Mobility Hub
Bremerhaven / Deutschland

2025 – 2030

New Construction of a Mobility Hubs for the Werftquartier

The location of the new hub in the shipyard district, at the transition from the quay to the city park, plays an important role in connecting different parts of the city.

One of the main design goals is to better connect the park with the quay via the mobility hub. The mobility hub has therefore been developed as part of the park as a green building sculpture: an attractive building that is open on all sides.
Its functions are clearly visible and generously lit to create a bright, friendly and inviting atmosphere. As a dynamic wooden ribbon, the hub becomes a symbol of the sustainable, emission-free and multimodal mobility of the shipyard district.

The building will give the location a strong identity.
The mobility centre's pure timber construction can be dismantled and easily converted for other uses in the future.
In order to accelerate the transition to more sensible mobility concepts, there is a need for an adaptively simple and low-threshold range of sensible alternatives that are geared towards daily movement patterns. For this reason, all multimodal services, such as station-based car sharing, cargo bike and transport equipment rental, bicycle parking with an e-charging infrastructure and delivery box logistics, are combined in the spacious, 5-metre-high ground floor market hall of the mobility hub. An information guidance system provides an overview of the hub's extensive range of services. The bicycle garage with a repair café is also located here.

The high-profile ground floor engages with the location on all sides. In addition to mobility services, a café, a bakery and a large grocery store will ensure high visitor traffic. Deliveries and garage access are concentrated and minimised on the eastern side of the building. The chosen one-way street principle and the length of the building allow access and exit to be arranged one after the other. This creates a highly efficient parking system.

Façade

All of the Mobility Hub's façades serve either to generate energy or to keep the air clean. The wooden parking cube is equipped with different systems depending on its orientation. On the north side, the first BA1 building houses a walk-in ‘street art gallery’, which will become a special attraction for the area thanks to its removable scaffolding.

This vertical stage, with the forecourt as an auditorium, can become a special event venue. An event stage that can be used as a communal space for the neighbourhood.
The emergency stairwells on the north side are located in front of a woven, printed fibreglass membrane, a PTFE with a photocatalytic TiO2 coating.
PTFE fibreglass coated with non-toxic and fire-resistant TiO2 (titanium dioxide) creates a photocatalytic membrane that functions like the leaves of a tree, providing shade and comfort while actively neutralising pollutants and odours in the air. The unique self-cleaning benefits of TiO2 enable the material to break down dirt and other organic materials through a chemical reaction with the sun's UV rays, oxygen and water vapour present in the air. The resulting sediments are simply washed away by rain. This keeps the membrane material bright and clean, reducing the need for regular cleaning.
The east and west sides along the park cube are greened.

The high-efficiency modules on the roof provide sufficient solar energy for the Mobility Hub to operate independently.

Construction phase 2

Coming from the quay, the wooden hybrid construction of the residential shelving and the hanging gardens of the mobility hub define the special character and ecological ethos of the ensemble.
The geometric interplay of the deeply staggered green balconies contrasts excitingly with the structural clarity of the building sculpture.

The desired apartment typologies can be easily represented by the change in the construction grid.

The ensemble's special hybrid wood construction also offers a unique living atmosphere inside. Clay-plastered walls, wood and textiles create a feel-good atmosphere in harmony with nature. The green and solar-powered roof surfaces, the timber construction, the restrained glazing and the special geometry convey the image of a sensibly used building volume. In our view, this is the basis for a sustainable and thus resource-saving construction method and a good addition to the workshop character of the adjacent mobility hall.

supporting structure

The new building is designed entirely in timber construction and does not use any composite materials.
Only the foundations, components in contact with the ground and the bases of the columns are made of reinforced concrete.
A prerequisite for an economical and functional load-bearing structure made of timber is a continuous load-bearing grid without any supports or load deflections. The load-bearing principle is easy to understand: The parking areas are spanned without supports using a pincer construction. Support axes are provided on the long sides of the façade. In addition, there is a load-bearing axis that divides the floor plan into two equal parts.

The pincer elements are glulam trusses. Their spacing is identical to the axes of the parking spaces, so that the supporting structure visually sorts the floor plan.
A cross-laminated timber panel is installed above the trusses. This is bolted crosswise to the trusses, creating a shear-resistant connection. This results in a T-shaped cross-section that is 40% more rigid than a purely rectangular cross-section. The shear-resistant connection between the panels also creates the structurally necessary ceiling slab.

The ceiling slab transfers the bracing loads from the wind to the bracing wall areas. These are distributed statically on the outer surfaces in the floor plan so that no load concentrations arise. The ‘wall panels’ are constructed using diagonal pressure struts.
The weathered side surfaces of the supports and the front sides of the beams are protected with sacrificial timber. This protective timber can be replaced as needed.

The residential building is also proposed to be constructed entirely of wood: in this case, the solid wood ceilings span the length of the building and are supported by wooden cross bulkheads. Both the ceilings and the walls are made of softwood CLT elements. The bracing is again provided by the ceiling panels and wall panels.

Short Facts

building contractor

BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaftfür Investitionsförderung undStadtentwicklung mbH

planning team

Project planner and general planning

haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050

open space planning

Henning Larsen

structural engineering

wh-p ingenieure

building physics

ita

building services engineering

pbs-ingenieure

fire protection

hhp berlin

Gross floor area (1st construction phase): approx. 14,000 sqm

Floor area ratio (without 2nd construction phase): 0.6

Floor area ratio (with 2nd construction phase): 0.75

Parking spaces: approx. 490

Team

David Cook

Partner Freier Architekt, BA (hons), Dip. Arch (dist), RIBA, BDA

Als Projektpartner bei Behnisch Architekten war David Cook von 1995-2005 verantwortlich für das Harbourside Center (Konzert- und Tanztheater) in Bristol, Großbritannien, das Dänische Nationalarchiv (NPAC) in Kopenhagen, Dänemark, sowie für das Terrence Donnelly Center für zelluläre und biomolekulare Forschung (TDDCBR) an der Universität von Toronto, Kanada. Als Partner bei Behnisch Architekten zwischen 2005-2012 war David Cook verantwortlich für die Hilde-Domin-Schule in Herrenberg, das Nationalzentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) in Heidelberg, die Schwetzinger-Terrasse-Kindertagesstätte in Heidelberg, sowie für das Gebäude des Hauptsitzes King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabien. Er hat an einer Vielzahl von Campus- / Masterplaning-Projekten gearbeitet, darunter UC Dublin, Irland und der Sanierung des Lower Don in Toronto, Kanada. David Cook war auch Co-Kurator der sehr erfolgreichen Wanderausstellung "Ökologie, Design, Synergie" durch Deutschland.

Nach 6 Jahren der Partnerschaft gründet Cook, zusammen mit Martin Haas und Stephan Zemmrich, im April 2012 sein eigenes Büro haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 mit Projekten im In- und Ausland.

David Cook war Belluschi-Gastprofessor für Architektur an der Universität von Oregon, USA. Er pflegt weiterhin eine enge Beziehung zu der Universität und kehrt regelmäßig für Gastvorträge an die Universität zurück.

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