RUDABÁNYA PALEONTOLOGICAL SITE

VISITOR CENTRE AND SHELTER BUILDING

ROLE: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT OF RECEPTION CENTRE. PARTICIPATION IN SHELTER B. PLANNING. The exceptional site itself is an abandoned iron mine with a reddish landscaping, but also founding place of significant fossils of Rudapithecus Hungaricus, located in a less fortunate corner of Hungary. In an overall tourism development project, a new shelter was built with view of the mine lake, and a reception building with few pavilons in the landscape. The buildings were built in concrete for security reasons, with a reddish pigmentation echoing the landscape, and a typical container-like formwork. Both buildings feature large concrete pivot doors, with 5,5 m width at the reception building. BIG SEE Architecture Award winner, 2019.

Rudapitecus - Shelter and Visitor Centre / Rudabánya - Felsőtelekes, Hungary, EU / 2014-2016.

Intellecutal property of Narmer Architecture Studio. Responsible architect: Zsolt Vasáros.

Architecture: Zsolt Megyesi, Aniko Somlai, Aron Sasvari

The commission was for a building for a commuting family in a suburban village near Budapest, but the assignment also required responses to the melancholic suburban isolation and diffuse environment. The bunker-like, concrete cubic house, reduced to a more and more compact size during the design process, has a very simple layout: on one side a large living space, on the other a shifted two story part, with bedrooms above and a garage and a boulder room below. In the middle, a skylit central stair and study space connects the functions. The focused structure provides a calm and sober environment, escaping from the everyday life noise.

house / Biatorbágy, Hungary, EU / 210 sqm / 2013 / Private commission

LEAD DESIGNER: JÁNOS DOBAI

ROLE: DESIGN ASSISTANCE, CLIENT COMMUNICATION, INTERIOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

The expansive villa, commissioned by a merchant, was to be located in a renowned neighbourhood in Budapest. With consideration to the rather unfortunate orientation of the site, the main wing was located in the center of the plot, providing an openable, see-through living space in the middle of the garden, almost in the nature.

The villa features a master bedroom, bedrooms with bathroom for three kids, a large living space with kitchen and studio, garage, underground hobby and welness area with spatio, and a separate guest house.

COLLEGE PROJECT: EXTENSION OF A MIDCENTURY LISTED SCHOOL BUILDING ALSO A STUDY ON ONE-NESS

The L-shaped building of the Budafok primary school lacks gym extension. The proposal adds a profile-glass cladded, simple cubic wing to the original, 50’s building, completing the complex around the court. While the main mass of the building prefers to keep silent, like one large block of translucent stone, the interior’s highlighter colors are rather awakening as a kind of visual warm-up.

Gym for Szent István primary school - college design project / Budafok, Budapest, Hungary, EU / 1500 sqm / 2010 / at BUTE, lecturer: János Dobai

COLLEGE PROJECT: TRANSFORMATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL STORAGE BUILDING INTO AN EXHIBIT SPACE

A 19th century brick granary, with a 20th century concrete interior frame structure, located in the middle of Budapest’s post-industrial Chinese district, is to be converted into an exhibition space for the representation of China’s culture and economy. In the interior, cut-outs open the originally depressed spaces, transforming them into a contiguous exhibit space. The main addition is a top-level event space replacing the current attic with a red container element, as a consciously obvious symbol of China’s significance in the global supply chains, with the goal of attracting extensive public attention.

China - exhibit space - college design project / Budapest X., Hungary, EU / 1700 sqm / 2010 / at BUTE, lecturer: Zsolt Vasáros.

PRE-COLLEGE PROJECT

DESIGN STUDY FOR WINE CELLARS’ FRONT AT HISTORIC WINE SITE

Located between the railway and Tokaj hill, the existing row of cellars require a face-lift, to replace the false folkish entrance fronts. The proposal, created in a 2 week pre-college summer project, features bold geometric architecture of pyramidical shapes in light blue pigmented concrete. The front buildings serve as wine tasting spots and provide accommodation for the owners too.

Szerelmi Pincesor / Tokaj, Hungary, EU / 8 x 100 sqm / 2006 / at Szerencs Summer School, lecturer: Jenő Kapy. Images added later.