Am Sandtorpark / Grasbrook quarter
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Am Sandtorpark / Grasbrook quarter
Project 26: Hamburg-America-Center
Investor: Norrporten HAC GmbH, Hamburg
Contact: Becken Verwaltungs GmbH, Frau Schönrock, Tel.: 040-280053124,
s.schoenrock@becken-immobilien.de
Developer: DS-Bauconcept GmbH, Hr. Drögemöller, Tel. 040-879724863,
droegemoeller@ds-baukonzept.com
Architect: Richard Meier & Partners, Architects LLP, New York
Use: approx. 9,000 sq.m GFA office, service sector, Hamburg-Amerikazentrum
User: Amerikazentrum Hamburg e.V., Buss Group, HypoVereinsbank, u. a.
Development status: completed
Hamburg's new German-American meeting point: the Hamburg-America-Center in the Sandtorpark quarter (© Dorfmüller | Kröger | Klier)
Special features:
Starting in 2006, the Hamburg-America-Center has been built on the site formerly occupied by a coffee warehouse operated by N.H.L Hinsch & Cons. A separate company, Immobiliengesellschaft Hamburg-America-Center Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, was established in December 2003 by Drees & Sommer AG to oversee the project.
The Hamburg-America-Center provides Hamburg with a permanent base from which to promote its cultural and economic ties with America and its sister city, Chicago. The Center is home to US-based companies and services providers as well as non-US-based companies and organizations which maintain strong links with America. The Hamburg-America-Center’s new office suites and conference rooms also serve as venues for a number of Euro-American clubs, including Hamburg’s esteemed American Business Club.
The development is a genuine architectural highlight, as the project managers have engaged the services of world-famous New York firm Richard Meier to design the building. The “Magician of Light” has presented a magnificent structural concept that combines imposing glass façades with striking white metal surfaces.
