{"id":12438,"date":"2014-09-30T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T08:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/empire-riverside-hotel-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-15T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T11:25:12","slug":"empire-riverside-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/empire-riverside-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Riverside Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Empire Riverside Hotel and the \u2018Brauhaus\u2018, an office building with a restaurant on the ground floor, are located in the centre of Hamburg, above St. Pauli\u2018s gangways on the former Bavaria brewery grounds. The buildings are situated between two highly divergent areas of the city: prominent townhouses, trade, and institutional buildings to the east, and St. Pauli\u2018s small-scale Nineteenth Century buildings to the west and north. The building ensemble consists of three elements. The 328 room hotel comprises a tower and an L-shaped base, adjacent to the \u2018Brauhaus\u2018.
\nA new public square is created between the \u2018Brauhaus\u2018 and the base of the hotel, which opens up the former industrial area to the city. The three elements mediate between the different areas of the city. The base of the hotel and the \u2018Brauhaus\u2018 refer to the neighbouring historic eaves. The slim 21 storey hotel tower, together with the Astra tower and the spire of the St. Michaelis Church, form Hamburg\u2018s new \u2018Hafenkrone\u2018, the \u2018crown of the harbour\u2018.\u00a0The hotel has both public and private areas. The public areas, with conference rooms,\u00a0restaurant, breakfast room, ballroom and lounge, are located in the base of the\u00a0building and are interconnected by a four storey lobby space. Also publicly accessible is the 20th floor bar with panoramic views of the city. Private hotel rooms are situated in the remaining 17 floors of the tower.
\nThe material concept for the interior is intended to improve with age, in a similar fashion to the fa\u00e7ade. Smoked oak wall panels and a dark bitumen terrazzo correspond\u00a0to the lively structure of the bronze fa\u00e7ade. Classic Chesterfield furniture picks up\u00a0on the Anglo-Saxon tendency towards understatement \u2013 typical to Hamburg \u2013 while\u00a0simultaneously making a statement with brightly coloured leather upholstery. The glass-bronze fa\u00e7ade is constructed from prefabricated elements, which emphasise the\u00a0vertical. It covers the buildings as a homogenous layer, unifying the different volumes\u00a0and providing a subtle backdrop for the neighbouring architecture.<\/p>\n