Plantings in the Mercado Shopping Center, Hamburg

Mercado Shopping Center Hamburg
New planting of the planting beds in the area of the parking deck areas

The owner of the Mercado Center in Hamburg-Ottensen (Union Investment Real Estate) planned in 2017 a partial renovation of the external parking roof areas (2 floors) including the planting basins located on them. These were to receive a new structure with protective layers/drainage, granulate/soil and planting after the planned concrete and impermeability repair.
In the concrete planting basins, individual raised beds of different sizes made of Corten steel were placed, in which umbrella-shaped specimen trees - copper rock pear (Amelanchier lamarckkii) and fan maple (Acer palmatum) - were planted. These are not only visible from the parking deck, but also from the interior of the shopping center and are an eye-catcher.
An extensive underplanting with shade-tolerant grasses and ferns together with the specimen trees form a harmonious and lively overall picture.
The planting areas are automatically irrigated via a newly manufactured sprinkler system.