Hühnerposten Apartments, Hamburg Housing, German Architecture, Photos, Architect, Design
Hühnerposten Apartments in Hamburg
Housing Development in Germany – design by Tchoban Voss Architekten
2 Mar 2017
Hühnerposten Apartments
Design: Tchoban Voss Architekten
Location: Schultzweg, 20097 Hamburg, Germany
Hühnerposten Apartments

photo © Daniel Sumesgutner
Ready to move in: the new 12-storey-high student residence in Hamburg?s central neighbourhood Münzviertel was built as a part of the steadily growing ensemble of five acute buildings. The triangular shape of these buildings is based on a competition winning urban design from 2001 by Meurer Architekten. Being in a close proximity to the main railway station and to numerous cultural spots of the city the new residential high-rise is an attractive domicile for its new inhabitants.
photo © Daniel Sumesgutner
With its different façade shapes the all-site accessible building ? a passive house construction ? has a bright and vivid appearance. The cladding of the outward façade is dominated by a mixture of large-size fiber cement panels and white surfaces. Towards the inner courtyard the design of the both façade parts is emphasized by continuous balcony lines in two different shapes: with white glass balustrade and post railings.

photos © Daniel Sumesgutner
On the opposite site of the building this balcony is gracefully cited in the internal angle. Partly the ground floor has a dark fibre cement surface....