1. Urban Ports Waterfront Seminar Santander
14 April 2011
HafenCity Hamburg
Reinventing a Downtown Area on the Waterfront
Hape Schneider
Executive Assistant

2. City State of Hamburg
Population
Metropolitan area: 4.25 mio.
City: 1.77 mio.
Total area: 755,3 km²
Port 73,9 km²
land and water
HafenCity 1,5 km²
land and water
Economic Drivers
- Port (third important in Europe)
- Civil aviation industry
(third largest plant in the world)
- strong mixed economy with
emphasis on trading
HAMBURG - CITY AND HAFENCITY

3. OUTLINE
1. The Urban transformation: Urban Regeneration and New Urbanity
2. Linking New Urbanity and Ecological sustainability:
2.1 New Sustainable Urban Structure and Mobility
2.2 Sustainable Heat Supply and Construction
3. Integrated Urban Development: Governance and Management

4. „HAFENCITY“ IN 1880: HARBOUR AND INDUSTRY

5. HAFENCITY (ABOUT 1995): AN UNDERUSED HARBOUR AREA

6. HAFENCITY: REDEFINING THE IDEA OF A „NEW DOWNTOWN“
HafenCity
 Masterplan 2000
 157 ha area
 Waterfront: 10.5 kilometers
 Central city area enlargement by 40%

7. HAFENCITY TRANSFORMATIONS

8. WHAT MAKES “A GOOD CITY” FORM ?

9. OUTLINE
1. The Urban transformation: Urban Regeneration and New Urbanity
2. Linking New Urbanity and Ecological sustainability:
2.1 New Sustainable Urban Structure and Mobility
2.2 Sustainable Heat Supply and Construction
3. Integrated Urban Development: Governance and Management

10. culture/
entertainment
facilities
2.5 mio. visitors p.a.
places of
consumption
Überseequartier
appr. 14 mio visitors p.a.and
retail/gastronomy
60.000 m² (in the core)
public spaces
10.5 km promenades,
urban and water places,
green (parks)
27 ha
residential and office
usage
12,000 residents,
more than 45,000 jobs
social
institutions and
networks
knowledge milieu
(HafenCity University,
Kühne Logistics
University)
ca. 2,3 Mio. m² GFS
THE URBANITY OF A „NEW DOWNTOWN“

11. ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY
Conversion
of Areas
Inner-city locations
City Structure
Dense mixture
Modal Split Public Transport
Net density and quality
(bikes, pedestrians)
Resource efficient stationary
traffic (flood protection)
Mobility Structure
CO2-Benchmark
decentral systems
Technology open systems
regenerative energy sources
Heat Supply
„Consumer
Behaviour “
e-mobility
Smart grids
Smart metering
etc.
Sustainable
Construction
Certification:
5 levels of resource
efficiency
Technology open
benchmark

12. Residential
Office
Gastronomy
Retail / Services
Culture
Special Uses
Development Under Way
Special Use on 1st Floor
BUILDINGS: PUBLIC ENCOUNTER CAPACITY
MIXTURE OF USAGES - SECOND FLOOR

13. Residential
Office
Gastronomy
Retail / Services
Culture
Special Uses
Development Under Way
Special Use on 1st Floor
BUILDINGS: PUBLIC ENCOUNTER CAPACITY
MIXTURE OF USAGES - GROUND FLOOR

14. PUBLIC GROUND FLOOR MIX-USE

15. PUBLIC SPACES AS URBAN ENCOUNTER SPACES

16. PUBLIC SPACES AS CULTURAL ENCOUNTER SPACES

17. HIGH URBAN DENSITY IN DIFFERENT QUARTERS OF
HAFENCITY (FSR): EFFICIENT LAND USE
Land Area (western part of HafenCity):
Traffic areas
Footprint of Buildings
Public Spaces
Private Spaces: publicly accessible
(at least way-leave)
Private Spaces: open spaces
Water Area (western part of HafenCity)
Public Spaces on the water

18. COMPARED WITH THE EXISTING INNERCITY:

19. CLIMATE ADAPTATION: ECO-DENSITY AND A „BLUE“
MICROCLIMATE

20. HAFENCITY HAMBURG: A NEW URBAN TOPOGRAPHY
Streetscape
Greenscape
• pocket parks
• parks
• landscape elements
Waterscape
• promenades
• terraces
• floating plazas
• squares

21. WALKABLE CITY

22. A NEW MIXED USE CITY AS „WALKABLE CITY“

23. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: UNDERGROUND (OPENS IN 2012) /
FUEL CELL BUSES / FERRIES

24. NEW STREETSCAPE AND LAND SAVING INTEGRATION OF
UNDERGROUND PARKING AS FLOOD PROTECTION

25. OUTLINE
1. The Urban transformation: Urban Regeneration and New Urbanity
2. Linking New Urbanity and Ecological sustainability:
2.1 New Sustainable Urban Structure and Mobility
2.2 Sustainable Heat Supply and Construction
3. Integrated Urban Development: Governance and Management

