Opening of Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier

13 buildings, 419,000 m² of total space, including approximately 100,000 m² of leasable area: the newly opened Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier is a project of superlatives. The new shopping and leisure destination was inaugurated on April 8. Among the guests at the opening celebration was ATP CEO Christoph M. Achammer, accompanied by the planning team from ATP architects engineers in Krakow, led by Marek Borkowski. ATP has been supporting the development as lead architect and main coordinator on behalf of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield since 2018.

Retail Expertise as a Success Factor
As an integrated designer with in-house research and specialized planning studios, ATP draws on extensive experience and deep expertise in the retail sector and in managing large-scale mixed-use developments. The Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier was supported by an interdisciplinary team of architects, interior designers, and structural engineers from offices in Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, and Paris. ATP’s responsibilities included overall coordination of all teams involved in the large-scale project, detailed design planning of specific building components such as underground garages, retail and terminal buildings, interior design of the retail spaces, and the implementation of design modifications.

The planning process involved numerous interfaces – due to various design responsibilities, a heterogeneous software landscape, and the sheer scale of the project. ATP utilized Building Information Modeling (BIM) as its central coordination tool.

The Future of Shopping
ATP has long been engaged in the retail sector – with a commitment to rethinking commercial architecture. The focus lies on innovative usage concepts for urban spaces that deliver clear added value for users and municipalities alike.