BALATONFÜRED APARTMENT BUILDING

The venue is the typical junction of Balatonfüred: Highway 71 (Petőfi Sándor u.) and the street connecting the City Center with the beach – Jókai Mór utca. The primary viewpoint of the built-in was to design a building ensemble in which the elements align with the scale of the city, and its mass shaping and façade design correspond with the nature and the mood of the place. It was crucial to design this building as a worthy representative, as a welcoming building for the city in this outstanding location, so we persuaded the investor to attach the neighboring two properties to the design area amongst the corner plot. The building we imagined here consist of three flat roofed P+G+1 floor mass parallel to Highway 71. In the center of these embracing masses appears a lovable, well-scaled public space. These masses are connected with a ground floor roundel, that cramp them into one building, which can ensure a passage and shady outdoor spaces. Retail and catering functions are located on the ground floor, residential functions are located on the upper levels. The plot is in a ‘ditch’ next to the surrounding streets, so we placed all parking and service functions on the underground levels, to which we placed the ramp on the farthest point of Petőfi Sándor street. The investment was cancelled due to unknown business reasons after the first discussion with the municipality – which had a positive outcome. While the plot remains intact, we are hoping continue…