The layout of the press office clearly shows the design principle: openess to the inside and outside. Like the prongs of a fork and permitting a free play of light, air and space, the main naves of the press office are lined up to face the River Elbe, interconnected by two large and two small transepts. The transition from the building complex in the south - the four naves - to the three nave building complex in the north is marked by a tower, the so-called »Tobogan«. It accommodates the entrance, two office storeys and the conference area, and forms the link to the three shorter parallel naves.