{"id":460,"date":"2026-03-12T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vikluk.local\/projektek\/arpad-bridge-coach-terminal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:16:51","slug":"arpad-bridge-coach-terminal","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/vikluk.hu\/en\/projects\/arpad-bridge-coach-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1rp\u00e1d Bridge Coach Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00c1rp\u00e1d h\u00edd bus station was built as part of a 1980s transportation development concept as a traffic offload, for the lines departing from Budapest leading to the bend of the Danube and to North Hungary. We won the commission for this project in a closed competition of Vol\u00e1nbusz as an employee of BUV\u00c1TI. The new building transacts a traffic of 20,000 people a day. As a young architect, it was a pretty big deal to design the first new public building. The buildings primary aim was slick and fast throughput organized along a clear symmetric axis. The service function area is located in the \u2018L\u2019 shaped solid wing while spaces for the travelling clientele occupy the two-storey glass box. The resulting mass is surrounded by the unique roof covering the entire length of the platform. Maybe it is worth mentioning, that under the material and structural deficient conditions of the 1980\u2019s many structural details were built with a design technique which is unimaginable and unnecessary in terms of today. For example, the large glass wall was created by individually invented nodes due to lack of product constructions, manufactured by locksmith studios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As before the era of computer aided planning, our calculations only revealed their pertinence of whether we accurately calculated the size existing building after lifting the large steel structure in place. Fortunately, our calculations were correct. During the construction the slab above the ground floor was being built along with the columns. The framework was not proportioned for this kind of load so not much after the concrete casting the pallets broke and the concrete spilled all over the floor. It was a shocking sight to see the crying construction manager on the scaffolding as a young architect. We received the recognition of the Transport Minister for this building. As the city expands the traffic establishments grow out of the core. As of this notion the building was demolished in 2018 giving way to a new large-scale investment at \u00c1rp\u00e1d h\u00edd. The building remains a memory, but we believe this is a natural occurrence in our profession. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n

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