moved into in 1969. The house impresses with its clear shape. 6500 dark disks reflect the play of the clouds over a total length of 153 meters. The former HEW house was built at a time when the mechanization of buildings was in the foreground and energy consumption did not play a major role. Against this background, it is not a matter of course that a fully air-conditioned administration building from the 1960s is today considered a showpiece for sustainable and environmentally friendly management. On December 11, 2013, Vattenfall received “Platinum”, the highest distinction that can be given to a building in the LEED system variant “LEED for Existing Buildings - Operation and Maintenance” (translated: LEED for Existing Buildings - Management and Sustainability). The house is the first in Hamburg to receive this certification and only the fourth nationwide. It has been a listed building since 2013.

Haus am Kapstadtring 1, apartment hotel since May 2018

Formerly built by Claudius Peters AG , this building was the first office building in City Nord, which the company moved into on June 6, 1966. Architects: Peter Neve and Herbert Sprotte. The building with its reduced formal language in the spirit of the modern age is typical of the architecture of the transition from the 1950s to the 1960s. It has been a listed building since 2013. After its revitalization, the external appearance hardly differs from its original despite the complete gutting. Elements worth preserving such as the wood-paneled entrance area and the archive have been preserved in the original.

Allianz, Kapstadtring 2, formerly the head office of Esso Germany

In 1968, the headquarters of Esso Germany was built on Kapstadtring according to a design by the Hamburg architects Schramm and Jürgen Elingius. The executing architects were Jost Schramm, Gerd Pempelfort and Herbert Grossner. The concept: Two short, open-plan wings in east-west orientation and two long individual office wings in north-south orientation, which are connected around a common core like a windmill. It was the first office building in Germany to have escalators for passenger transport . The building was completely revitalized for Allianz between 2010 and 2012. Some elements such as parts of the green, hand-glazed brick wall in the access core and the former reception room of the management board of Esso AG have been preserved. The house has been a listed building since 2013.

Former Oberpostdirektion (City Nord) at Überseering 30, also known as the postal pyramid

The former Oberpostdirektion (Postpyramid) during the demolition work in September 2017

The previously listed but completely neglected building was demolished in 2018. The monumental building was considered an important representative of brutalism and shaped the City Nord since the late 1970s.

Office building Ü35, Überseering 35, formerly the headquarters of Deutsche Shell

The former Shell house was built from 1971 to 1974 according to a design by the architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner and, with 13 storeys and over 60 meters in height, is the tallest building in City Nord. Two angled office wings, arranged offset, result in a cross that rises above a three-storey base area. Open-plan and individual offices were realized in a ratio of 15 to 85 percent. The building has been a listed building since 2013.

EDEKA, New York Ring 6

The Edeka building was erected between 1972 and 1974. Architects: Siegfried Wolske and Peter Erler. A striking element is the facade, which like no other building in City Nord shows the escape balcony so exposed in the light-colored exposed concrete . An idea that the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange first showed with the administration building of the Kawaga prefecture in Takamatsu (1955/58). While the original facade has been preserved, the interior has been extensively modernized and no longer shows the signature of the architects Wolske and Erler. This house has also been a listed building since 2013.

ERGO, Überseering 45

The head office of Hamburg-Mannheimer (now ERGO Group ) was built from 1971 to 1974, architects: Friedrich Spengelin, Ingeborg Spengelin, Lothar Loewe, Heinz Graaf, Peter P. Schweger + Partner. The basic shape of the building consists of flat hexagonal structures, which are grouped around three access towers. The star-like basic shape conceals the enormous volume of the building. With an area of ​​over 6000 square meters, it includes one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe. Extensive modernization of the building services and the air conditioning system was able to reduce energy consumption in the fully air-conditioned building by a good 70 percent.

Transport links

The rapid growth in motor vehicle traffic prompted the city planners to plan a car-friendly City North. The idea of ​​a car- friendly city was favored , so no express train stations were planned. The central street in Überseering was provided with numerous pedestrian bridges in order to separate pedestrians and cyclists from motorized traffic. The A 25 motorway was to be built directly to the east of City Nord as a connection between the (today's) A 7 via Hamburg Airport and the Horner roundabout. Ring 2 , part of the Hamburg ring road system, which was expanded in the 1970s, runs between City Nord and the adjacent Stadtpark to the south .

