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Hamburg Hotel, Empire Riverside, Building, Photo, Design, Architect, Project
Empire Riverside Hotel : Hamburg Architecture
Buildings in north Germany, Europe
21 Nov 2008
David Chipperfield Architects' Empire Riverside Hotel received a first
prize of the BDA Hamburg Architektur Award 2008
On 20 November 2008 - a year after its completion - David Chipperfield
Architects' Empire Riverside Hotel received a first prize in the 2008
BDA Hamburg Architektur Awards.

Photo © Ralf Buscher
This four star hotel and a retail and office building in Hamburg,
St. Pauli is part of a 110,000 sqm housing and office development
on the former Bavaria brewery grounds. The extraordinary nature and
history of the Bavaria grounds - overlooking the river Elbe - inspired
the research for this project. Its exclusive position as the largest
industrial workplace within Hamburg's inner city area requires particular
consideration, situated as it is between two highly divergent city
areas: Hamburg's inner city, represented by its prominent townhouses,
trade and institutional buildings to the east and St. Pauli's small
scale 19th century buildings to the west and north.
The site can be regarded as an urban vacuum where new development
needs to take up a mediating role between the different urban situations,
which are now being placed in a new relationship with one another.
In contrast to the previous introverted nature of the industrial site,
the design of the hotel complex and the "Brauhaus" - a retail
and office building - attempts to create both programmatic and architectural
references to the neighbouring surroundings. Thus, the 20-storey hotel
complex consists of different staggered volumes, where the height
of each volume corresponds with the eaves of the surrounding buildings.
The base of the complex with its new public square refers both in
space and content - restaurants, bars, shops and conference area -
to the nature of the St. Pauli neighbourhood, the hotel tower with
its 328 hotel rooms rises above the city, creating a new visual landmark
for Hamburg's skyline. From the direction of the water it appears
as a slim, vertical volume, fitting into the topography of the famous
"Hafenkrone", the crown of the harbour, a series of impressive
turn-of-the-century buildings and church spires along the embankment
of the river Elbe.
The glass-bronze façade is structured using prefabricated elements,
which emphasise the vertical. It covers the buildings as a homogenous
layer, unifying the different volumes and providing a subtle backdrop
for the neighbouring architecture.
From 90 applications, the BDA Hamburg Architektur Awards jury awarded
three first prizes, three second prizes, seven third prizes, and 31
commendations.
Previously:
David Chipperfield Architects Empire Riverside Hotel in Hamburg
celebrates its Grand Opening
Feb 2008

Photo © Ralf Buscher
David Chipperfield Architects were appointed with the design following
a competition in 2002. The hotel, with its unique position above St.
Paulis Landungsbrücken, has 328 rooms and spectacular views
over the River Elbe.
The hotel complex consists of three different staggered volumes: the
20-storey hotel tower, the L-shaped base of the hotel and the Brauhaus,
a retail and office building. Situated on the former Bavaria brewery
grounds, the 74 m high hotel tower rises above the city, creating
a new visual landmark in Hamburgs skyline.
Inside, the hotel building is segmented into two areas. The public
area, housing the lobby, conference rooms, restaurant, breakfast room,
ballroom and lounge, is located in the base of the complex. In the
centre of the base, a four-storey high entrance hall visually links
the public facilities through its open structure. The seventeen storeys
of the tower accommodate the private hotel rooms and suites. A bar
on the 20th floor offers panoramic views of the city.
The glass-bronze façade is structured with a post-beam construction,
covering the buildings as a homogenous layer, unifying the different
volumes and providing a subtle backdrop for the neighbouring architecture.
The hotel is owned by the Fraatz and Bartels families, who also own
the Hotel Hafen Hamburg.
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Empire Riverside Hotel
Hamburg : David Chipperfield Architects
Photographs : Ralf Buscher
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