Hamburg Port Authority ( HPA) has awarded Royal Haskoning first place in a competition to create a concept that could see the restructure of the port's 125ha Central Terminal Steinwerder. Based on a sustainable urban maritime development, the concept proposes a carbon neutral, automated and truck- free container terminal. In order to achieve this, all containers would either be delivered or despatched exclusively by train to inland container depots, or by feeder ship. " We proposed a major rail transfer yard that would negate the need for trucks on site and minimised the area initially required for the container terminal to make way for a wetland park," explains Richard Marks, Maritime Business Development Director for Royal Haskoning and leader of the project. " We included landscaping and open water, green areas, public amenities and the introduction of aesthetic noise and visual barriers, by way of a water wall. This would allow the reduction of filling material and therefore costs, and at the same time reflect the identity of the Port of Hamburg with its waterways and islands." " We incorporated areas for education, recreation and tourism, and new port administration offices, an ' architecturally intelligent' landmark building offering public spaces for training and exhibitions, with a restaurant and a viewing area. We also introduced a covered, insulated, refrigerated container storage building with rooftop photovoltaic panels that would reduce electrical energy requirements for cooling and generate a proportion of the power required." If the concept were to materialise it would involve moving an historic lighthouse to the opposite end of the terminal area, creating an area of public interest accessed by water taxi and bridge. The bridge would cross a channel for water circulation from the water park which would incorporate electricity generating tidal current turbines, which together with two wind turbines on the adjacent terminal area, would generate up to ten percent of power for the terminal. Managing Director of Hamburg Port Authority, Jens Meier said: " Royal Haskoning's submission showed real creativity by combining the use of the area as a modern, efficient and sustainable container terminal with innovative and educational public uses for the area it released by adopting a truck- free system for the terminal." Royal Haskoning's Board of Management Director Henry Rowe said: " I am delighted our entry was awarded first place in this prestigious international competition organised by Europe's third largest port. This is an honour indeed. Our maritime team put forward an innovative and wholly sustainable carbon neutral concept which represents what we believe to be an approach to future port development. This concept demonstrates our creative capability and ability to transform dreams into reality." HPA will take forward transformation of the area over the next few months by preparing plans followed by a formal application process. The Royal Haskoning project team included Richard Marks, Karén Steinhauer, Heinrich Rossbach and Jonathan Tyler. Richard Marks r. marks@ royalhaskoning. com rangeinternational >> 7

Imagine an architect's office being commissioned with the unusual task of creating a design for an extraterrestrial villa on the moon! The editors of Quest, a monthly, popular science magazine in the Netherlands, recently called on the creativity of the architects of Royal Haskoning and two other firms to demonstrate some real out- of- the- box thinking. Living on the moon Rik Kuiper, an editor at Quest, was happily surprised with the totally different concepts that the three firms came up with. " It is nice to work on this type of lighthearted item in our magazine. In the past, we have asked other companies for a design for the ideal city in Markermeer lake, for example. Or to design a unique landmark for Amsterdam, like the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. We always try to encourage prominent firms to get involved and also those with a definite affinity to the concept. These are unpaid assignments, but their designs are beautifully presented in our magazine, which has a print run of 200,000. I imagine that this out- of- the- box thinking might also generate ideas for real designs by the teams in their day- to- day work." Stimulating creativity " These types of fun assignments are right up our street, and it's true that they stimulate our creativity," says architect Dennis Hauer. " Our moon villa was designed to be a spherical isotope. A compact and self- supporting ecosystem on the moon. In itself, a villa like this is, of course, an absurd idea but the challenge was to think outside the established paradigms. We devised a new and sustainable type of dwelling, whose design is completely in line with Royal Haskoning's ideas: innovation, Cradle to Cradle ® and working with a multidisciplinary approach. And who knows, some time, somewhere, Royal Haskoning may even build something similar to our moon villa." Dennis Hauer + 31 ( 0) 20 5697 732 d. hauer@ royalhaskoning. com >> 8rangeinternational