Re-Design Rotenhäuser Damm 30

Abstract

Starting point for this cooperative master thesis is the University of Neighbourhoods (UdN), a collaboration between the International Building Exhibition Hamburg (IBA) and the HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU). The UdN is conceived as a remaining use of a formerly abandoned building in the Reiherstieg Quarter on the Elbe river island of Wilhelmsburg. Over the period of four years the UdN has been hosting a great variety of different research and neighbourhood activities which have been adding more value to this property. Furthermore, physical alterations have always been developed in mutual relation with the implemented programmes in order to create enabling spatial situations. After the end of the IBA, a site clearance planned for spring 2014 should provide an empty plot for a new real estate development for an indefinite future. Based on personal participation in different projects within the framework of the UdN, the authors want to transfer the generated resources of the UdN into an alternative scenario for a new development, in order to locally convey the project-embedded knowledge rather than just taking it back to the university. The key aspect which can be identified at the UdN is the multifunctional use of the building ranging from workshops, construction sites, exhibitions, housing, restaurant, screenings, theatre performances and much more. Therefore, the new proposal should follow this idea of living as a superposition of different programmes and activities, which allow an interaction of a variety of actors on local and international levels.