One of the most dazzling projects – and the cultural centerpiece of HafenCity – is about to break ground – the Elbe Philharmonic Hall (Elbphilharmonie) designed by Basel-based Herzog & de Meuron. The design incorporates two distinct elements: a pre-existing brick warehouse topped by a new crystalline tent-like structure that seems to float above the industrial base. The new 667,000-square-foot glass structure will rise upward into a series of wavelike peaks above the brick form below. The glass façade, consisting in part of curved panels, some of them cut open, becomes a gigantic, iridescent crystal that catches the changing reflections of the sky, water, and city.
Sited at the tip of a promontory known as the Sandtorhafen that juts into the river harbor, the $313 million (€241 million), 1.3 million-square-foot public-private partnership development will include not only a new home for Hamburg’s NDR (North German Radio) Symphony Orchestra, but also a luxury hotel, residential apartments, conference center, wellness area, the Klingendes Museum (music museum for children), restaurants, nightclubs, and parking.
Two more pictures after the jump.
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Tags: Architecture | Structure | Building | Design | Warehouse | Elbe Philharmonic Hall | Elbphilharmonie
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