The project goes back to the sisters Erika and Ilse Töllke, who had close ties to Schnelsen and wanted to give something back to the neighborhood with their foundation. The team of architects from HMA led by Christina Heeckt and Thomas Maurer developed the concept for the Töllke Foundation, represented by the Haspa Hamburg Foundation, for the new construction of age-appropriate apartments with a daycare center whose educational concept promotes interaction between young and old.

The sisters' semi-detached house stood on the site, but now the plan was for an elongated block development. In order to structure the cubature, two main buildings were created, which take up the neighboring context of gable-roofed houses. The two gabled buildings are centrally connected via a single-storey communal area. The result is a calm residential block at the rear and an extroverted head building on the street, which forms the desired urbanistic conclusion as an "eye-catcher".

The theme of young and old is reflected in the two main buildings. The rear building houses 17 age-appropriate apartments. They are barrier-free - six of them are also wheelchair-accessible - with one or two rooms on 35 or 56 m² and have south-facing loggias or terraces. They are accessed via a north-facing arcade. The floor plans are designed without corridors for "living through" in order to achieve a spacious layout. The head building accommodates a day care center on three floors. The spatial and functional concept strikes a balance between maximum utilization of the available space and an exciting sequence of rooms. The foyer and checkroom are located on the ground floor, the group rooms on all three levels.

The connecting building as the central communal area forms the lively, communicative heart of the facility. As the main access point for both buildings, there is always something going on here. The flexibly usable space is also the daycare center's kitchen and dining room, living room with fireplace, meeting place and event venue for young and old. The façade and roof materials of both main buildings are characterized by their individual character and represent the different uses. A uniform building material was deliberately chosen for the façade and roof in order to give the individual structures their own homogeneous character. The bricks for the residential part are robust and restrained and stand for familiarity. The aluminum for the daycare center is extroverted and playful and points the way to the future. The wood as a connecting material on the gables of the outer sides and intermediate spaces symbolizes togetherness.

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