Niederhafen River Promenade, Hamburg Landscape Design, German Architecture Images
Niederhafen River Promenade in Hamburg
Public Landscape Architecture Development, Germany – design by Zaha Hadid Architects
20 Aug 2019
Niederhafen River Promenade
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Hamburg, Germany

Niederhafen River Promenadeis located at Niederhafen on the Elbe River between St. Pauli Landungsbrücken and Baumwall in Hamburg, the upgraded 625 metre river promenade is integral to the modernisation and reinforcement of the city?s flood protection system.

In the aftermath of storm surge floods in February 1962 that caused 315 fatalities and destroyed the homes of 60,000 residents, between 1964 and 1968 Hamburg developed a barrier on the banks of the Elbe at Niederhafen to protect the city against floods up to a height of 7.20m above sea level.
Modern hydrology and computer simulations have since analysed and forecast the city?s flooding characteristics with greater accuracy; calculating that an increase in the barrier height of 0.80m was required to protect Hamburg from future winter storm surges and extreme high tides.

Inspections of Niederhafen?s existing flood barrier in 2006 determined that supporting elements of the existing structure were overburdened and its foundations needed significant reinforcement. Later that year, the city of Hamburg organised a competition to design the redeveloped flood barrier and subsequently awarded the project to Zaha Hadid Ar...