After the completion of the first building, the Rübenkamp S-Bahn station was expanded to include an additional southern entrance. In 1975 the Sengelmannstrasse underground station was added to the existing underground line U1 , which ran north of City Nord . The plan was to build another underground line (U4) from the city center through Winterhude to the Sengelmannstraße U1 station with another Jahnring station at the southern end of City Nord by the mid-1980s . However, this line has not yet been built. Instead, city ​​bus routes from the neighboring rapid transit stations Barmbek (U2, U3, S1, S11), Kellinghusenstrasse / Hudtwalckerstrasse (U1, U3), and later also Alsterdorf (U1) and Borgweg (U3) have been set up since the 1960s . A special “ express bus ” line (E17) connected City Nord with the rapid transit and bus hub at Barmbek station without stopping and only during rush hour in the direction of load . In the meantime, City Nord is also directly connected to many other parts of the city by Metrobus routes 20, 23, 26 and city ​​bus routes 118 and 179.

facts and figures

Total size: 117 ha
Net building land: 45 ha
Usable area: 84 ha
Central area net building land: 6.6 ha
Central area floor area: 20 ha
City Nord Park: 8 ha
Total area of ​​the park: 14 ha
Number of plots: 23
Number of companies: 300
Number of employees: 28,000
Number of private parking spaces: 13,500
Distance to Fuhlsbüttel airport: 3 km
Distance to the city center: 6 km

City Nord through the ages

Since its inception, City Nord has shown the changes in work processes, which are versatile and future- oriented, in particular through technical innovations such as the introduction of screen workstations at the beginning and the latest developments in the world of work, the "New Way of Working". Over the years, the requirements for the premises have changed again and again. The functionality in many corporate houses, well thought-out from the start, paid off. In many buildings, office spaces can be designed in different sizes using flexible walls.

In the 1990s, the City Nord experienced a loss of image. Companies restructured themselves and some of them moved away. In addition, the concept of open-plan offices, which had often been implemented in City Nord, was largely out of date at the time. There were large vacancies.

In the year 2000 the property owner-interest group City Nord GmbH (GIG for short) was founded, an amalgamation of the large companies based in City Nord. She is committed to revitalizing and improving the image of the office city and would also like to improve the conditions for the people who live and work in City Nord. Since October 16, 2015, the company has had the new company name GIG City Nord GmbH . "GIG" no longer includes the term "landowner", but may be understood as a play on words with the English word "gig" (German: appearance). In addition to the owner-managed houses, some large companies are now also based in rented properties in City Nord.

Today City Nord is experiencing a renaissance. Almost all buildings in City Nord have been renovated, modernized and almost completely let. Since 2007, the office city has continuously recorded a vacancy rate of less than 3% and, with this low vacancy rate, has taken a top position on the Hamburg property market.

Discussions about the future of City Nord

At the turn of the millennium, at a time when City Nord was still suffering from a bad image, the office city was also the focus of the city of Hamburg. Since the decision of the city council's urban development committee in 1999, the future development of City Nord has been discussed again and again over the following years, including the fundamental departure from the model of City Nord. The densification of the area with more living space was discussed. The development of the green areas was also taken into account. Urban development and open space planning competitions dealt with City Nord. However, there were no relevant changes in terms of more living or a stronger stimulation through cultural institutions.

In 2007 a working group was set up on the subject of City Nord, which included representatives from politics, authorities and the “GIG” representing the City Nord companies. An outstanding element in the many discussions was the decision that the model of City Nord, the office city in the country , should be retained. Nonetheless, the district was open to structural changes in City Nord. Sometimes the possibility of residential development on the edge of City Nord was also considered. On the basis of the work results of this working group, the Hamburg-Nord district office commissioned the urban planning office "ELBBERG Stadt --planung - Gestaltung" with the development of a City Nord master plan in 2008. This was published in January 2011. It concretizes the concept of the “office city in the green”, examines various additional uses and focuses in particular on upgrading the “Mitte”, the center of City Nord, also known under the working title “Central Zone”.

Construction activities

A lot has happened in City Nord, especially in the past 15 years. Owners invested millions in their homes. Buildings that were not worth preserving were torn down, so that largely outdated structures of open-plan offices also disappeared. Many new buildings were built. Since most large companies only used around 75% of their construction options on their sites, there is still the possibility of redensification on many properties . In a few exceptions, the building rights were changed for certain areas, so that, for example, on the area of ​​the former BP headquarters with the outsourced development plan Winterhude 39, a significantly denser development than originally planned was possible. Most of the changes were in the east of City Nord, where the first phase of construction was completed.

