CR 16 Office And Residential Building / BLK2 Architekten

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Text description provided by the architects. The strong unity of the surrounding perimeter blocks in the city of Hamburg as well as the dominating existing Unileverhaus frame the combined office and residential development with strong urban and architectural presence. The design embraces these contradicting conditions by using a calm figure developed out of the perimeter block structure for the office building. The radically minimalist and modern architecture exposes its urban face to the Caffamacherreihe.

CR 16 Office And Residential Building / BLK2 Architekten - Windows, Facade
© Klaus Frahm / Artur Images

An elongated elegant overhanging part of the structure appears in a sectional profile as part of a frameless glazing double facade. Around this glass section wraps a band of anodized aluminiumsheets in brass. The facade is divided in story high, vertical strips of glass and closed panels with integrated blades. By minimally varying the width of each panel a surprising dynamic and irritation in the percipience of the absolute plane and elegant façade is created.

CR 16 Office And Residential Building / BLK2 Architekten - Windows, Facade
© Klaus Frahm / Artur Images

The residential building steps in between the existing Deutschlandhaus and the new office building CR 16, as a strong sculpture.

CR 16 Office And Residential Building / BLK2 Architekten - Windows, Facade, Cityscape
© Klaus Frahm / Artur Images

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Address:Caffamacherreihe 16, 20355 Hamburg, Germany

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Cite: "CR 16 Office And Residential Building / BLK2 Architekten" 13 Feb 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/206874/cr-16-office-and-residential-building-blk2-architekten> ISSN 0719-8884

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