Citizens asked: Future of the Altona train station will be redesigned!

Citizens asked: Future of the Altona train station will be redesigned!

Altona, Deutschland - in Hamburg there are big plans for the Altona train station, which is to be extensively redesigned in the coming years. [Development City.de] (https:// development city.de/neuktaltung-bahnhof-altona-buergerGeigungs-fuerzentrum/) reports that a participation process is launched for this, which enables citizens to actively contribute their ideas. From July 1, 2025, interested online can submit suggestions and comments that flow into a task paper for the architecture competition, which will start in autumn 2025.

The renovation of the station is not insignificant - one expects around 160 million euros. The long-distance and regional train station is moved to the new location on the Thiebsteich, which opens up new opportunities for an urban redesign at the previous location. The underground S-Bahn station will be preserved, while the above-ground track systems are broken down. The goal is to create a living and functional neighborhood that offers space for new buildings, squares and freedom.

architecture competition and citizen participation

The Danish architecture firm C.F. Møller Architects won the urban development competition for the construction of the Altona station complex in 2018. The new blueprints provide for a basis that bundles all urban functions, and two towers in which hotel and office space are housed. These towers should also design a sustainable landmark for Hamburg. cfmoller.com also describes the inviting roof plate, which is stretched over the new place and acts as a connecting element.

Finance Senator Dr. Andreas Dressel and Senator for Urban Development and Living, Karen Pein, emphasize the importance of citizen participation. "The chance to completely redesign the station is a unique opportunity that we have to take," said Pein. The architecture competition is intended to produce innovative concepts that include both the development and the design of freedom and the traffic development.

sustainable urban development

Not only the architectural design is in the foreground, the urban planning concepts are also crucial. [Environmental Bundesamt.de] (https://www.umweltbundeamt.de/themen/nachhalthaft-strategies-internationales/planungsinstruments/ Umweltschonende-raumplanung/stadt development) emphasizes that urban development should create lively and livable settlements. The requirements for sustainable urban development include, among other things, the consideration of living needs, the creation of jobs as well as social and cultural needs. In addition, a harmony between social, economic and environmentally protecting requirements is sought.

The implementation of the structural measures is planned for the early 2030s and is intended to improve the flow of traffic and generate new levels of residence. The entire process, starting with the citizen participation to the architecture competition up to the actual implementation, aims to make Hamburg a sustainable, urban node. It remains exciting which aspects and ideas the Hamburgers will bring in the planning and how the cityscape will change at the Altona train station.