The East, old becomes new

The starting shot for the construction of City Nord was given in 1964 in the east of the office district. More than 50 years later, it turns out that not much of the original structure has been preserved. The buildings of the administrative trade association, the state insurance company, the Iduna Nova (today Signal Iduna ) on Kapstadtring and the oil company BP on Überseering 2. The change began in 2003 when Signal Iduna had the first new building built on Kapstadtring 8. In the same year, Nordmetall carried out a major renovation and an increase in the former Hoechst AG building on Kapstadtring 10. A year later, the “Oval Office” replaced the state insurance company building on Überseering 10. In 2012, Allianz moved into the listed and revitalized former Esso building on Kapstadtring 2. In 2015, the former BP headquarters was torn down. Two new buildings are currently being built here. The first is the elliptical Hotel Holiday Inn , which with its 18 storeys and a height of 60 meters towers over almost all buildings in City Nord. With 297 rooms it is one of the largest hotels in Hamburg. The leaseholder and operator of the hotel is the Wiesbadener Bierwirth & Kluth Hotel Management GmbH . The franchisor is the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies. Completion: Summer 2017. On the other hand, the Deutsche Telekom headquarters with nine floors and an area of ​​around 34,000 m² for around 1,600 employees. The building was occupied in autumn 2016. Not far from here, Hansainvest's new “Ü 8” office complex at Kapstadtring 7 was completed in summer 2016. The special feature: multi-storey gardens offer relaxation areas in the middle of the building. The building will be the headquarters of RWE Innogy , Vestas Deutschland GmbH and Akquinet AG , among others . At the same time, in 2016, the core renovation of the future boarding house, which is under monument protection, began on Kapstadtring 1. It was the first building in City Nord that Claudius Peters AG moved into on June 6, 1966 . The renovation is carried out by the new owner, ISARIA Wohnbau AG , in close coordination with the monument protection office. Expected completion is in 2018.

The Vattenfall House in the northeast of City Nord is considered a showpiece for buildings that are listed. Technically up to date, the building received "LEED Platinum", the highest possible award in the existing building category.

Plans for the west

With the project planning "Ü30 - Ipanema", the Überseering 30 area, on which the former Oberpostdirektion is currently located, is becoming the current major construction site in City Nord. In the summer of 2015, an architectural competition was launched in cooperation with the Hamburg-Nord district office, the aim of which was to develop an urban planning concept for the area. The Hamburg office KBNK Architects emerged as the winner. The draft envisages a mixed solution for living and office with a total gross floor area of ​​66,000 m² - 48,000 m² for living and 18,000 m² for business. The development plan procedure was completed in early 2017. The demolition of the old “postal pyramid” has begun. In harmony with the overall City Nord ensemble, a solitaire is also being created here. Another renovation project began in the summer of 2016 in the building complex at New-York-Ring 13. EDEKA AG acquired the area at the end of 2014 and is now using the building for itself. At the same time, EDEKA had a new pedestrian bridge built in the west of City North. In the same appearance as the other listed bridges, it forms the direct walking connection between the two EDEKA buildings.

The office building at Überseering 32/34, the so-called “Silberling”, was built in the west in the mid-1990s. The owner is ERGO Versicherungs AG . Architects: Schweger + Partner (ASP). You had already helped set up the head office of the former Hamburg-Mannheimer , today's ERGO .

Developments in the center

In view of these many changes, the focus is always on the "middle", the center of City North. It has long been evident that the “center” is no longer in keeping with the times in terms of its structural design. Here and there it has received a beauty treatment in the past year, but there have been no structural changes. Only the parking garage, which is part of the former BP headquarters and is a listed building, was revitalized in 2016. The owner HWS-Immobilien registered further construction activities for its area at City Nord Park. However, it has not yet been implemented. In March 2012, the furniture store “Die Wascherei” moved from Jarrestrasse (Winterhude) to rooms in Mexikoring that were specially renovated for the company. In October 2012, “The Laundry” opened a second furniture store in the same building: “My Mexico”. The center in City Nord belongs to a conglomerate of different owners. One of the main owners, who owns around half of the area - mainly the northern half, is the Helmut Greve company . It is managed by FIDES Grundstücks- und Wohnungsgesellschaft mbh. Another large area in the south of the center belongs to Ejendomsselskabet Nordtyskland Kommanditaktieselskab. Other owners are HWS Vermögensverwaltung & Immobilien and Deutsche Immobilien AG , which only acquired the post office building (Überseering 17 / Mexikoring 22) in 2017.

