BETHANIEN-HÖFE EPPENDORF

The Dia­co­nia Cen­ter Betha­ni­en Ham­burg is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by its clear urban design, which brings the essen­ti­al natu­ral advan­ta­ges of the loca­ti­on to full advan­ta­ge. Bet­ween the buil­ding parts the­re are three cour­ty­ards, which are con­nec­ted by the lar­ge mee­ting cour­ty­ard, which is desi­gned as a clois­ter and is sup­ple­men­ted by a geron­to gar­den on the 1st flo­or. In the south, the lar­ge gar­den fol­lows bet­ween the buil­ding and the tree popu­la­ti­on. In the west, the ser­vice yard forms the coun­ter­part to the back­yard of the church. During the plan­ning pro­cess, the focus was on the iden­ti­ty of the over­all com­plex through a tar­ge­ted choice of mate­ri­als, dif­fe­ren­tia­ted gar­den are­as tail­o­red to resi­dents’ abili­ties, and bar­ri­er-free open spaces for maxi­mum use.