The second very insightful day of the Build4People delegation trip “Urban sustainability best practices in Germany” on 03 June 2024 saw a dense schedule with manifold activities.
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We started it with a site visit to Elbphilharmonie building, Hamburg’s iconic concert hall and most prominent landmark of its recent waterfront development.
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This was followed by an expert talk with Dr Jörg Rainer Noennig, professor at Hafencity University, and sub-project leader of the SURE Synthesis and Facilitation project.
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Among others, he and his team introduced us to various projects of HafenCity University’s Digital City Science Lab.
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This was followed by an extensive tour along the HafenCity, Europe’s largest inner-city redevelopment area, which started at Kesselhaus, the exhibition centre of the HafenCity.
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As part of this tour led by the very experienced guide Uwe Cartensen we also paid a visit to the site of the future location of the so called WeHouse, an innovative building with abundant ecological features designed by the Build4People project partner EMP, Eble Messerschmidt Partner.
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The day concluded with a walk along the waterfront promenade between Baumwall S-Bahn station and Landungsbrücken, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which mainly serves as flood protection wall.
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