Monument protection

As early as 2002, the Hamburg Monument Protection Office planned to place individual buildings and / or even the entire City Nord ensemble under monument protection. The owners protested massively against this. They feared that the requirements of the monument protection office would make developments in the City Nord much more difficult or even prevent them. However, places of work must be able to continuously adapt to new requirements.

In February 2003 letters were sent to the respective senators for culture, finance, economy and construction with reference to the consequences of the monument protection under the leadership of the property owner interest group City Nord (GIG). Furthermore, in April 2003 the interest group sent a letter with the same content to Mayor Ole von Beust on behalf of the owners concerned and as a representative of the entire City Nord company . Personal talks between the company and the Senate on a bilateral basis supported the concern to prevent monument protection in City Nord. On July 25, 2006, the First Mayor of Beust stated in a letter to the owners concerned and to the GIG that the Monument Protection Office had decided not to pursue the “individual protection in the area of ​​City Nord” for the time being.

Years later - since May 1, 2013 - the City Nord is a monument with the entry into force of the new monument protection law according to the "Ipsa-Lege" principle (Lat .: the law for itself). City Nord is protected as an ensemble. The protection also includes the “Buildings […] Kapstadtring 1, 3 (Claudius Peters AG), Kapstadtring 2 (ESSO AG), New-York-Ring 6 (Edeka), Überseering 2 (Deutsche BP), Überseering 3 (BP, multi-storey car park ), Überseering 12 (HEW), Überseering 24 (IBM), Überseering 35 (Shell), [the] streets, pedestrian bridges and [the central] green zone as constituent […] components […] as well as [the] buildings […] Jahnring 31, 35, Kapstadtring 5, 4-10, Mexikoring 1-37, New-York-Ring 1-15, 2-4, 6a, Überseering 1, 5-33, 37-45, 4-10, 14-22, 26-40 ".

For the affected houses in City Nord, fine-tuning with the monument protection office began at that point. It is important to the owners to continue to adapt their houses to the current and future requirements of a modern working environment and modern building services. The preservation of City Nord as a unique office city with the architectural elements of modernism is not in question. Companies such as Vattenfall , Tchibo , Edeka , Hamburg-Mannheimer and Nordmetall were given original characteristics when their buildings were modernized even before the protection of monuments existed .

Not every building can be preserved due to its inefficiency. The BP building stood empty for over ten years. A demolition permit had been in place since 2003 before it was placed under protection in 2013. In 2014 the building was allowed to be demolished.

Administration building (selection)

Day care centers in the City North

Kita City Nord

Opened in 2006 on the initiative of the City Nord landowner interest group (GIG), the City Nord daycare center is a project that is unique in Germany as a company kindergarten. The cooperation between several companies, a daycare provider and the city of Hamburg is unusual and unique to date:

  • Seven companies have come together to promote the compatibility of family and work for their employees and have taken over the majority of the daycare construction costs: Edeka AG , Hamburg-Mannheimer Versicherungs-AG (today ERGO Group ), Haus der Wirtschaft Service GmbH , RWE Dea AG (now DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG ), Tchibo GmbH , Vattenfall Europe Hamburg AG and GIG City Nord itself.
  • To this end, they have signed a contract with the Association of Hamburger Kindertagesstätten (today Elbkinder Vereinigung Hamburger Kitas gGmbH ), which, as a day-care provider, had the day-care center built and designed its educational work.
  • At the request of the City-Nord companies of the 'Vereinigung', the city of Hamburg leased the property and bears the majority of the ongoing care costs as part of the daycare voucher system

In December 2006, the daycare center was inaugurated in the presence of Hamburg's Mayor Ole von Beust.

The construction project was realized on a 3,300 square meter site on Überseering (near Manilaweg). It is a one and partly two-storey building with a usable area of ​​over 600 square meters. Traditionally, with the history of the origins of City Nord, an architectural competition was also launched for this building project, the winner of which was Gatermann + Schossig .

In 2009 the daycare center was expanded to include additional childcare places. The statics for the increase were taken into account from the start. A total of 100 children are looked after from eight weeks of age until they start school. In 2014 the day care center received the Hamburg Education Prize.

Daycare center at the city park

Opened in September 2011 with the Kita at the city park , the second daycare 25. Kita in the center of City North on Mexikoring sponsored by the Pestalozzi-Stiftung Hamburg offers a total of 75 childcare places, divided into a nativity group and two elementary groups.

