Designed for the Future of Riverside Living
Marina Garden is designed as a carefully planned residential development focused on comfort, quality and long-term value. The apartments feature private loggias, generous floor-to-ceiling windows and modern building technologies designed to support comfortable everyday living.
Marina Garden combines high-quality materials with carefully planned infrastructure to support comfortable everyday living. The development includes 70 parking spaces prepared for electric vehicle charging, 236 bicycle parking spaces and 16 dedicated spaces for shared cargo bikes.
The development draws on the site’s industrial heritage while placing the carefully restored historic Villa Grumbt at the heart of the composition. The architecture creates generous open spaces, brings natural light deep into the buildings and establishes a strong visual connection between the landscaped courtyard and the Elbe.
The organically curved buildings were designed by BARCODE Architects Rotterdam, with detailed planning by Knerer and Lang. The result is a composition of four distinctive buildings with extensive green roofs arranged around a sheltered central courtyard.
Marina Garden received the German Design Award 2026 in the “Excellent Architecture – Residential Buildings” category.
Sustainability is an integral part of Marina Garden’s design. Built to the German KfW 55 standard, the development combines energy-efficient construction with building systems designed to reduce consumption and running costs. The buildings achieve a primary energy demand of just 18 kWh/m² per year and CO₂ emissions of 10.27 kg/m² per year. Chilled ceilings, combined with heat pump technology and well water to dissipate excess heat, ensure comfortable indoor temperatures while reducing CO₂ emissions by up to 27 tonnes per year compared with conventional air conditioning.
