Grosse Bleichen 19

Hamburg, Germany

Photo © Markus Tollhopf

Schwarzplan / Site plan

Drawing © TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten

Schnitt / Section

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Ansicht / Elevation

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Office Buildings

Architects: TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten

Location: Große Bleichen 19, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
Year: 2018
Client: Aachener Grundvermögen Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH Koeln
Team: Ekkehard Voss, Christoph Klüsserath, Stefan Niemöller, Michael Both, Karolin Böttcher, Jens Böttcher, Serhat Akdoganlar, Mona Tausend, Jan Kumbernuss
Structural engineering: Wetzel & von Seht, Hamburg
Building equipment: Duschl Ingenieure Rhein-Main GmbH & Co.KG Beratende Ingenieure, Gießen
Building equipment: Schlüter und Thomsen Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Neumünster
Fire protection: hhpberlin Ingenieure für Brandschutz GmbH, Niederlassung Hamburg
General contractor building construction: BAUWENS GmbH & Co. KG, Köln
Clinker: Petersen Tegl

The new office and commercial building was constructed on the plot adjoining the listed building of the Alte Post (The Old Post Office), at the lively Bleichenfleet in the centre of Hamburg. The new construction fills the former gap of 80 meters depth and only 14 meters width merging perfectly with the surrounding.

The building skillfully connects both neighbours, The Old Post Office and Galleria Hamburg, which recently also has been put under the preservation order. Taking into account their different eaves heights it carries them on them on its own façade and creates an interesting interplay of levels. Thus the building’s character becomes lively and outstanding, at the same time the streetscape remains harmonious.

Besides the eaves height the façades of the new office absorb the reach architectural language of the surrounding with its traditional brick buildings. Floor to ceiling windows with frames of anodized aluminum give a modest structure to the surfaces. The upper floors are underlined through light glass parapets which remind of french windows.

The retail areas of the new construction are connected with these of the existing buildings all the way through the ground and first floor as well as to both sides of the street. From the second floor upwards there are small offices as well as office zones which can be connected if needed. An inner courtyard in the central part of the building ensures an appropriate exposure to light for the offices.