Cremon 1

Based on a 2016 feasibility study, gmp, in cooperation with developers Quest Investment Partners, were able to persuade the City of Hamburg to develop an office and commercial building on the vacant plot at Cremon 1 as a counterpoint to the Haus der Seefahrt opposite. The new building re-establish the original portal effect, an urban design feature at the entrance to the Nikolaifleet. The design for Cremon 1 in part reflects the Haus der Seefahrt with its sandstone facades, reinterpreting its facade proportions with projecting oriels and slender lesenes. The building also completes the existing development of the Cremon 3 office building from the 1970s, the design replicating its sculptural facade relief and the number of floors. In a symbolic dialog with the bronze sculpture of Hammonia at the Haus der Seefahrt, the new building at the south-western corner embellished with the retained bronze sculpture of Neptune; the pair of sculptures “Hammonia and Neptune” makes reference to the former historic connection of the Hanseatic City with the oceans of this world.