31.1.2008

Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) reveals final design for Science Centre and Aquarium in Hamburg’s Hafencity

The building of 23,000 m2 will comprise of a Science Centre, aquarium, theatre, offices, laboratories and commercial and retail facilities and is located at the eastern edge of Hafencity, Hamburg's ambitious harbor redevelopment.

The Science Centre is constructed of ten modular blocks that connect to form a ring shaped building.  This concept allows for maximum flexibility for exhibitions. Visitors will start their visit at the so called «base station» just under the top of the building, cross over through the exhibition halls and descend in the modular blocks through the various exhibited scientific subjects, such as «the beginning of life» or «everything flows». Approx. 8,500 m2 of the building is located underground with a large part of this space being taken up by the aquarium, providing a zoological tour from Hamburg to the Red Sea. With terraces on various levels of the building the Science Centre allows panoramic views of Hamburg city centre as well as to the West and East sides of the Magdeburg harbor. By providing rentable office and laboratory spaces the building will act as a hub for various scientific institutions in Hamburg. Cultural Senator of Hamburg Prof. Dr. Karin von Welck explained that: «The new Science Center will be established as an interdisciplinary meeting place for HafenCity Hamburg, an innovative space for art, culture and science.»
As a Science Centre the building leads by example addressing the issue of sustainability not only in its flexible approach to programming and function but also by incorporating the latest environmental technologies. Speaking at the project launch yesterday Rem Koolhaas said «this building is supposed to reflect Hamburg’s serious ambitions for the development of the former port area». OMA’s Science Centre is the latest in a series of buildings commissioned by Hamburg Hafencity GmbH as part of a large scale regeneration programme of the area, which stretches some 155 hectares between city centre and the river Elbe. The design is a further development of the winning scheme designed by OMA in 2004. The project is lead by OMA Partners Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon with Marc Paulin as project architect. Previous collaborations included the design of the new headquarter for NM Rothschild & Sons in London and the redevelopment of Mercati Generali in Rome. Koolhaas and Van Loon completed together Porto’s Casa da Musica and the new Netherlands Embassy in Berlin. 

On OMA:
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading international partnership practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism and cultural analysis. It is engaged in a large number of projects in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America.
OMA Rotterdam: From its headquarters in The Netherlands the office is working on a master plan for the White City area of London; a harbour redevelopment and contemporary art Museum in Riga, the Cordoba Congress Centre in Spain; the redevelopment of the Mercati Generali in Rome, a Science Centre and Aquarium in Hamburg, an architectural centre, offices and housing in Copenhagen, the new head office of Rothschild Bank in London and multi-use towers in Rotterdam and The Hague. It is also working on various masterplans in The Netherlands and Belgium. In addition the Rotterdam office has a number of activities in the Middle East including office and residential towers and master plans in Dubai, a master plan in Kuwait, three master plans in Ras -Al-Khaimah and several public buildings in Qatar. 
OMA New York: Having overseen the completion of several new buildings since opening in 2001 – including the Seattle Public Library and the Prada Epicenter in Los Angeles (both completed 2004), the IIT Campus Centre in Chicago (2003), and Prada Epicenter in New York (2001) – OMA is now designing an extension of Cornell University (NY), 111 First Street, a high rise residential building and hotel in Jersey City (NJ) and a residential tower at One Madison Square in New York.
OMA Beijing: In Asia, OMA is working on the office’s largest project to date, the 575,000 m2 China Central Television Headquarters CCTV and Television Cultural Center TVCC, currently under construction in Beijing and due for completion in 2008. Other projects in development include the new Shenzhen Stock Exchange and a high-end residential tower and residential masterplan in Singapore.
The office is led by six partners: Rem Koolhaas, Ole Scheeren, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Floris Alkemade and Managing Partner Victor van der Chijs.

For more information and images, please contact the OMA PR department:
OMA Rotterdam – Jan Knikker or Ms. Hausatu Abdul-Karim at pr@oma.nl or +31 10 24 38 200 | www.oma.eu
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