Old Laundry | Hamburg
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Old Laundry | Hamburg
Grey is not boring: since late summer 2018, the architectural fire brick slips manufactured by Ströher especially for this project have accentuated the façade of the luxurious residential complex at Jarrestraße 58 in Hamburg over an area of around 1,600 square metres.
Construction year
2018
Architect
Henke + Partner Architekten
Location
Jarresstraße, Hamburg, Germany
System
WDVS-System, Sto SE & Co. KGaA, Stühlingen
Crowd
1,613 m² area
With a little imagination, the vibrant texture of our architectural range, shifting from silky grey to smoky black-grey, is reminiscent of shimmering fish scales. The unusual appearance is probably of little interest to the fish in the adjacent Osterbek Canal, but the improvements brought about by the new development are not. For many years, the fish had literally been left looking the worse for wear: until 1992, the laundry operating on the site had been discharging substantial quantities of chemicals into the sewage system for decades, severely contaminating the groundwater in the process. That is now a thing of the past: following the extensive and costly remediation of the 3,800-square-metre site, the residential development known as “Jarre 58” now stands in its place.
Based on plans by Hamburg-based Henke + Partner Architekten, the construction company Otto Wulff built 64 condominiums with two to four rooms and living spaces ranging from 60 to a generous 165 square metres. The contaminated soil was replaced with new soil to a depth of up to six metres. The costs totalled around five million euros. That's no mean feat, even considering the project volume of over 37 million euros. However, the result that now stands on the fresh soil is impressive across the board.
Designed as a KfW Efficiency House 70, the new five-storey building in the heart of the Winterhude district is accessed via five entrances from a green inner courtyard. The entrance to the underground car park with 64 parking spaces and just as many charging stations for electric cars is also located here. Floor-to-ceiling windows, rounded building edges and, above all, the aforementioned Ströher façade with its finely contoured brick look make the residential complex an attractive and healthy place to live for its residents. This also pleases the fish.
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