Baakenhafen day care centre, Hamburg

PORR Hochbau Region Nord acted as general contractor for SterniPark GmbH on the construction of a special daycare centre in Hamburg's HafenCity: the 8- floor building in the Baakenhafen district, designed for up to 250 children, impresses with its organic design and unique harbour view. Our colleagues from PORR Spezialtiefbau were responsible for planning and executing the excavation pit and deep foundations.

Building land is in short supply in HafenCity, which is why practically all the buildings were utilised from the ground floor to the roof. This also applies to the new daycare centre in the Baakenhafen sub-district, which was built on both sides of the longest harbour basin to the west of the Elbbrücken district. The daycare centre forms an architectural unit with a neighbouring, also newly built primary school, in which some facilities are also used jointly or are available to the public. While the school has a sports hall in the basement, the daycare centre has a teaching pool on the mound floor - a matter close to the heart of the operator SterniPark, which has set itself the goal of making the element of water accessible to as many children as possible. The building also houses a technical school, a parents' café and an advice centre for families.

A tree trunk as a symbol for growth

The German word Kindergarten is understood all over the world. In its design, the Danish office Werk Arkitekter has interpreted it literally. Two ‘tree trunks’ with fixed functional areas form the organic core. Around them is the actual kindergarten with group rooms and spacious, flexibly usable movement areas. According to the architects, green play areas run through the entire building up to the roof terrace with playground and children's restaurant. Limbrock Tubbesing Architects developed the idea further in a design structure and in the implementation planning. All the facades of the upper floors were provided with wall-mounted greenery.

All services from a single source

PORR impressed with its wide range of services and customised construction solutions during the construction of the daycare centre. The facility was realised economically and safely by December 2023 in accordance with the functional and design requirements.