New development of a mixed-use quarter: On the site of the former Esso Houses on Hamburg’s Spielbudenplatz, a small-scale mixture of residential, hotel, commercial and subcultural space is to be created for the St. Pauli district. The “St. Pauli Code”, which forms the basis for the planning process, was developed within the framework of a major citizens participation. BeL + NL architects were able to win the urban planning competition. On this basis, the area was divided into five building plots for the subsequent building competition. feld72 is responsible for the planning of building plot 2 and 5.

Building plot 2: Subculture Cluster – hostel, skater roof, club, bar and offices. The building is prominently positioned at the corner between Spielbudenplatz and the new neighbourhood street. On the roof of the building structure, the skater roof creates a consumptionfree, publicly accessible open space, which is connected via a bridge to the variously programmed roofscape of the other building plots. Users of the former Esso houses (Kogge und Molotow) are given space again on this building site.

Building plot 5: On this building site, the focus is on community living in overlap with subcultural, neighbourhood-related, social uses. Accompanying the neighbourhood street, the block development forms an urban base with the music cluster (studios) in the basement, the district canteen with outdoor area, the FabLab and a feminist sex shop on the ground floor. The 1st floor houses a social counselling office and an event room. On the floors above, the Baugruppe offers a varied range of living space with spacious, communal rooms and roof terraces.

Landscape Partner: TREIBHAUS Landschaftsarchitektur

A hybrid banking headquarters

The new Raiffeisenbank headquarters in St. Pölten – the “raiffeisen corner” – is located on a prominent urban corner in the north of the city, not far from the railway station. The concept of the building allows for hybrid use and accommodates not only a bank branch and an advisory centre, but also a public restaurant and café, an event space, a co-working space and terraces on multiple floors. A formulated joint divides the building into two volumes. It marks the main entrance and contains the access to the four-storey building. The glass body serves as a vertical connection, allowing views to the outside into the street space and the quiet inner courtyard. The façade oscillates between openness and closedness. Horizontal cornices made of glass-fibre concrete wrap around the building over several storeys, contrasting generous glass surfaces, which are rhythmically broken by pilaster strips.

Award: Callwey – Best Workspaces 2023, DE

Cooperation Partner: Studio Hoffelner Schmid
Project Management: M.O.O.CON
Lightning design: Designbüro Christian Ploderer
Guidance system design: buero bauer

Masterplan for a new residential area

A sustainable and innovative model quarter for Constance is to be built on the site of the so-called “Christiani Wiesen”. The goal for the development of the new neighbourhood is to combine a high quality of living with increased space efficiency. The design focuses on six central themes: Sharing and service, social mix and mixed use, urban mobility (car-free neighbourhood with a convertible car park), climate and ecological quality, smart living (digitalisation concept with smart city solutions) and urban production.

Cooperation Partner: TH Landschaftsarchitektur Hamburg