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Modern and traditional – This is what the campus of Pázmány Péter University will look like – PHOTOS
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The new downtown campus of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University will be designed by the leading designers of Közti Zrt. and Hamburg C Kft. The campus will integrate historic buildings, such as the Esterházy and Károly Palaces, which were used until recently by the Hungarian Radio.
The Budapest Development Centre announced an open, international tender for the design of the new campus of Pázmány Péter Catholic University in June, and the committee selected the winner from 10 high-quality works. The contestants had to design a modern building complex with a total net usable area of 53,000 square metres to replace the university’s current campuses located in different areas.
The committee included András Veres, the representative of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Gyöngyvér Iványi, state chief architect, the representatives of the Association of Hungarian Architects and the Chamber of Hungarian Architects, and it was headed by Balázs Fürjes, Minister of State for Budapest and the Development of the Capital’s Metropolitan Area.
The new campus of the university will be located in the centre of Józsefváros, in the Palace District. Thus,
the biggest and most interesting challenge designers had to face was finding a way to preserve the values of the area where the buildings were built in a very heterogeneous way and in different ages and creating a campus area that meets the diverse needs of higher education,
including a university library, lecture halls, classrooms, laboratories, IT research centres, and sports facilities, writes Dávid Vitézy, the CEO of the Budapest Development Agency, on his Facebook page.
Looks like a great project. It’s too bad the Hungarian radio bldg. it was a great example of a mid century building. This will be the 4th to be torn down in the last 5 years.