Columbia Twins²

The Columbia Twins², a commercial complex with offices -
The headquarters of the Columbia Ship Management was completed end 2009.

The Columbia Twins².They are located at the Hamburg harbour, directly at the shore of the river Elbe.

The design was historically inspired by ancient harbour storage depots with its bricks and warm red colours.

The facades are quite unique: Shimmering because of the use of metallic fabrics like titanium coated premium steel, which was developed by a German company especially for the facade of the Columbia Twins².

And the Columbia Twins² have a levitating facade as well. This static construction is very fine and underlines again the design of Professor Roth`s style in facades.

The public street where the building is located was heaped up so the view to the river was kept and the new buildings give it sort of a frame.

The buildings have only faces and no backside, which means that they have beautiful facades allover: No ugly service supply shafts in sight. And every person working in this building has a window with a view and can enjoy the daylight. (Carsten Roth is an expert in using daylight in architectural space and it`s topic of one of his books.)

The Columbia Twins² were awarded 1st Prize of The German Chamber of Architects (BDA-Hamburg) in November 2010.

„My first buildings with a ´crease`“, says Carsten Roth.

Client
AUG. PRIEN
Immobilien Gesellschaft für Projektentwicklung mbH

Architect
CARSTEN ROTH ARCHITEKT

Project Manager / Assistants
Claudia Eckl, Tim Kettler, Philip Schwaiger, Isabelle Schatton, Birte Lattermann, Mark Schiebler

Static Structural Planning
Wetzel & von Seht, Hamburg

Project Size
Cubage 14.500 cbm, 8 floors + garage

Completion
September 2009

Award
1st Prize of the German Architects Chamber (BDA), Hamburg, 2010