Villa Luna day care center

At the same time as Allianz, the Villa Luna daycare center moved into the revitalized Esso building in October 2012. At its own address (Kapstadtring 4), it was given a separate area in the house and its own separate outdoor area as a play area for the children. This third daycare center in City Nord is a private, bilingual daycare center that was considered the most expensive daycare center in Hamburg when it opened.

Daycare nursery

An area in the “Oval Office” building at Überseering 10 is currently being converted into a fourth day care center in City Nord. The opening of the “Kita Kinderzimmer” is planned for August 2017. With around 170 childcare places, it will be the largest daycare center in City Nord.

Culture in the City Nord

One approach for revitalizing and enhancing the image of City Nord is to promote art and culture with events or with the establishment of art on site.

In 2003, in a previously orphaned, elevated shopping arcade on Mexikoring, the artists' collective Ebene + 14 was created , consisting of artist studios , a club and workrooms from the University of Fine Arts . Siegfried Greve, at that time managing director of Hamburger Finanz HFV Vermögensverwaltung GmbH , the owner of the real estate complex at Mexikoring 5-17, promoted the artists by letting them use the premises at low rents. With the sale of his property to the Danish company Ejendomsselskabet Nordtyskland Kommanditaktieselskab , rents increased and most of the artists moved out.

In the summer of 2006, the City Nord property owner interest group (GIG) initiated sculpture @ CityNord - a sculpture exhibition in public space.

In 2009 ((A Wall is a Screen)) showed open-air cinema in City Nord during the 25th Hamburg International Short Film Festival.

In 2012 and 2014, the "GIG" initiated a festival of lights in late summer in cooperation with HafenCity University, the University of Music and Theater and the Erika Klütz School.

In 2015, the “GIG” cooperated with the University of Music and Theater and organized the “Sound in Space and Time” concert series in selected company houses.

In 2016, the “GIG” organized an open day in City Nord under the motto “ART - Architecture, Space, Company”. In this context, the “Kunstpassage” presented itself with 43 visual artists in the participating houses. In City Nord Park, students from HafenCity University, the University of Music and Theater and the Erika Klütz School showed temporary room installations and performances.

The “GIG” realized another sustainable art project in the summer of 2016 with the redesign of the “Allianz Tunnel”. 20 graffiti sprayers from the wandgestalten.de artist group designed the tunnel walls with extensive graffiti.

In 2014, the organizer Media Direct hh13 brought the Oldtimermeile City Nord into being, which has been held annually in the City Nord since then and recently attracted 20,000 visitors.

With the Stadtpark Revival, which was held in Hamburg's Stadtpark until 2016, another cultural event will move to City Nord in 2017. Here, too, the organizer is Media Direct hh13 .

school-building

Sports facilities

Since November 2012 there has been a permanently installed disc golf course in City Nord , which extends over 14 lanes from the exit of Sengelmannstraße underground station . The course was launched by the Disc Golf Club Hamburg and can be used free of charge and without registration.

See also

A residential quarter that was built around the same time and followed the idea of ​​a car-friendly city was the large Osdorfer Born estate in Hamburg . The counterpart to City Nord is City Süd .

