News

HafenCity Ecolabel awarded for the first time

The first building in HafenCity has been awarded the Ecolabel for exemplary sustainable construction, following preliminary certification. The Unilever building on Strandkai has received the HafenCity Ecolabel in gold, subsequent to external validation. The award will be presented to the owner of the building, RREEF Investment GmbH, and project developer HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung GmbH, in the present of Unilever’s management and entire staff. more

HafenCity's quarters
in the eastern section

The Masterplan for the eastern HafenCity has been reworked in 2010. Get informed about this part of HafenCity.

Visualization of the winners draft
Visualization of the winners draft

Intelligent Quarters in Hamburg’s HafenCity

Hamburg-based ECE plans a new project in Elbtorquartier at the heart of HafenCity called the Intelligent Quarters. The site is adjacent to the Elbe River, between Magdeburger Hafen basin and the future Hafen City University (HCU). Visible from afar, a 70m office building is to be built on the waterfront in Elbtorquartier, together with two more buildings, to will include homes and ground-floor publicly accessible uses. more

Variety is the spice of life in HafenCity - Result of architectural competition for Am Lohsepark residential neighborhood

A new residential area with an unusually diverse mix of residents is being created at Lohsepark, HafenCity’s own central park. The buildings to be realized between Shanghaiallee and Yokohamastrasse will encompass an innovative mix of rental and privately owned homes, a scattering of services businesses, and several kindergarten day centers. more

HafenCity at EXPO REAL 2011 - Building Bridges to the Future

Green and metropolitan at the same time - this is the face of the HafenCity in Hamburg as the European Green Capital 2011, that is presented at the EXPO REAL fair. With an abundance of realized construction projects and project plans, Hamburg's newest district is positioned in multiple respects as a sustainable urban development project. more

Overview

State of development

HafenCity is being developed from west to east and from north to south. The area currently under construction, including any completed sections, now extends 1.1 km in length, from the Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall at the tip of Dalmannkai in the west to the Spiegel group building at Ericusspitze. In breadth, HafenCity begins at the Speicherstadt and runs down to the banks of the Elbe more

HafenCity InfoCenter

A presentation of everything currently happening between the Elbe bridges and Kehrwiederspitze promontory is on view in the InfoCenter in Kesselhaus at Sandtorkai 30 more

On historic ground

Quay walls, harbor basins, historic buildings - the past will always be omnipresent, even in futuristic HafenCity. The port has left an indelible imprint on the structure of the district. A review more