The Glass House
Competition Commandant’s Villa Sachsenburg Concentration Camp In 2021, we took part in the competition to redesign the “Commander’s Villa” in the Sachsenburg Concentration Camp Memorial with this entry. Short concept/explanation At the beginning of the day, the camp’s prisoners were brought to the central courtyard, the roll call area. From there the prisoners had a clear view of the commandant’s house, where the commandant lived with his family. And from his house the commandant had a view of the prisoners who had to line up in the yard. In the post-war years, this line of sight was blocked by the construction of another garage between the commandant’s house and the square. In our article we made two suggestions. 1. Installing a billboard with the image of the Commandant’s House restores the visual connection between the house and the square. 2. The initiators of the competition stated that the commandant’s house should be demolished to the level of the base and the basement of the house should be filled. Our proposal was to replace the commander’s house with a glass house that would reflect the shape and volume of the original. This glass house should be used to grow plants, fruit and vegetables and serve as a meeting, learning and activity space for young people. Competition entry together with Susan Donath