literature

  • Sylvia Soggia: City Nord - Europe's model city of modernity . Ed .: Landowner Interest Group City Nord GmbH. 1st edition. Dölling and Galitz Verlag , Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-937904-83-2 .
  • Sylvia Soggia: The Vattenfall House in Hamburg . Ed .: Vattenfall Europe Business Services GmbH. 3. Edition. Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053340-2 .
  • Carola Hein: City Nord - a business city in the country . In: Ulrich Höhns (Ed.): The unbuilt Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-88506-191-0 , p. 200-209 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EDEKA ZENTRALE AG (ed.), "EDEKA - 75 years always in action", Hamburg 1982; HEW (Ed.), “HEW - The Administration Building. Prepared by the construction department “, Hamburg 1971
  2. ↑ Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of modernity", Hamburg 2009, p. 31
  3. ^ Senate press office 1961 in: Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of modernity", Hamburg 2009, p. 27
  4. ↑ Werner Hebebrand: "New City on the Elbe", in: Bauwelt No. 44, 50th year, Hamburg, November 2, 1959; Werner Hebebrand: "To the new city". Selected essays and lectures. Series of publications of the Academy of the Arts, Vol. 5, Gebr.-Mann-Verlag, Berlin 1969; Gerhard Dreier: "The planning for Hamburg's business city north", in: Spatial research and spatial planning (Ed.): Institute for spatial planning (Bad Godesberg) and Academy for spatial research and regional planning (Hanover), 25th year, issue 6, 1967.
  5. ↑ Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of modernity", pp. 67–75
  6. ↑ Gerhard Dreier: "The planning for Hamburg's business city north", in: Spatial research and spatial planning (ed.): Institute for spatial planning (Bad Godesberg) and Academy for spatial research and regional planning (Hanover), 25th year, issue 6, 1967
  7. ↑ Construction plan 1960 and changes. Hamburg State Archives, holdings 321-3l, 16th delivery, call number 612.320-343
  8. ↑ Vattenfall (Ed.): “The Vattenfall House in Hamburg - Form and Function, 3rd edition, Hamburg 2016
  9. ↑ https://www.isaria.ag/projekte/kapstadtring/
  10. ↑ Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of Modernity", pp 100-105; TAS KG, interview with Marcus Schwarz by Sylvia Soggia, press spokeswoman for City Nord
  11. ↑ Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of modernity", pp. 144–149
  12. ↑ Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of modernity", pp. 136–143
  13. ↑ Sylvia Soggia: "City Nord - Europe's model city of Modernity", pp 150-159
  14. ↑ GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual Report 2007–2016, online: Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The analysis of the real estate market is based on interviews with the companies in the City Nord and the market analysis by Grossmann & Berger: "Büro HH, 1st – 4th quarter 2016, Hamburg 1st – 4th quarter 2016, download: https: / /www.grossmann-berger.de/marktbericht/gewerbe/uebersicht/ @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / city-nord.eu
  15. ↑ Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, printed matter 16/2384 of April 28, 1999: "Report of the urban development committee on printed matter 16/2070: New perspectives for the 'New City North' and City North (self-engaging matter)"
  16. ↑ z. B. 2002, to be found in the annual report of GIG City Nord, point 3.1 .: "Competition", Link: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/ Jahresberichte/ Jahresbericht_CityNord_2002.pdf
  17. ↑ Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, District Office Hamburg-Nord (ed.): ELBBERG City - Planning - Design: "Masterplan City North, Expert Opinion on Development", January 2011
  18. ↑ see: www.hamburg.de/planportal/
  19. ↑ GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual Report 2016, pp. 5–6, online: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/jahresberichte/ Jahresbericht_CityNord_2016.pdf
  20. ↑ GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual Report 2016, pp. 6–7, online: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/jahresberichte/ Jahresbericht_CityNord_2016.pdf
  21. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fides-immobilien.de
  22. ↑ Property Magazine: “Deutsche Immobilien is also involved in Hamburg's City Nord”, March 13, 2017
  23. ↑ List of monuments ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the city of Hamburg u. a. Entry # 21859. Retrieved February 11, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hamburg.de
  24. ↑ Press release from GIG City Nord GmbH: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/Pressemitteilungen/160907PM_10.Jahre.Kita.City.Nord.pdf
  25. ↑ http://www.pestalozzi-kita.de/kita/de/elternservice/kita-mexikoringhh-winterhude.html
  26. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: “Hamburg's most expensive daycare center still has places available”, published on January 19, 2013
  27. ↑ https://www.kita-kinderzimmer.de/hamburg-winterhude
  28. ↑ http://www.kultur-hamburg.de/kulturadresse_detail.php?id=255
  29. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sculpture-citynord.de
  30. ↑ http://www.awallisascreen.com/index.php?id=awiastermine
  31. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: “City Nord will be more colorful than ever for four nights”, August 30, 2012; GIG City Nord GmbH, press release from August 25, 2014: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/Pressemitteilungen/PM_licht_kunst_park_2.14_Eroeffnung.pdf ; GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual reports 2012 and 2014, Download: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / city-nord.eu
  32. ↑ GIG City Nord GmbH, press release of May 4, 2015: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/Pressemitteilungen/150523PM_Musik.in.Raum.und.Zeit.pdf ; GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual reports 2015, Download: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / city-nord.eu
  33. ↑ GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual reports 2012 and 2014, Download: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / city-nord.eu
  34. ↑ Report at Hamburg1, July 1, 2016: http://www.hamburg1.de/nachrichten/28876/Allianz_Tunnel_feierlich_eroeffnet.html ; GIG City Nord GmbH, press release of June 14, 2016: http://city-nord.eu/fileadmin/downloads/Pressemitteilungen/160614PM_Kunst.im.Tunnel_Tag.der.offenen.Tuer_City.Nord.pdf ; GIG City Nord GmbH (Ed.): Annual report 2016, Download: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / city-nord.eu

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