BLUE ENERGY // Degrendel / Nitka / Mahieu / Ikeda

BLUE ENERGY //

The project is not just the renovation of the old heat plant, it is the start of changing the entire harbour and further more the entire city.

The new heat plant will be a meeting point for harbour workers, office people and external visitors from the city, not just to work, but to study, do sports, participate in cultural events or just to have a coffee or a beer. This is all possible due to the mixed functions in the diverse viarity of spaces in the heat plant, like the smaller multy purpose rooms or the great desk sharing halls. Like an impulse for change, from the heavy harbour industrie to the new high tech industrie, a modern wind turbine stands on top of the old chimney. This unique landmark, made by the harbour workers next door, not just provides electric energy, but stands as a symbol for the dynamic change and the synergy between harbour and city. In the inside of the heat plant, the focus lies on research labs on new technologie science, where the main topic are sustainable sources of energy. The new heat plant refers to the old function by producing energy but also generates ideas and technologies. The heat plant is the key to strengthen the harbour

industrie and help it withstand against the industrial change and the rising energy costs.

Once again the heat plant will be the heart of the harbour.