Under the Hopfenmarkt in Hamburg there are extraordinarily well-preserved parts of the rampart of the “New Castle” from 1021. The archaeological findings are to be uncovered and made visible underground. In the competition (together with Grieger Harzer Dvorak Landschaftsarchitekten), we proposed that the above-ground volumes of the new museum be regarded as loose “spolia” on the large square, rather than as buildings.
For the underground exhibition space, we proposed an “eco-shoring”: instead of a white concrete tank, a wall made of reusable stone blocks, similar to the construction of Danish burial mounds. And a ceiling made of tree trunks.