The latest: IBA-Dock in the water
The floating climate house has been launched: giant cranes lifted the pontoon of over 1000m2, on which the building rests, into the water.In the meantime the IBA Dock has reached its’ destination, the port of Hamburg. The celebratory christening took place on 24.9.
 
IBA-Dock: The floating climatic house
In the centre of the Hamburg metropolis there is a unique location which combines creativity, chances, contrasts and suspense. The Elbe islands of Wilhelmsburg and Veddel and the Harburg inland harbour are the venue and subject matter of the international building exhibition IBA Hamburg. Alongside the main themes of “metro zones” (development of inner city limits) and “kosmopolis” (development of the international community of a city) the IBA has written “City in a Climate Change” on its’ flags, with the goal of a CO2-neutral city development.On this backdrop projects are to be realised here which will enable renewable energies to find a wide area of usage. The importance of this theme should be expressed not only by the symbolic character but also by the transferability of the applied technologies to other projects. The IBA information centre, where building began in 2009, the IBA_Dock, was planned according to this motto; this signifies that air conditioning is possible without conventional energy sources such as oil and gas.
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