© Christian Fabris
This is not how Hans-Gert Pöttering imagined it would be. In his inaugural speech as President of the European Parliament in 2007, he had suggested the establishment of a House of European History. It was to be a gleaming, light-flooded building, with the mission of promoting the notion of European integration.
Nor is this how Walter Grasmug imagined it would be. As the project director of the Paris office of Chaix & Morel et Associés, he co-designed a bright building that would enable views into it and especially views out of it, enabling visitors to see the European Parliament building and the historically listed Leopold Park.
But the 35 members of the interdisciplinary scientific project team, the members of the board of trustees and the scientific committee given the task of filling the House of European History with life seem to disagree. Apparently, European history is best presented in a sombre, crypt-like atmosphere. (Ludger Fischer)
Nor is this how Walter Grasmug imagined it would be. As the project director of the Paris office of Chaix & Morel et Associés, he co-designed a bright building that would enable views into it and especially views out of it, enabling visitors to see the European Parliament building and the historically listed Leopold Park.
But the 35 members of the interdisciplinary scientific project team, the members of the board of trustees and the scientific committee given the task of filling the House of European History with life seem to disagree. Apparently, European history is best presented in a sombre, crypt-like atmosphere. (Ludger Fischer)