The location of the planning area, on one of the main arteries directly behind the Elbe bridges, on the gateway to Hamburg's city center, raises high expectations in terms of urban planning and architecture. At the same time, however, the form and situation resulting from an extremely narrow confinement between the seven-lane Amsinck street, the railroad line running behind it, the S-Bahn viaduct running above it, and the adjacent Bille as a watercourse, create particularly challenging conditions