Hamburg Heimkino.

Hamburg, Germany

2025

A hidden treat below ground. Tucked beneath a townhouse in Hamburg’s west, this basement fit out transforms an underused level into a warm, immersive extension of the home. The project includes a dedicated home cinema, a new washroom, a generous corridor with custom storage, and a carefully crafted timber stair connection to the living spaces above.

A wooden shelf with video game consoles, action figures, and video game cartridges, including a Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64

Two black wall-mounted lights casting warm light and shadows on a beige wall.

A white and black video game controller resting on a small wooden table.

Project Team

Client: Private

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Size: 60m2

Photography: Oliver Heinemann + Tim Pardoe

Carpentry: Tischlerei Abel

Lighting + Electrical: Hamann & Roggemann

Building Services: Die Handwerks Gruppe, Hamburg

Sketch of a community space with trees, a building, and a town square. The trees are at 70% opacity, and the building has a source of light with a window. There are people walking and sitting, with notes indicating green for balance and a multifunctional town square.

Home theater room with a large projection screen showing a spaceship flying over desert sand dunes. The room has dark walls, wooden ceiling, built-in wooden shelves with glass doors containing gaming consoles, controllers, and collectible toys. There

Home theater room with black walls, wooden ceiling and built-in wooden entertainment center with a large screen showing a jet flying over desert terrain. There are black leather seats in the foreground and purple ambient LED lighting.

A home theater room with a large screen displaying a desert scene with a drone flying over sand dunes, purple LED lighting around the ceiling and baseboards, dark walls, and wooden cabinetry.

A home theater room with dark walls and a wooden ceiling, featuring a large screen displaying a fighter jet flying over desert sand dunes.

Sacred and Shared

Rather than separating the church and the community hall, the design combines them. Operable doors between the main spaces allow the building to shift from intimate worship to larger gatherings with ease. A place for reflection on Sunday, and for laughter, concerts and meetings through the week.

Looking up at the ceiling of a room with six elongated white hanging lights and a large window with a geometric shape on the right side.

Built with Care and Continuity

The new church draws from archetypal forms. A simple pitched roof and integrated bell tower. A simple box form for the community center. These elements combined with tactile natural materials. Timber, glass and soft light define the space. Bells, organ pipes, bibles and stained-glass windows were carefully reused from the former parish church, giving the new building a sense of memory and belonging.

Interior of a modern church with wooden walls, large pointed window, hanging pendant lights, altar with open book, candles, and a flower arrangement.

A red book titled 'EVANGELISCHES GESETZBUCH' placed on a glass window sill in a room with wooden walls and a window to the outside.

Inside view of a wooden cross-shaped window frame with white glass panes.

Two black candle holders with white candles, an open book on a stand, and a window in the background with hanging lights.

A Quiet Symbol

Kirche Hasloh stands as a simple wooden structure among homes and trees, a calm landmark for the town. It proves that faith, design and sustainability can share the same language. One of modesty, light and care.

Person sitting at a pipe organ in a minimally decorated room with white cupboards and wood accents.

Close-up of wooden pipes and vertical wooden slats, likely part of a musical instrument or decorative installation.

Close-up view of a row of vintage metal piano keys or organ stops, with a focus on one key, mounted on a wooden frame.

A large wooden pipe organ with multiple metal pipes arranged in a decorative wooden frame, accompanied by a wood bench and a desk lamp with a stack of books.

Recycled and Considered Details

The new church carries the soul of the old. The bell rings again in its new tower, the organ fills the timber hall with familiar sound, and the stained glass catches morning light as it always did. Pews, hymn books and other cherished elements were reused and reimagined, preserving both memory and meaning. Each piece connects the new building to the generations that came before. A quiet continuity between past and present.

Close-up of a stained glass window featuring a leaf and branch design, with various shades of green, blue, and pink glass panes separated by brown lead framing.

Close-up of a bell with the inscription 'SIR FRIEND' hanging from a wooden structure, with a black circular object and some ropes in the background.

Wooden shelf with rows of red books titled 'Vangelisches Gesangbuch' and a white display with small white boxes and pamphlets on top.

Colorful stained glass window with abstract landscape and leafy vine design.

Sustainable and Grounded

Every element was designed with restraint and purpose. The compact footprint, efficient heating and natural ventilation keep energy use low. Local materials reduce transport and maintenance, while the landscape design by L+ Felix Holzapfel-Herziger extends the idea of community outdoors. A church that gives as much to the planet as it does to its people.

Exterior view of a modern church building with a sloped roof and a cross on the side, paved walkway, and surrounding apartments under a partly cloudy sky.