PROJECT : HYBRID HOUSING, HAMBURG, GERMANY. PROJECT TYPE : CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE, IDEAS COMPETITION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, URBAN SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCY HONORABLE MENTION WINNER ESSO HAUSER REDUX AIMS TO EXPLORE A DIFFERENT CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY: THE SUSTAINABILITY OF A VISUAL AND EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF A COMMUNITY WITH IT'S ORIGINAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROPOSAL SIMPLY SUGGESTS ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE VISUAL AESTHETIC OF THE DEMOLISHED ESSO HAUSER COMPLEX TO SUSTAIN THE MEMORY OF A PLACE. AN INTENTIONAL REMINDER OF THE PAST YET MAKING WAY FOR THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE. AT A MORE LOCAL CONTEXT, ESSO HAUSER REDUX EXPLORES THE EFFECTS OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC REALM OF THE SPIELBUDENPLATZ TO INFILTRATE THE SEMI-PRIVATE AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSING COMPLEX TO FACILITATE THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW HYBRID ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUBLIC PLAZA AND STREET FLOW INTO THE CORE OF THE NEW PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THE SEGREGATION OF USERS AND PROGRAMS OCCURS AT NUMEROUS HORIZONTAL MICRO-SCALES IN LIEU OF CONVENTIONAL VERTICAL STACKED SEPARATIONS. FROM THE JURY: CONCEPTUALLY, THIS PROPOSAL STATES A STRONG RELATION WITH THE MEMORY OF PLACE. FORMALLY, THIS PROJECT REASSEMBLES THE ESSO HAUSER UNITS TO FIT THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IN AN ATTEMPT OF CONTINUITY OF BUILT MEMORY BUT ALSO EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE NEW NEEDS OF THE PLACE. THE CONCEPT OF HYBRIDITY COMES FROM THE SUGGESTED POROSITY BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERE, GENERATING A PLATFORM RICH IN ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES FACING THE STREET BUT ALSO INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE PLOT. THIS APPROACH SUGGESTS A STRONG INTEGRATION WITH ITS URBAN SETTING, AS WELL AS DEEPLY INGRAINED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE.