The Am Lohsepark office and commercial building solves a complex problem: from an urban development perspective, although it creates a single unit with the existing adjacent buildings, it also has its own, aesthetically pleasing character that does justice to its privileged location. The L-shaped building forms a block with the listed clinker brick ensemble of the present PROTOTYP car museum. To blend in with the other developments, the building structure appears to be divided into two parts and has roof terraces which are set back from the neighbouring properties. On the ground floor, the entrance area is characterised by a recess in the building, which opens up wide to the urban space. The upper floors are to be used as office spaces, while the ground floor will house restaurants. There is a deliberate transition from a portrait façade front with vertical windows facing Lohsepark to a horizontal appearance facing Steinschanze featuring landscape window openings with an industrial look. The design of the façade on the upper floors is characterised by red clinker bricks, while traditional green glazed clinker bricks have been used in the base area. Recycled green glass shards have been burned onto the clinker bricks, creating a surface that changes according to the time of day and the weather. The curved eaves of the main and tiered building structures are characteristic features of the design. This breaks up the rigidity and solidity of the large stone façade and makes it come alive, so to speak.

Source: City profile magazine, issue Hamburg

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