Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation

The new documentation centre, which was accompanied by a great deal of debate, found a new home in the Deutschlandhaus on Stresemannstraße, which was built at the end of the 1920s. From 2013 to 2020, the two Austrian architects Bernhard and Stefan Marte renovated the listed building and enhanced it with a sculptural extension. A narrow, four-storey atrium, through which daylight streams in from above, connects the two parts of the building. The high-ceilinged space is formed by the white plastered interior façades of the existing building and the solid exposed concrete walls of the new building’s base. The museum extends from a two-storey central foyer via a grand open staircase to the upper levels with the exhibition areas.

HIGHLIGHTS
Historic architecture with modern extension Renovation of the Deutschlandhaus and sculptural new building by Marte.Marte Architects
Central axis Foyer and open staircase as symbolic transition
Space for reflection and remembrance Architecture as part of the exhibition experience