26. Western HafenCity:
District heating system
locally completed with :
1. Solar Heating
2. Fuel Cells
3. CHP units
(CO2-Benchmark:
175 g / kWh, Contract
2003)
4
1 Fuel Cell technology
(Methane from biogas
sources)
2. Low-temperature boiler for
peak loads
1
1. Wood-fired boiler
(recycling wood of
„Grossmarkt“ and
other sources)
2. Low-temperature boiler
for peak loads
2
3
1. Heat Pumps
(Heat source: river water, power source: Fuel Cell or
CHP)
2. Low-temperature boiler for peak loads
Supply Area Eastern HafenCity:
CO2-Benchmark: 89 g / kWh (Contract 2009)
HAFENCITY EAST (> 1 Mio. m² GFS): NEW STANDARDS FOR
CENTRAL HEATING SUPPLY (CO2-BENCHMARK 89 g/kWh)

27. SUSTAINABLE BUILDING FEATURES
Eco Label Categories
1. Sustainable use of energy ressources
2. Sustainable use of public goods
3. Use of environmentally friendly building materials
4. Special consideration for environment, comfort and
health protection
5. Sustainable Facility Management
Usage of Competition and Market Processes
• awarding of an eco-label and confering an environmental
award
• certification of buildings
• promotion of energy efficient buildings in case of exclusive
options or/and the sale of plots under competitive market
conditions

28. MODEL PROJECTS FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS:
HCU / UNILEVER / GREENPEACE / SPIEGEL

29. CORPORATE HEADQUARTER UNILEVER:
LINKING URBANITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Category 1
• Primary energy demand below
100 kWh/m²a
• Transparent building membrane
provides shelter from wind and
allows the implementation of
low-tech solutions:
conventional sun protection
devices and windows can be
opened individually in spite of
the strong winds

30. Category 1 / 4:
• use of energy-efficient LED
lamps in its work space:
-> up to 90 percent less power
consumption, reduction of the
thermal load in the building by
70 percent,
• Concrete core cooling extracted
from the ground water
• Heat exchangers making energy
available that would otherwise
have been lost
• Open space concept: hoher
acoustic comfort by noise
absorbing double-floor
construction
CORPORATE HEADQUARTER UNILEVER:
EFFICIENT ENERGY USE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

31. CORPORATE HEADQUARTER UNILEVER:
LINKING PUBLIC SPACE WITH SUSTAINABILITY
Category 2
• Atrium open to visitors all day/night
• Public uses at the ground floor level
(Dove Spa, Unilever Shop)
• Public café und staff canteen along the
riverfront
• Green roof
• Greywater system
• No heavy metal pollution into
waterbodies
• waterless urinals

32. OUTLINE
1. The Urban transformation: Urban Regeneration and New Urbanity
2. Linking New Urbanity and Ecological sustainability:
2.1 New Sustainable Urban Structure and Mobility
2.2 Sustainable Heat Supply and Construction
3. Integrated Urban Development: Governance and Management

33. Private / Public Sector
HafenCity Hamburg GmbH (Quango)
a) - Acts as land owner of
special asset “city and port”
- Finances its activities
from land sales
- Acts as master developer
b) Activities
- development planning
- plans and builds infrastructure
(streets, bridges, quay walls)
- public spaces
(promenades, parks)
- acquires investors,
property sales
- organizes communication,
marketing
HAFENCITY HAMBURG:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
City State of Hamburg
a) State Commission approvals:
- development plans
- land sales
b) Prepares and grants:
- development plans
- urban design (guidelines)
- building permits
c) Finances and builds, partly
as public-private joint venture:
- schools
- university
- concert hall
- science centre
- subway
Private Sector
a) Private and institutional
developers and investors
- development of
individual sites
(exception
Überseequartier:
central retail area,
16 buildings)

34. differentiated develop-
ment of open spaces
differentiated develop-
ment of sub-districts
HAFENCITY GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRATED URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
Structure of
Markets
(Real Estate)
Price Level
(€ / m² BGF)
(building plots)
Structure of
Planning
masterplan
as flexible matrix
• different mix of uses in the
single sub-districts
• specials sites for special
projects
• ground floor height of 5 m
significant role of public
investment
production of public goods
dominance of private
investments;
strong regulation of markets
• Segmentation of Markets
• Diversification of Institutions
• Control of Risk and Competition
• Cooperation strategy
- pre-sale Cooperation
- post-sale Cooperation
residential commercial retails/ rest. special projects
2003
2003
2003
2010
20102010
(for subareas)
2010
Free Market Prices
Influenced Market Prices
Explanation:

35. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
Hape Schneider
Executive Assistant
HafenCity Hamburg GmbH