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Hafencity waterfront renewal project, Hamburg, Germany


DATA & FACTS:
•Overall size : 157 hectares
•Land Area : 123 hectares
•More than 2.3 million sq.mt of newly built gross floor space
•6000-7000 apartments for  12000-13000 people
•45000 jobs (including more than 35000 office jobs)
•Expansion of Hamburg’s city area by 40%
•10.5 km of publicly accessible quayside promenade
•Distance between the centre and town hall : 800 meters


INTRODUCTION :
•The Development Process of Hafencity :
•It witnessed the emergence of three overlapping, tangible and intangible perspectives of thought and action:
•Identity, Sustainability and Urbanity.
•This multidimensional orientation is linked with the urban spatial dimensions as a “new downtown” and “waterfront” urban development project.
TRANSPORT:
•Efficient road network leading to the city and motorways
•New underground line U4 linking city centre and Hafencity
•(extension to the east under construction)


•PUBLIC SPACES:
•Magellan Terraces
(completed June 2005): 4700 sq.mt
•Marco Polo Terraces
(completed September 2007): 6400 sq.mt
•Vasco-da-Gama Square
(completed September 2007): 2700 sq.mt
•Grass brook park(completed2013) : 7000 sq.mt
•Lohsepark  (to be completed in 2015) : 4 hectares




•CULTURAL FACILITIES:
•Elbphilharmonie (concert hall, hotel, apartments to be opened in 2017)
•International Maritime Museum Hamburg (opened in summer 2008)
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES:
•St. Catherine’s Primary school (2009)
•HCU Hafencity University (2014)
•Kuhne Logistics University (Grober Gross book 2013)
•Gymnasium and another Primary school
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•UNIQUE PROJECTS (SELECTIONS):
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•Hamburg-America Zentrum (2009)
•Design Forum designxport (2014)
•Ecumenical Forum (2011)
•Hannoverscher Bahnhof information and documentation centre (planning stage)
•Children’s Cultural center (planning stage)
•Oberhafen cultural and creative quarter (under development)


Conclusion:
Moving toward a healthy city it is necessary to think over its Transportation because it serves as nerves of the economy of the city and vice-versa the population density attraction is due to ease in transportation and various planning approaches.

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