The complex features a total of 14 buildings, designed by 11 renowned local and international architects. On completion, the development will have the highest built density in HafenCity. The site is subdivided by the Line 4 subway’s “Überseequartier” station. To the north of the subway station there are two basement levels, to the south three. The southern construction pit was designed as a watertight trough construction with diaphragm walls. The north section of the construction pit is a drilled pile wall with tie-back-anchoring and shotcrete infilling.
While on the northern plot the emphasis will primarily be on residential buildings alongside some retail areas, the southern site will comprise offices and further retail areas in the ground floor zones. Above them are hotels, a movie theatre and more office premises. One special feature is a cruise-terminal with a hotel above it – built along the quayside. All the buildings have their own individual column grids adapted to the respective building’s uses. Both sites boast large, two-storey underground carparks, while in the southern section there will also be subterranean retail areas on the wharf level.