10.01.2020 – According to the wishes of its owner, the existing five-storey building behind Hamburg’s Staatsoper – currently in use as offices – should have been simply raised by adding four extra storeys and repurposed as a noble boutique hotel situated directly in the inner city.
However, on inspection of the existing building and comparison with the existing documentation, some unpleasant facts came to light such as e.g. substantially shallower or even completely missing foundations, inadequately load-bearing brickwork piers on all floors, rusted ceiling beams, sagging and swaying floors. After very intensive discussions, the planning now implements a rebuilding as an economical reinforced concrete construction on a new foundation with an unchanged ground plan. The works at the auxiliary scaffolding to safeguard the street-facing facade have started.
