{"id":64907,"date":"2026-04-26T07:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aivp.org\/bonnes-pratiques\/hamburg-germany-the-floodable-city\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T07:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:01:24","slug":"hamburg-germany-the-floodable-city","status":"publish","type":"bonnes-pratiques","link":"https:\/\/www.aivp.org\/en\/good-practices\/hamburg-germany-the-floodable-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamburg (Germany): the floodable city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\">HafenCity<\/a>&nbsp;project in Hamburg is currently one of Europe&#8217;s largest urban redevelopment projects. By the early 1990s, dock basins had become too small to accommodate increasingly large vessels. This led the port of Hamburg to move to a much larger site near the Old Elbe Tunnel area. The abandonment of the old 157-hectare site in the city&#8217;s heart offered a unique urban redevelopment opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In 2000, the office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcap.eu\/projects\/9\/hafencity\">KCAP<\/a> developed a master plan with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/astoc.de\/en\/projects\/urban-planning\/masterplan-hafencity-hamburg\">ASTOC&nbsp;Architects and Planners<\/a>. The project comprises ten mixed-use districts, providing houses for 16,000 residents and creating 45,000 new jobs. The master plan emphasises the need to preserve the site&#8217;s unique character and maritime atmosphere as the river and canals surround this urban area. However, since the site is regularly exposed to flooding from the Elbe, it needs to be adapted to this risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The designers&#8217; response was a combination of several solutions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" type=\"disc\">&#13;<\/p>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Altering the topography of the site itself by creating &ldquo;terps&rdquo; or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/infrastructure\">warft<\/a>s&#8221;, artificial hills designed to raise buildings between 8 m and 8.50 m above sea level;<\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Promenades along the water to help preserve the historical quays while serving as space for water storage during floods;<\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/infrastructure\">Bridges<\/a>&nbsp;to provide access to the area and buildings during floods and serve as everyday paths, integrating HafenCity with neighbouring districts;<\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Different designers helped develop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/urban-spaces\">outdoor public spaces<\/a>&nbsp;that can be flooded temporarily in some areas. When dry, they provide high-quality spaces while preserving the existing maritime heritage.<\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Parts of the master plan are still under construction and are planned to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/ueberblick\/zeitleiste\">finished by 2025<\/a>. In 2023, construction started on community houses and a new promenade was opened. This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/kpk\">largest and greenest promenade<\/a> in the HafenCity and is in the Baakenhafen district. In 2024, the Southern &Uuml;berseequartier is expected to be completed, combining residence, work, and leisure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Additional information<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/overview\/about-hafencity\">https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/overview\/about-hafencity<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astoc.de\/en\/projects\/urban-planning\/masterplan-hafencity-hamburg\">https:\/\/astoc.de\/en\/projects\/urban-planning\/masterplan-hafencity-hamburg<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcap.eu\/projects\/9\/hafencity\">https:\/\/www.kcap.eu\/projects\/9\/hafencity<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/urban-spaces\">https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/urban-spaces<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/infrastructure\">https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/en\/urban-development\/infrastructure<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/ueberblick\/zeitleiste\"><span lang=\"IT\">https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/ueberblick\/zeitleiste<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"IT\"> (Only available in German)<\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/kpk\"><span lang=\"IT\">https:\/\/www.hafencity.com\/kpk<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"IT\"> (Only available in German)<\/span><\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#13; The&nbsp;HafenCity&nbsp;project in Hamburg is currently one of Europe&#8217;s largest urban redevelopment projects. 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