{"id":1868,"date":"2026-03-13T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vikluk.local\/projektek\/hungarian-architecture-center-and-museum\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:40:50","slug":"hungarian-architecture-center-and-museum","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/vikluk.hu\/en\/projects\/hungarian-architecture-center-and-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Architecture Center and Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The competition brief felt like an almost impossible invitation to refuse: to design a house for architecture, for architects. In shaping the proposed buildings and spaces, we deliberately avoided the commonplace\u2014and ultimately misguided\u2014assumption that our architecture could \u201crepresent\u201d the present era or Hungarian architecture as a whole. Instead, we aimed to create an environment that is exciting yet unpretentious; loveable and homely, yet flexible\u2014one that can host the presentation of our architectural past and present, as well as the cultural life connected to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proximity of the cultural institutions lining V\u00e1rosligeti fasor, and the immediate neighbourhood of the R\u00e1th Gy\u00f6rgy Villa tucked away across the street, offer strong potential for cultural programmes\u2014of the spirit described above\u2014to intertwine on this site.Our goal was also to extend the boundaries of the intended function and create a place for broader community experiences, open to the general public. We sought to form a protected, park-like setting suitable for active use, longer stays, and meeting\u2014defined by the fabric of compact, closed volumes and the sequences of interior\u2013exterior spaces unfolding between them.We lifted our independently articulated exhibition and event halls above the main level. This both reduces the building footprint and allows the park to flow through the ground floor, which accommodates exclusively public spaces. In good weather\u2014by sliding away the mobile glass walls\u2014this can quite literally dissolve the boundary between outside and inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The primary functional spaces were expanded with pyramidal roof forms. Beyond intensifying the spatial experience, these volumes\u2014with skylights set into their tops\u2014help create lighting conditions appropriate to each occasion. The raised forms also make the spatial system legible, establish clear accents, and at the same time integrate the ensemble into its surroundings without conflict.Between the Gr\u00fcnwald and Herczel buildings\u2014both renewed in function\u2014the representative main entrance opens from V\u00e1rosligeti fasor, and is equally accessible from Bajza Street. Finally, the foyer ties together the villa-scale spaces of the new building. In line with the programme, we organised these into four main units: the Lechner Event House, the Ybl Exhibition House, the K\u00f3s Caf\u00e9, and the Hild Workshop Hall (Space Box). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our proposal advanced to the second round and ultimately received a purchase award.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n

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