Hamburg-St. Pauli "Park House Pinnasberg"
An 11-storey building meeting passive house standards was created in Hamburg as a multicultural housing project for 40 individuals aged from 4 to 90 years. The nature of the construction additionally facilitated the establishment of a district park in the densely populated St. Pauli district.
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Context
Source: Robert Schmell, BBSR
In Hamburg (pop. 1,78 million), a neighbourhood action group was established in connection with the Hafenstrasse squatter movement in the St. Pauli district with the aim of improving the quality of life in the residential quarter and counteracting the scarcity of green and open spaces. The council had originally planned to use a vacant plot – the result of a 1970s demolition - for the construction of a self-contained arrangement of 5-storey buildings. As part of the art project “park fiction”, local activists presented alternative plans for the creation of a park aimed at improving the quality of life in the district.
Project description
Source: Robert Schmell, BBSR
Lengthy negotiations with the building authority and a “round table” finally resulted in a compromise: a part of the area was to be dedicated to council housing and the new “Antoni-Park” was to be created on the roof of a lowered school sports hall. Some members of the park action group decided to establish an integrative housing project that was intended to exert a stabilizing influence on the environment. In contrast to other projects, many of the residents hadn’t met previously. The founders wished to realize their dream of living with completely diverse people and tried to mobilize interested parties in information events, classified ads and newspaper articles.
The result was the socially and architecturally integrative multicultural housing project “Park House” (Parkhaus) as part of the “Hafenstraße Co-op St. Pauli”. Architecturally integrative here means: threshold-free housing throughout with lift, broad doors, ramps etc. A number of entirely wheelchair-compatible apartments are provided additionally. Socially integrative means that people with little money can also live here with an Elbe view. The residents were required to raise 15% of total building costs independently to finance the publicly subsidized housing project. Anyone unable to pay this co-op share was supported with donations and loans by the charitable association “Neighbourhood Housing” (Kiez Wohnen e. V.).
Source: Robert Schmell, BBSR
Under the consultancy provided by alternative redevelopment agency „Stattbau Hamburg“, very diverse apartments were created in close coordination with residents and the architects “Architekturbüro 19” between 2002 and 2003: from 1-room apartments up to shared apartments for five persons. Three of a total of eleven floors are situated in the basement. They house district garages for the neighbourhood with 23 parking spaces. The top floor accommodates the common room, which is encircled by a roof terrace. This is where resident meetings and parties are held, as well as public meetings for the district.
Another unique feature is the fact that the residents decided in favour of a passive house construction. The annual heating energy consumption is less than 15 kWh/m². Very good thermal insulation, a special ventilation system and large south-facing windows ensure that the spaces are heated with the existing heat and require practically no conventional heating. A photovoltaic system in the facade produces additional energy. The Passive House Institute certified the building in November 2003. At the time of writing, the “Park House” is Europe’s largest passive house.
The compact construction facilitated the creation of a small district park, which is being realized in several stages following completion of the architectural engineering and is referred to in the object's name "Parkhaus".
Project chronology
Year | Event |
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1994 | Art project “park fiction” organized by the Hamburg Bureau of Cultural Affairs |
1994/95 | The action group “Hafenrandverein” develops the plan for a park |
1997 | Round table with council and resident representatives |
3/1998 | 1st meeting for parties interested in generation-spanning housing project |
from 1999 | Elaboration of the architectural concept and realization |
5/2002 | The first tenants move in |
8/2003 | Completion of first construction stage “Antoni-Park” |
Aims
Source: Robert Schmell, BBSR
- Enhancing the quality of life in the residential quarter and supplying green and open areas
- District-orientation, i. e. targeted amenities for the neighbourhood
- Housing group project with completely different individuals – multicultural and integrative
- Threshold-free and ecological architecture
Types of measures
Source: Robert Schmell, BBSR
- Foundation of a housing and construction co-op
- Joint elaboration of the architectural concept
- Passive house architecture (good thermal insulation, special ventilating system, large south-facing windows) and photovoltaic system
- Diverse apartment types
- Common room with roof terrace
- District garage with 23 parking spaces for passenger cars
Creation of a small district park
Awarded 2nd prize by the Hamburg action group “Work and Climate Protection”
Innovations
Source: Robert Schmell, BBSR
Via a cooperative housing group project, architectural and social integration was achieved in a passive house standard multi-storey residential building situated in a very attractive inner city location. By virtue of the compact architecture, a district park could also be created.
Sources
- http://www2.homepage.hamburg.de/parkhaus-ev/
- Reinig, Klaus Joachm (2003): Passivhäuser. Hamburg in der Sonne (Passive Houses. Hamburg in the Sun). In: Stattbau Hamburg: FREIHAUS, issue nr. 10/2003. Hamburg
- Association „Wohnbund e.V.” (ed.) (2003): Ökologie im Wohnungs- und Siedlungsbau (Ecology in Housing and Estate Development). (Wohnbund Informationen 1/2003). Munich
- Momsen, Valena (2004): Das Parkhaus-Wohnprojekt. Selbstdarstellung (The Park House Housing Project. Self-Portrayal). n. p.
- Reinig, Joachim; Otte, Joachim (2003): 11 Geschosse und Bewohnerbeteiligung. Die Erkenntnisse aus einem kooperativen Planungsprozess für ein Passivhaus (11 Floors and Resident Involvement. Findings of a Cooperative Planning Process for a Passive House). Hamburg
Dandorfer, Ariane (2002): Autofreies Parkhausprojekt. Das ökologisch gestaltete Parkhaus am Hafen ist Teil eines stadtviertelorientierten Wohnprojektes (Car-Free Park House Project. The Ecologically Designed Park House Near the Harbour is Part of a District-Oriented Housing Project). In: TAZ newspaper dated 8.6.2002
Further information
- Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Hamburg Council), Behörde für Bau und Verkehr (Construction and Transport Authority) (2002): Bau- und Hausgemeinschaften in Hamburg. Neue Lebensqualität für die Stadt (Construction and Housing Cooperatives in Hamburg. New Quality of Life for the City). Hamburg
- Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Hamburg Council), Baubehörde (Building Authority) (ed.) (2001): Leitfaden Baugemeinschaften in Hamburg (Guideline for Construction Cooperatives in Hamburg). Hamburg
- On the Hamburg action group "Initiative Arbeit und Klimaschutz": http://www.arbeitundklimaschutz.de
The projekt site ist to be found at postal code: 20359 - town: Hamburg - street: Pinnasberg 27.
Poject site on Google-Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/6RQuBsFWE892
Last update: 10.01.2018