This project is an example of possible reuse of a building left out form the past regime. The project was considered in relation to the issues of symbolic reference that this building has in the community that is immersed in. Left over form Nazi era, Nunberg Kongresshalle is the largest fascist building that survived WWII. For a long time, city tried to deal with this monolith. Since 1945 its fate triggered the endless dispute between those keen to remove all traces of national socialism, and those advocating the preservation of the records of that period as a reminder and a warning.

:: contemporary precedents

1 overall view of the building
2 cross section and longitudinal section

from: Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, p.493

The new intervention program contains of documentation center, an exhibition space, meeting rooms and teaching forum. The prominent element of the intervention is a glass and steel arrow that pierces throughout the existing building. Its sharpness seems to foreshadow the nature of material inside. The conceptual arrangement of the project becomes apparent when we look in the main atrium, located on the first floor. The new work is kept apart from the existing fabric, never coming into contact with it. This solution addresses concerns mentioned earlier and it brings both, old and new, comfortable to cohabit together.

1 floor plan

1 the entrance area displays the use of contrasting materials
2 view along the steel and glass walkway
3 an arrow pierces the flat granite of the original façade
4 the structure is sliced out of the original Nazi Kongresshalle