New building ensemble in downtown Hamburg – heritage-listed façades, located direct among the canals, five basement storeys

On Neuer Wall new life was breathed into the buildings at 10–32. Behind the heritage-listed facades, after complete gutting a long, eight-storey block has been built using reinforced concrete. Retail outlets, catering, the Bucerius Kunst Forum and offices have since filled the new build in the immediate vicinity of the City Hall. The complex consists of three structures separated by isolation joints that share a four-storey underground carpark stretching across the entire complex from basement level 1 down. A new pedestrian bridge links the passage over the Alsterfleet canal to the Alsterarkaden on the other side.
The sealed-watertight pit, which was up to 20 metres deep, was truly impressive: sized about 100 x 30 metres, it was built using diaphragm walls with steel bracing on the inside to support the pit walls. In some sections, additional tie-back anchoring was required, with grouted anchors deployed for the purpose. The pit had neighbouring buildings on all sides that it could potentially affect.

ClientArt-Invest Real Estate Management GmbH & Co. KG
Architectsgmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
Project dataGFA: 32,000 m², Underground carpark: 223 parking spaces, Excavation pit depth: approx. 20 metres, Excavation pit size: approx. 100 × 30 metres
LocationHamburg
Completion2019

Our services

WTM Engineers provided the following services for the Alter Wall 10–32 project:

  • Independent third party review of the excavation pit design
  • Independent third party review of the building construction design

Download the project description PDF

Other reference projects in this field of service

Whitney Museum of American Art

Kaifu Baths

Congress Center Hamburg

Ecomat

Bundestag building at Schadowstrasse 4

Building complex on Strandkai

Alter Wall 10–32

Hamburg Süd

European XFEL headquarters

International School Hamburg

Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier

Hamburg Municipal Authorities Administrative Head Office

Cruise Center II Altona

Vogtlandkreis District Administration Office

Bikini Berlin

Should you have any questions or require further information on one of our projects?

then simply send an email to: info@wtm-engineers.de