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title: Michaelis Quartier
date: 2020-05-28T14:47:00+02:00
author: Julia Wersching
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# Michaelis Quarti­er

 

### Hamburg

 

At the 1994 urban planning competition, which called for the creation of both office and residential space on the almost 8,000 sq m site near Hamburg’s St Michael’s Church, the commission was awarded to the Munich-based practice Steidle und Partner. The building has not been entirely uncontroversial among Hamburg residents, as it restricts the now familiar unobstructed view of the Michel from Millerntor – a view that emerged as a result of the destruction caused by the war. From an urban planning perspective, however, the decision is coherent and consistent.

 

 

   Property type Office and commercial buildings 

 Gross floor area 29,000 sqm 

 Parking spaces 320 

 Completion 2001 

 Architectural office Steidle und Partner BDA, Munich 

 Photography Carsten Brügmann 

    The office building makes a confident statement towards Zeughausmarkt, with its striking brick façade and the eleven-storey, tower-like form at the end of the block. This powerful office block also serves to protect the smaller-scale residential buildings to the rear.

 

 

  

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## Strik­ing, mod­ern, confident.

The point-block residential buildings, also designed by Steidle und Partner, make a very different impression from the office development, with their smaller-scale façades featuring regularly arranged windows and white, orange-yellow and blue render. The colours are used with confidence, but without excess. Despite the differing architectural forms, the design remains cohesive as an overall concept.

 

 

 

 

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