b'SYDNEY - BOSTON - FUKUOKA 2018 - 2019Special-use buildings include the cruise ship terminal that provides facilities for two large cruise ships (the terminal hasWithin the multi-functional structure of HafenCity, blocks the capacity to dock the 92,000-ton Queen Elizabeth built inscheduled for residential use are allocated by a tendering the Hamburg shipyard of Blohm & Voss, and the 150,000-tonprocess that has come a long way from the system of Queen Mary 2).awarding land to the highest bidder. This concept bidding procedure is based on an elaborate system of allocating As a counterpoint to the Elbphilharmonie concert hallpoints to a set of criteria including the quality of design, designed by Herzog de Meuron in the west, a 233m highenvironmental sustainability and social considerations. skyscraper - termed the Elbtower - has been planned forThese factors account for 70% of the weighting of factors in the eastern edge of the district. This mixed-use commercialthe application process versus 30% for the offer price. This development will be the highest building in the city, 100msocially-responsive concept-based tendering process is a taller than the traditional highpoint on the Hamburg skyline,distinctive characteristic of contemporary German Baukultur, the spire of St Michaels Church. David Chipperfield wasapplied in many German cities since it was introduced in the selected as the Elbtower architect in 2018 following anearly1990s in the conversion of the military barracks in the international design competition.town of Tbingen. Competitions and tenderingSpecial concessions are awarded to innovative, ecologically At the scale of the urban block, urban design competitionssustainable and socially inclusive projects, new enterprises are held for each parcel with 10-12 participants. Landscapeand in particular to housing cooperatives, Baugruppen and competitions are held for groups of one to three parcelsother joint building ventures. Such institutional forms have with 30 participants. At individual site level, a combinationbeen promoted not only in an effort to mitigate the emergence of approaches applies. For the architectural design of publicof exclusive high-end quarters, but also because their buildings, competitions with up to 100 participants are held;value for generating social capital supports district-related with four to 12 participants for private buildings (dependingprocesses of self-organization that have been recognised as on the size, plus landscape architects). The Elbphilharmoniean important catalyst in the formation of a neighbourly culture.was an exception, for which no competition was held.148138Figure 2.HafenCity Hamburg - view north with the Elbphilharmonie by Herzog de Meuron in the foreground.Image source: HafenCity Hamburg GmbH/fotofrizz, courtesy of ASTOC Architects & Planners GmbH.Master of Urban Development & Design 2018-2019Fukuoka design 8pt.indd 25 26/11/2019 5:07:05 PM'