The selected redesign proposal by Austrian firm Marte.Marte Architekten seeks to "neutralize" the site with a substantial revamp that authorities hope will prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for nazi sympathizers.
"You can recognize a country's democratic culture by dealing with its history, and it has taken Austria a long time to face up to its own history," Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said at the presentation of the competition results in Vienna.
Responding to the building's new function as a police station after the overhaul, Nehammer emphasized: "More than 140 years after the birth of Adolf Hitler, his birthplace in Braunau becomes an antithesis of everything he stood for: a place where democracy and human rights are defended, a place that offers security from persecution and enables a look ahead toward peace and freedom."
The project is scheduled to be completed by 2023.
For a long time, the house housed a workshop for people with disabilities. Since 2011, the building, which is directly on the border with Germany, has remained empty. The previous owner was expropriated after years of legal dispute and was compensated with around 800,000 euros. The Austrian State has been the official owner of the property since 2019.
"You can recognize a country's democratic culture by dealing with its history, and it has taken Austria a long time to face up to its own history," Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said at the presentation of the competition results in Vienna.
Responding to the building's new function as a police station after the overhaul, Nehammer emphasized: "More than 140 years after the birth of Adolf Hitler, his birthplace in Braunau becomes an antithesis of everything he stood for: a place where democracy and human rights are defended, a place that offers security from persecution and enables a look ahead toward peace and freedom."
The project is scheduled to be completed by 2023.
For a long time, the house housed a workshop for people with disabilities. Since 2011, the building, which is directly on the border with Germany, has remained empty. The previous owner was expropriated after years of legal dispute and was compensated with around 800,000 euros. The Austrian State has been the official owner of the property since 2019.
